Rène

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rène is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 6th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From French René.

rarermore common
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 302(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 413
  • ATAustria≈1 in 548

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rène itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

164,460 named Renee, 2020

#162 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
598 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 302 (inferred from the name graph)

El Salvador, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ReneeLatin(measured from records)
רנהHebrew(measured from records)
เรเนThai(measured from records)
르네Hangul(measured from records)
ΡενέGreek(measured from records)
რენეGeorgian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rene in FR France, DE Germany, PH Philippines and 4 more and Renee in US United States, DK Denmark.

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

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From French René.

Sources 6

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rène counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rène is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#103164,460as Renee1 in 2K163KRenee598
PH Philippines#110≈110,000 est.≈1 in 992—Rene128
DE Germany#107≈110,000 est.≈1 in 739—Rene268
FR France#70≈69,000 est.≈1 in 985516KRene339
NL Netherlands#1641,8541 in 41341KRene163
SV El Salvador#49≈21,000 est.≈1 in 302—Rene71
GT Guatemala#6≈19,000 est.≈1 in 913—Rene71
CZ Czechia—18,7041 in 57219K—3
AT Austria#70≈16,000 est.≈1 in 5488.9KRene157
DK Denmark#7009,4781 in 6199.5KRenee51

164,460 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); MVČR — living population register 2017; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rène is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

    Also written Rene, René, Renè, Rene', Réné

  • Danish given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Rene, René, Renè, Rene', Réné

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rène under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rène mean, and where does it come from?
From French René. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 4 other sources.
In which country does Rène have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 164 thousand people named Renee, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Rène?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 41,854 people named Rène, about 1 in 413 residents.
How common is Rène compared with other names?
In the United States, Rène is the 103rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rène” — the 103rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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