Renee means reborn or born again — from the French rené. Renée Zellweger won the Oscar for Judy. Renée Fleming has the most beautiful operatic soprano voice in America. The meaning reborn is Christianity's most transformative concept compressed into two syllables of maximum French elegance.
Renee comes from the French meaning reborn or born again. Renée Zellweger won the Oscar for Judy. Renée Fleming has the most beautiful operatic soprano voice in America.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: French form; Renée Zellweger (born 1969).
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Today
Renee remains a beloved choice, ranking #1045 in the US. 187,285 babies have been named Renee since 1889.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, SSA data
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How popular is Renee?
1962peak year
Today, Renee is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #1045), with only about 248 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1962, 6,013 babies were given the name (ranked #76 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1960s. Renee's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 187,285 babies have been registered as Renee since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Renee's Life Path 9 is the humanitarian's number — reborn humanitarianism. People named Renee tend to be elegant, transformative, and gifted at being born again whenever they need to be.
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