Where the spelling 레이철 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 레이철 for Rachel.
People in the list with this given name:
- 러빈, 레이철 — Levine, Rachel
- 브로즈너핸, 레이철 (엘리자베스) — Brosnahan, Rachel (Elizabeth)
- 마클, (레이철) 메건 — Markle, (Rachel) Meghan
…and 3 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Rachel means
Rachel by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 172, 97,194 babies (99.9% girls, 0.1% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 레이철: 6.
Korean names for Rachel
These are the converter’s results for Rachel as a girl’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이리아Lee RiaGirl’s name · 57% sound match
이채이Lee ChaeiGirl’s name · 55% sound match
이재이Lee JaeiGirl’s name · 55% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics