Remmi
Feminine · “oarsman”
Remmi is given to both — 502 girls and 40 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Remmi is Remy with the spelling softened, and Remy comes from a Latin word for an oarsman: Remigius, the name of the bishop who baptized the first Christian king of the Franks and gave his name to the city of Reims. It is a short name with a very long document behind it.
How old is the name Remmi?
Remmi first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Remmi is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Remmi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Remmi most popular?
Remmi peaked in 2017, reaching #3192 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 1,566 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Remigius to Remmi
The story of Remmi
Remigius was bishop of Reims at the end of the fifth century and baptized Clovis, the Frankish king, an event that decided which form of Christianity western Europe would take. His cult made the name ordinary in France, where it became Remi and Remy, and French kings were crowned in the cathedral that carries his name for a thousand years afterwards. English-speaking countries took the name up only recently, for girls as much as for boys, and the respellings, Remi, Remmi, Remy and Remie, all arrived at once.
Meaning
oarsman; rower
Latin Remigius, from remex, remigis, a rower or oarsman. The connection is straightforward and has never been seriously disputed.
How the name formed
- Remigius
- Rémi
- Remy
- Remmi
Related forms: Rémi · Remy · Remigio · Remigiusz
Pronouncing Remmi
REM-ee
Two syllables, stress in front, the first rhyming with hem. French says ray-MEE with the weight at the end, which is where the alternative American pronunciation comes from.
Nicknames for Remmi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 201750 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3192reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +27.3%28 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Remmi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rémi in French — same name
- Remy in English — spelling variant
- Remigio in Italian — same name
- Remigiusz in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Ohio, Washington.
Remmis among us
people named Remmi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Remmi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Remmi
- #4758
- Remmi on the 2025 chart
- #119
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Remmi went to 28 girls in 2025, but Remi, Remy and Remmy and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 2,474, which makes it the 119th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,639 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 650 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Remmi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kathalene test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Remmi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kathalene climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kathalene's path sketches the road Remmi is walking now.
Remmi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Remmi is headed
Remmi is easing off slowly — about 21% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Remmi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Remmi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is short, phonetic and easy for a small child to say and write.
- It carries a documented fifth-century history, which very few short modern names do.
- It works for a child of either sex without adjustment.
- Remi and Remy are both commoner spellings, so this one will be corrected often.
- Two pronunciations circulate, REM-ee and ray-MEE, and the spelling supports both.
- The name is used for boys and girls alike, so paperwork does not always guess right.
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Frequently asked
- How many Remmis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Remmi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Remmi?
- Remmi is one of 5 recorded spellings. Remi is the more common one — 2,023 births in 2025 against 28 for Remmi.
- How popular is the name Remmi in 2025?
- Remmi ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Remmi?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Remmi — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Remmi with classmates?
- Remmi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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