OK -- out of curiosity I've done some checking.

I should add that some names, of course, have more than one root meaning or association.  Rachel does mean ewe -- or mother sheep -- which also connotes an aspect of Rachel's character.  Her sister's name, Leah, means "cow".  A character placid, plodding and peaceable.

"Rachel" at its base root can also mean "to journey" or "to migrate".

More properly, Jael or Yael means "wild she-goat".  But it can also mean "antelope".  I don't have the time right now to check deeply into this -- but I am suspecting that "Rachel" and "Yael" both derive from the same root.  That might be where I picked that meaning up years ago.

Many words have multiple levels of meaning or association.  For example: the word "simple" can mean several different things, depending upon the context.  Too bad that things aren't always simple..........

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