Rachel?

[jfoyo26]

This is the only name my husband and I can totally agree on so is consistently top of our list for DD2.
Would be this spelling.
Just general thoughts please?

Strong beautiful name. Classic. Not particularly fashionable so it won’t date.

Love it

What’s DD1 name out of interest @jfoyo26

Love it. It's also the name of one of my lovely SDDs.

Rachel is a lovely name!!

Super.

Rachel or Rachael spelling? It's not one you hear so often now but it's a lovely name.

I really love the name Rachel.

Beautiful name

Sorry I’m going to go against the grain here and say I don’t like it.
I find it quite dated to the 90s especially after Rachel Green from friends, there were lots of Rachel’s. I know it’s a “classic” name but classic names do date..eg Jane and now sarah is starting to become dated too.

However if you like the name that’s all that matters.
I would spell it Rachel

Prefer the spelling Rachael

Perfect.

Why are people on here so obsessed with popular culture? I don’t see 5e relevance of a sitcom from 30 years ago.

When I hear name Rachel I think of The Moonstone, My Cousin Rachel, and The Rachel Papers, Rachel Weisz.

Love it :)

We have a Rachel, she's nearly 3. We thought we were picking a traditional and classic name but the reaction has been surprising. So many people (from hospital staff when she was born to a photographer a couple of weeks ago) have commented along the lines of "we haven't had a Rachel in a long time"! It's good to know she won't be one of several with her name at school

I love the name but prefer Rachael.

Rachel is lovely

Thetimetravelerswife all names date to a certain degree but that doesn't make them less beautiful.

Love it and definitely that spelling. I know a few, much older - I think it's lovely at any age. Often seems to go with Rebecca - maybe the du Maurier connection.

There are a lot my age but I’ve not met any amongst my DC’s friends/school. All the ones I know are lovely so to me it’s a good strong name

Lovely name and not too popular so there won’t be loads of Rachel’s in the same class at school

Thanks for your thoughts so far!
@Leopardprintboots DD1 is Louise.
@BabyMoonPie I think it is a traditional and classic name but just not fashionable at the minute...That's partly why we like it, think it fits with Louise in that sense - short, classic and well known but significantly underused at present.

I really like it, it was on our list. It's such a lovely name to say.

Gorgeous name. Classic. Also Ray is a lovely nickname for a girl.

@Aderyn19

Exactly I agree. This is what I was explaining, that even “timeless, classic” names date. All names date. So a lot of other comments were like “it won’t date because it’s classic”.

The OP was asking for opinions, and my opinion is that I don’t like it! Sorry.

However if the OP feels that the name is beautiful and likes it, she should pick it regardless of my own personal taste.