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genealogy question?
was wonderring if any of you were familiar with the surname RACHELS, also spelled ROCHELLE? I was if it may be Jewish
any info on the name would be great
According to ancestry.com:
rachel
1. German (mainly Bavaria): probably a topographic name from Middle High German rach ‘rough’, ‘steep’.
2. German: from a pet form of a Slavic personal name (see Rach).
3. German: habitational name from a place called Rachel in Bohemia.
4. French: metronymic from the female Biblical name Rachel, meaning ‘ewe’ in Hebrew. In the Bible (Genesis 28–35), Rachel is the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
rach
1. from Middle High German rach ‘rough’, ‘stiff’, a nickname for someone affected by hard work, or a topographic name from the same word in the sense ‘steep’, ‘rough’.
2. perhaps in some instances from a Slavic personal name, such as a short form of Radoslav.
Also, Rootsweb has several message boards on the following surnames that may help you:
Rachel
Rachelle
Rachels
Rochelle
If you would like to connect with others researching these names, then type one in at:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216
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