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Girl · Latin, through French
Renee
Say it: reh-NAY
Meaning
From French Renée, the feminine of René, from Latin renatus 'reborn'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 186,333 babies given this name since 1889
- At its height in 1967, about 1 in 297 girls
- 241 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Renée, Renae
| French | Renée |
|---|---|
| Italian | Renata |
Famous bearers
- Renée Zellweger, American actress
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.