How to write “Rachel or Rachael” in Korean
레이첼 re-i-chel
What Korean friends call you
- 레이첼아 re-i-che-ra — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 레이첼 씨 re-i-chel-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Rachel
- 레이철 82 (77%)
- 레이첼 24 (23%)
Korean labels of 106 people named Rachel on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 레이철; most Koreans write 레이첼.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Rachel McAdams 레이첼 (sometimes 레이철); Rachel Weisz 레이첼 (sometimes 레이철); Rachel Zegler 레이첼 (sometimes 레이철).
Well-known people named Rachel or Rachael, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Rachel Bluwstein — 레이첼 브루스타인
- Rachel Hilson — 레이첼 힐슨
- Rachel Fuller Brown — 레이첼 풀러 브라운
- Rachel Chagall — 레이첼 레빈
498,878 babies were named Rachel in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 70th most common name.
Block by block
- 레 = ㄹ + ㅔ · 6 strokes
Also in 레: Grace 그레이스 · Blake 블레이크 · Brayden 브레이든
- 이 = ㅇ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
Also in 이: Jacob 제이콥 · Michael 마이클 · David 데이비드
- 첼 = ㅊ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 9 strokes
Also in 첼: Chelsea 첼시 · Mitchell 미첼
레이첼 takes 17 strokes in all.
More names: Liam 리암 · Adam 아담 · Gavin 개빈 · Megan 메건 · Jasmine 자스민
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