Renne
Feminine · “reborn”
Renne is given to both — 578 girls and 61 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Renne is Renée without its accent or its final e, a spelling that keeps the French sound of reborn in five plain letters. It has a quiet history beside a French princess who protected a reformer, and beside a Breton city whose name is two thousand years old.
How old is the name Renne?
Renne first appears in US birth records in 1944 — 81 years ago. The typical Renne alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 500 people named Renne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Renne most popular?
Renne peaked in 1967, reaching #2558 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
From renatus to Renne
The story of Renne
Renée of France, a daughter of King Louis XII, married into the ruling family of Ferrara in Italy, and at her court she sheltered John Calvin and other Protestant exiles when that was dangerous to do. The spelling Renne also sits one letter away from Rennes, the capital of Brittany, which is named after the Redones, the Gaulish people who held that country before the Romans came. American families wrote Renée as Renee, Rene and Renne, dropping the accent French uses to show the sound.
Meaning
reborn, as a spelling of Renée
Renée is the French feminine of René, from Latin renatus, reborn, a name given for baptism. In French, renne without a capital is also the word for a reindeer, a coincidence of spelling rather than a source.
How the name formed
- renatus
- René
- Renée
- Renne
Related forms: Renée · Renata · Renata · Renata
Pronouncing Renne
ruh-NAY
Usually said like Renée, with the stress at the end. Without the accent, some readers will say REN or REN-ee.
Nicknames for Renne
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
- 1944
- Most girls named
- 197128 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2558reached in 1967
- Change vs 1999
- −16.7%5 in 2003, from 6
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.
Renne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Renée in French — same name
- Renata in Latin — related form
- Renata in Italian — related form
- Renata in Spanish — related form
Rennes among us
people named Renne are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Renne sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds exactly like a well-known name with a clear meaning.
- It is short and simple to write.
- It has real French history behind it.
- Without the accent and the second e, most people will not know how to say it at first.
- A very few boys have been given this spelling; for them it will read as a girl's name almost everywhere.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rennes 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 Renne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Renne in 2025?
- Renne is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Renne with classmates?
- Renne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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