Remi
Meaning
from Remigius, Latin "oarsman"
The story
Remi is French, from the Latin Remigius, traditionally read as oarsman, and the man who made it a name was Remigius of Reims, the bishop who baptized Clovis and so, in the usual telling, made France Catholic. The city of Reims carries his name. In France Rémi has always been a boys' name, and it still is. In the United States it is not: our records show about 22,900 girls to 4,200 boys, a reversal that happened without anyone deciding it. Names do this when they cross a language border and arrive as a sound rather than as a history, and the ending is what English speakers hear. The American curve is recent: about 740 babies in the 1990s, 1,400 in the 2000s, 9,200 in the 2010s, and more than 15,000 so far this decade.
The formal names behind Remi
Remi is an established short form of this name.
Remington · English origin · place name/surname, "settlement on the raven's stream"
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Remi peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
2,228 people · the #4,758 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 90,909 · median age 58
Among people named Remi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Remi
Most people given the name Remi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Remi deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Remi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Remi fits with your family’s names and surname.
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