Renata

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Рената in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more and Renáta in HU Hungary, SK Slovakia.

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 22 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◐

Renata is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hungarian given name324K records spelled Renata7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Slovenia, Finland, United States

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Renáta, Renāta, Rënätä

• a separate given name11K records spelled Renata5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada

  Also written Renáta, Renāta, Rēnata, Rénata

• Indonesian given name10K records spelled Renata4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Russia

  Also written 'Renata, Renata', Renáta

• Romanian given name2.6K records spelled Renata2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Italy

  Also written Renáta

• Albanian given name1.3K records spelled Renata3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, United Kingdom, Italy

  Also written Renatà, Renáta

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●

Renata 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 French, Du latin *renatus* « renaît, né de nouveau ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Latin: ‘reborn’. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Russian, de renatus, né à une nouvelle vie. Renée est son équivalent français.

  as a name·Russian Names

• The original Latin form of Renée (see RENÉ ). This form of the name is now common in Italy (although it was seldom used there until the mid-19th century), and it is also used in Germany (beside Renate ), Poland, and Czechoslovakia.

  as a word

• In Italian, a female given name, equivalent to English Renée

  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) — 113 years between 1900–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Renato Castellanib. 1913ITnot in their usual nameItalian film director and screenwriter (1913–1985)
• Renato Dulbeccob. 1914ITnot in their usual nameItalian-born American virologist (1914-2012)
• Renata Tebaldib. 1922ITItalian opera singer
• Renato Ruggierob. 1930ITnot in their usual nameItalian politician (1930-2013)
• Renata Scottob. 1933ITItalian soprano, opera director (1934–2023)
• Renato Salvatorib. 1933ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor (1934–1988)
• Mario Capecchib. 1937USnot in their usual namemolecular geneticist and Nobel laureate
• Renato Carpentierib. 1943ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor, stage director and playwright
• Renée Flemingb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican opera soprano
• Renato Sanchesb. 1997PTnot in their usual namePortuguese association football player

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 · 1,052 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Renata?

We estimate roughly 657 thousand people bear Renata (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Renata have the most bearers?

We estimate about 327 thousand people bear Renata in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled renata.

Where is Renata most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Renata is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 175 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Renata compared with other names?

In Brazil, Renata is the 93rd most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Renata a male or female name?

Renata is a female 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 Renata mean?

Recorded meaning: Renata är en femininform till det latinska mansnamnet Renatus, som betyder ’återfödd’ (jfr → René).