Rachael is the alternate biblical spelling of Rachel — from the Hebrew Rachel ("ewe, female sheep") — the matriarch of Genesis, wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. A top-200 US baby name from 1969 to 1995. Rachael Ray (born 1968) — *American TV cook and businesswoman; her 30 Minute Meals (Food Network, 2001-2012) revolutionized quick home cooking on US TV; Rachael Ray (CBS syndicated daytime, 2006-2023) ran for 17 seasons and won three Daytime Emmy Awards; Yum-o! nonprofit feeding hungry American children; one of the most-recognizable food celebrities in modern US media; Forbes highest-paid TV chef of the 2000s. Rachael Stirling (born 1977) — English actress; daughter of Dame Diana Rigg; Tipping the Velvet (2002), The Detectorists (2014-2017). Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979) — American actress; She's All That (1999) — the teen-comedy hit's iconic descending-the-stairs scene with Freddie Prinze Jr.; Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Netflix's He's All That (2021) and A Tourist's Guide to Love (2023). Rachael Yamagata (born 1977) — Japanese-American singer-songwriter. Rachael MacFarlane (born 1976) — American voice actress; American Dad!*. Rachael Pelosi — Nancy Pelosi's daughter. Saint Rachel (Rachael) in the Hebrew Bible is one of the four biblical matriarchs (with Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah).
Featured throughout American food TV and modern entertainment.
Rachael reduces to five — the number of 30 Minute Meals.