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I like the Ray-chel (English) pronounciation. I think that actually Rachel Claire is a very nice name, because I like them both a lot. :)

I like Rachel Claire if you want to combine the names. I usually like Claire as a middle name. Some first names that go with Claire:
Jessicah Claire
Mary Claire
Hannah Claire
Jennifer Claire
Jordyn Claire
Mindy Claire

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"Dance like no one's watching."
This is a favorite quote of mine

Neither, but if I had to choose I would go with Claire. I don't like the sound of Rachel at all, even though it's the name of one of my best friends.

Prefer Rachel and like the English prononciation.

I'm not fond of Claire, but I love Rachel ... I think it's so pretty, feminine, & classic. I personally like the English pronounciation "Ray chel" the best. I also like "Rah kel" but sp. Raquel. They're both pretty imo.

I love the name Claire, but I really dislike Rachel, especially the English prn. If I had to pick my favorite prn. though, I'd go with the French, which I also don't care much for. Again though, I love Claire, it sounds classy and beautiful to me.

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"If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot long than you'd like." - Garden State

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Hannah

I prefer Claire. Rachel is nice too though. I like the English pronunciation the best. For rah-shel, I would use the spelling Rachelle. It's very pretty.

Both names are great, but if I had to pick one it would be Claire since it's not quite as popular as Rachel right now.

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I like the English pronounciation of Rachel the best, provided that she would live in an English-speaking environment.

I like both names for different reasons.

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Claire is beautiful and classic, as well as Clara.

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Rachel is the name of my childhood bestfriend, pronounced RAY-chel.

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I also like Rachelle, which is my cousin's middle name, pronounced ra-SHEL

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CIARDA“The sun gives us light, but the moon provides inspiration. If you look at the sun without shielding your eyes, you'll go blind. If you look at the moon without shielding your eyes, you’ll become a poet.”
– Serge Bouchard –

I really like Claire, it's a very pretty name.

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Rachel is my sister's name, so I've been neutral on it my whole life. I guess I prefer the English pronunciation of it since that's what I'm accustomed to, but I also really like the Hebrew pronunciation.

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I prefer Claire, it is more feminine to me and less common

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I prefer the French pronounciation because that is what I'm used to, the English pronounciation reminds me of roaches and the Hebrew pronunciation reminds me of Del Boy (Only Fools and Horses)

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Alice

I love both names but Claire is one of my all time favorites.

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I prefer Rachel pronounced the English way.

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"I dare you to make less sense."

I like Claire better... 'tis pretty.

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I am very used to the English pron. of Rachel, but the French pron. is pretty too.

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A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears, C is for Clara who wasted away, D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh... !!!!!!!!!! - Tobias, Jesse, Wyatt, Shane, Preston, Maverick, Rebel, Gibson, Shiloh, and Timber

I prefer Rachel, it's one of my favorites, whereas Claire is one of my least favourite names!

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I prefer the English pronunciation

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~Lully Lulla~

I like both names a lot. It would depend upon the middle name, when choosing when one I liked better.

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As for the pronunciation of Rachel, I pronounce it the English way.

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-Lissa Hannah-
My !'s = Kipling, Barry, Mortimer, Miles, Marmaduke, Fletcher, Hiram, Maris, Blanche, Gladys, Arlette, Glenda, Juniper, Lulu

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My ?'s = Pasquale, Archibald, Humphrey, Nigel, Bernard, Minna, Doris, Shirley, Cordelia, Gertrude

I love Claire! I've never liked Rachel that much-not sure why.

I prefer Claire and I pronounce Rachel with the English pronunciation.

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Chelsea Nicole ~ 59 days until my 21st birthday & 3 days until summer vacation!

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Go Cubs!

I definitely prefer Rachel.

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My problem with Claire is that where I live, Clare (the English form) is pronounced KLAYR, with an "ay" sound like in Tate or Lane. In most places (England and the States, at least) it'd be KLER. People here just pronoune Claire KLAYR as well, but I'm pernickity and know that they should be different. It's always got to me. So, to cut a long story short, I only like the Clare form :-/

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♥Elinor♥
(Proud "mother" to Dallán, Aubrianna)

This message was edited 5/9/2005, 7:33 AM

Claire, it's one of my favorites :)

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I like the english pron. of Rachel the best.

As an American, I think of the rah-shel prn being spelt Rachelle rather than Rachel, and the Rachel spelling being prn either rah-khel or ray-chel. Well, I prefer the Hebrew prn to the French, the French to the English and I prefer Claire to the English prn of Rachel. Make sense? So I guess it's:

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1. Rachel (Hebrew)
2. Rachelle (French)
3. Claire
4. Rachel (English)

Prefer Rachel, and prefer the English pronounciation.