Remi

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rémi in CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Remi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name39K records spelled Remi3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Canada

  Also written Rémi, Remí

• Norwegian Bokmål given name6.8K records spelled Remi9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, Netherlands

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Rémi

• Finnish given name2.9K records spelled Remi6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Nigeria, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Rémi, Remì, Rėmi

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name1.3K records spelled Remi2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Rémi

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Remi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, ancient Gaulish people

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, lang., Africa

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, männl. Vom., Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In enm, alternative form of remen (“to extend; to get up”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 86 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Remi Schrijnenb. 1921BEBelgian recipient of the Knights Cross (1921-2006)
• Remi Asōb. 1944JPJapanese singer
• Remi Hiranob. 1947JPJapanese tarento and singer
• Remi Adefarasinb. 1948GBBritish cinematographer
• Remi Aubuchonb. 1950USAmerican television writer/producer
• Remi Broadwayb. 1978AUAustralian actor
• Remi Chibab. 1983JPJapanese actor
• Stefan Strandbergb. 1990NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian association football player
• Remi Mayamab. 1992JPJapanese actor
• Remi Wolfb. 1996USAmerican singer, songwriter and record producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 779 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Remi?

We estimate roughly 105 thousand people bear Remi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Remi have the most bearers?

We estimate about 90 thousand people bear Remi in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled remi.

Where is Remi most common?

Remi is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 751 people carrying it.

How common is Remi compared with other names?

In France, Remi is the 220th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Remi a male or female name?

Remi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Remi mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin origin; from Remigius, probably related to remex 'rower' or the tribe of the Remi.