Remo
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: oar, paddle
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹɛmoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Remo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. In Liechtenstein it is the 4th most common given name.
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 28K
- USUnited States1 in 404K
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)
- Sources
- 193 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
oar (implement used to row a boat)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
How Remo is read(measured from records)
Remo is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English21%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Remo in English.
- Spanish19%
oar, paddle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Latín Remus; forma epónima vinculada a Roma.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- Portuguese17%
oar (implement used to row a boat)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German13%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Remo in German.
- Italian13%
Etimologia oscura; forse da antica radice comune a Roma e Romolo, connessa a nomi di fiumi.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
Secondo il Fumagalli, etimologia oscura. Probabil- mente d a una antichisaima radice, comune a Roma. Romolo, c,he si trova in parecchi nomi di fiumi (greco r6n = scorrere). È, con S. Romolo, il patrono di Sanremo; ma non naulta che sia mai esistito, mentre di S. Romolo ce n'è quattro. In uao, ma non frequente. nella Liguria occidentale.
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
- Arabic9.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Remo in Arabic.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Remo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 17 | Remo | 54 |
| CH Switzerland | #166 | ≈6,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 9 | Remo | 105 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 459K | — | Remo | 7 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Remo | 111 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Remo | 60 |
| US United States | — | 823 | 1 in 404K | 872 | Remo | 193 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 437 | 1 in 40K | 437 | Remo | 34 |
| LI Liechtenstein | #4 | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | — | Remo | 8 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Remo is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
[Ignoto]
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
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)
- Remo Giazottob. 1910ITItalian musicologist, composer and biographer (1910–1998)
- Remo Remottib. 1924ITactor, painter, writer from Italy (1924-2015)
- Remo Capitanib. 1927ITItalian actor (1927-2014)
- Remo Ruffinib. 1942ITItalian physicist
- Remo Gironeb. 1948ITItalian actor
- Remo Sernagiottob. 1955ITItalian politician (1955-2020)
- Remo D'Souzab. 1974INIndian choreographer, actor and film director
- Remo Schulzeb. 1988DEGerman actor
- Remo Freulerb. 1992CHSwiss association football player
- Remo Forrerb. 2001CHSwiss singer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 70 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 812 | #14,347 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 437 | #1,786 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 17 | #592 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11 | #14,347 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 5 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Where does the name Remo come from?
- oar (implement used to row a boat) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Remo?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɛmoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Remo a male or female name?
- Remo 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 Remo mean?
- In Spanish, oar, paddle
- In which country does Remo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Remo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled remo.
- How common is the name Remo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 823 people named Remo in 2020, about 1 in 404 thousand residents.
- How common is Remo compared with other names?
- In Liechtenstein, Remo is the 4th most common given name of 63 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/remoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Remo” — the 4th most common given name in Liechtenstein. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.