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Globally, Réne (رينيه , Réne ) is a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Réne is characteristic of Lebanon, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Syria, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, and Algeria. Very seldom, Réne is the last name as well as the forename.
Réne is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Aramis , the fictional character in The Three Musketeers and other Dumas novels; Renee Montoya , the DC Comics character, Birds of Prey; Rene Ramirez , the fictional character from the television series Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow; René Belloq , the fictional character in the Indiana Jones franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Renée Dwyer , the character from the Twilight movie series, and in many other works.