Richel
Richel, or rather De Richel, is a permanently dry sandbank in the Wadden Sea, in the gap between the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. It is located about 1 kilometer east of the northernmost point of Vlieland and is administered by the municipality of Vlieland. The sandbank has an average surface area of 116 hectares. It is completely flooded only during extremely high tides.
Meaning & Origin of Richel
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Richel, or rather De Richel, is a permanently dry sandbank in the Wadden Sea, in the gap between the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. It is located about 1 kilometer east of the northernmost point of Vlieland and is administered by the municipality of Vlieland. The sandbank has an average surface area of 116 hectares. It is completely flooded only during extremely high tides.
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The Story of Richel
Richel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1949, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 9 births, good for #8,587 nationwide. About 41% of every Richel on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Richel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 110 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Richel
Richel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 110 births in the dataset. Richel's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #8,587. Use the chart and map above to compare Richel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
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