Re

loc · Latin script

Meaning: do lat. rex, regis; apelativo ligado ao rei ou a origem toponímica

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Re is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 5.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 48K
  • UYUruguay1 in 7.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
142 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ré in AR Argentina, US United States, UY Uruguay.

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)

recorded in Portuguese

do lat. rex, regis; apelativo ligado ao rei ou a origem toponímica

Sources 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Re 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 Re is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈11,000 est.≈1 in 5.7KlistedRe142
AR Argentina4,6531 in 9.8K4.7KRé83
BR Brazil4,4101 in 48K4.4KRe78
ID Indonesia≈4,200 est.≈1 in 63Klisted—1
US United States2,2141 in 150K2.5KRé117
FR France≈2,000 est.≈1 in 34K154Re3
UY Uruguay4781 in 7.1K478Ré22
PY Paraguay≈330 est.≈1 in 22K—Re15

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the id-github-names register. 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)

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

  • English surname67 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Australia, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Re', Ré, R-E, Rê, Rè

  • French surname27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain

    Also written Ré, Rè, Rê, R-E, Rë

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Rē, Ré, R-E, Rè, Rẻ

  • Hindi name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Ré, Rë, Rê, ́re, Rễ

  • Indonesian given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Morocco, Algeria

    Also written Řë, Řé, Ré, Ŕę, Ŗë

71 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(measured from records)

Re 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, Egyptian sun god

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In cdo, a aS a international law. the league of nations. nationality; the register of citizens. the lord of a country

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, or at 8 at {z to redeem a pawn, (stik-daung), have found it, to beg rice or cash in the 11th month

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, inordinate. desire, lust, passion | lustful, lascivious (@). ROE the sea of passion, (sdik-tik)

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, a flour sieve, (wing-g9) +e a x plants of various kinds, steam from plants, jungle, (dong

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17001800190020002100Filippo Re, b. 1763Gustavo Re, b. 1908Giuseppina Re, b. 1913Giovanni Battista Re, b. 1934Fabrizio De Rossi Re, b. 1960Andrea Re, b. 1963Alessandro Re, b. 1986Leonardo Re, b. 1991Davide Re, b. 1993Lee Re, b. 2006

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(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Re
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—4.7K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—4.4K#2,484
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.5K#12,018
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.2K#13,674
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.9K#14,495
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020591#11,498
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020520#11,498
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—478—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961211—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971165—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951158—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941157—

Reference works 6

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Re mean?
Recorded meaning: do lat. rex, regis; apelativo ligado ao rei ou a origem toponímica
In which country does Re have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Re in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled re.
How common is the name Re?
In Argentina, the national register counted 4,653 people named Re, about 1 in 9.8 thousand residents.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Re”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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