René (''
born again'' or ''reborn'' in
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
) is a common
first name
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...
name
Renatus
Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata i ...
.
René is the masculine form of the name (
Renée
Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French/Latin feminine given name.
Renée is the female form of René, with the extra –e making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form of t ...
being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys.
In addition, both forms are used as
surnames (family names).
René as a first name given to boys in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016.
René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988.
Persons with the given name
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René, Duke of Anjou (1409–1480), titular king of Naples and Jerusalem
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René II, Duke of Lorraine
René II (2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria 14 ...
(1451–1508), grandson of René of Anjou
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René I, Viscount of Rohan
René I de Rohan, (1516–1552) 18th Viscount of Rohan, Viscount and Prince de Léon, and Marquis de Blain married Isabella of Navarre daughter of jure uxoris King John III of Navarre and Catherine of Navarre, Queen of Navarre.
Life
René I was ...
(1516–1552), warrior of the Italian War of 1551–1559
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René II, Viscount of Rohan (1550–1586), his huguenot son
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René Angélil
René Angélil (; January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion.
Early life
Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of ...
(1942–2016), Canadian music producer and agent
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Rene Aranda (born 1990), American actress
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René Auberjonois
René Murat Auberjonois (; June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019) was an American actor and director. He was best known for portraying Odo on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He first achieved fame as a stage actor, winning the Tony A ...
(1940–2019), American actor
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René Ballet (1928–2017), French journalist, novelist and essayist
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René Barents
René Barents (born 31 December 1951) is a Dutch European Union law scholar. He has been a judge at the General Court since 19 September 2016. He previously served as a judge on the European Union Civil Service Tribunal from 2011 until 2016
Bar ...
(born 1951), Dutch judge and legal scholar
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René Bernards
René Bernards (born 4 January 1953) is a Dutch cancer researcher. He is professor of molecular carcinogenesis at Utrecht University and head of the section of molecular carcinogenesis at the Netherlands Cancer Institute- Antoni van Leeuwenhoekzi ...
(born 1953), Dutch oncologist
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René Binder (born 1992), Austrian racing driver
*Cardinal
René de Birague
René de Birague (original name: Renato Birago; 2 February 1506 – 24 November 1583) was an Italian patrician who became a French cardinal and chancellor.
Biography
Born at Milan, he was the son of Giangiacomo Galeazzo Birago, ambassador o ...
(1505–1583)
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Rene Bitorajac
Rene Bitorajac (; born 2 March 1972) is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in a number of Croatian and Bosnian films since the 1980s. Most notably, he starred in the 2001 Academy Award-winning Bosnian film ''No Man's Land''. He is also known for st ...
, Croatian actor
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Rene Capo
Rene Capo (May 9, 1961 – July 6, 2009) was a judoka from the United States who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Capo immigrated to the United States from Cuba as a young boy. Though he ...
, Cuban-American judoka
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René Chamussy
René Chamussy (15 December 1936 – 27 October 2016) was a French-Lebanese Jesuit priest and academic administrator. He was the author of several books about Lebanon. He served as the rector of the Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, fro ...
(1936–2016), French-Lebanese Jesuit priest and academic administrator
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René Coty
Jules Gustave René Coty (; 20 March 188222 November 1962) was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic.
Early life and politics
René Coty was born in Le Havre and studied at t ...
, former president of France
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René Descartes
René Descartes ( or ; ; Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathe ...
, French philosopher
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Rene Farrait (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer, member of boy band Menudo
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René Favaloro
René Gerónimo Favaloro (July 12, 1923 – July 29, 2000) was an Argentine cardiac surgeon and educator best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery using the great saphenous vein.
Early life
Favaloro was born in ...
, Argentine cardiac surgeon
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René Fonck
Colonel René Paul Fonck (27 March 1894 – 18 June 1953) was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top Entente fighter ace and, when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonc ...
, French aviator and most successful pilot in World War I
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René Frégni
René Frégni (born 1947) is a French novelist.
Early life
Frégni was born in 1947 in Marseille.
Career
Frégni owned a restaurant on the main square of Manosque, which he sold after his business associate was arrested for money laundering. He ...
(born 1947), French novelist
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René de Froulay de Tessé
René de Froulay, Comte de Tessé (14 May 1648 – 30 March 1725) was a French soldier and diplomat during the reign of Louis XIV and the 1715-1723 Regency.
Early life
René de Froulay, Comte de Tessé was born at the family home of the Chat ...
(1648–1725), French marshal
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Rene Gagnon, American World War II veteran, raised the American flag during the battle of Iwo Jima
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René Goscinny
René Goscinny (, ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the '' Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French sch ...
(1926–1977), French comic book editor and writer
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René Goupil (1608–1642), Canadian Catholic martyr and saint
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René Guénon
René Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ''Abdalwâhid Yahiâ'' (; ''ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥiā'') was a French intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having writte ...
(1886–1951), French metaphysician and Sufi initiate
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René Janssen (born 1959), Dutch nanotechnologist
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Rene Kirby, American actor
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René Kollo, German tenor
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René Lamps (1915–2007), French politician
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René Lépine, Canadian businessman and real estate developer
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René Lévesque
René Lévesque (; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Québécois people, Québécois politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Canad ...
, Canadian journalist and politician, premier of Quebec
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René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte (; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and bounda ...
, Belgian surrealist painter
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René Marqués
René Marqués (October 4, 1919 – March 22, 1979) was a Puerto Rican short story writer and playwright.
Early years
Marqués was born, raised and educated in the city of Arecibo. He developed an interest in writing at a young age and was p ...
, Puerto Rican short story writer and playwright
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René Mauriès (1921–1999), French journalist, reporter and writer
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Rene Mederos
Felix René Mederos Pazos (20 November 1933 – 24 September 1996) was a prominent Cuban poster artist and graphic designer.
Mederos, a self-taught artist from Sagua la Grande, began work in a Havana printshop in 1944 and was appointed Chief D ...
, Cuban poster artist and graphic designer
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Rene Medvešek
Rene Medvešek (born 21 June 1963) is a Croatian film and theatre actor and director. He was born in Velika Gorica.
He has appeared in more than 10 films and several television series. To the international audience he is probably best known for ...
, Croatian actor
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René Mornex
René Mornex (12 August 1927 – 11 April 2022) was a French doctor and academic. He is honorary dean of the Faculty of Medicine of University of Lyon and pioneer of endocrinology, more particularly of neuroendocrinology
Neuroendocrinology is ...
(1927–2022), French doctor and academic
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René Muñoz (1938–2000), Cuban actor and scriptwriter
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René Pape
René Pape (born 4 September 1964) is a German operatic bass. Pape has received two Grammys, was named "Vocalist of the Year" by Musical America in 2002, "Artist of the Year" by the German opera critics in 2006, and won an ECHO award (the German ...
, German opera singer
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Rene Plasencia
Rene "Coach P" Plasencia (born January 8, 1973) is an American Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 50th District (including southeast Orange County and the northern p ...
, (born 1973) Florida House of Representatives member
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René Juan Pérez Joglar (born 1978), known professionally as Residente, is a Puerto Rican rapper, writer and filmmaker
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Rene Ranger (born 1986), New Zealand rugby player
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René Rast (born 1986), German racing driver
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René Reyes, American baseball player
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René Robert, Canadian ice hockey player
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René Prêtre, Swiss pediatric cardiovascular surgeon
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René Reille
Baron René Charles Reille-Soult-Dalmatie (4 February 1835 – 21 November 1898) was a French soldier, industrialist and politician.
He came from a wealthy military family with mining interests in the south of France.
He served in the army until 18 ...
(1835-1898), French soldier, industrialist, politician
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René Rougeau (born 1986), American basketball player for
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Footbal ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball ...
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René Rozet (1858–1939), French sculptor
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Rene Russo
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine covers such as '' Vogue'' and '' Cosmopolitan''. She made her film debut in the 1989 comedy ' ...
, American actress
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René Simard, Canadian singer
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René Steinke, German actor
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René Thom
René Frédéric Thom (; 2 September 1923 – 25 October 2002) was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958.
He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became ...
, French mathematician
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René Toribio
René Toribio (born 10 December 1912 in Lamentin, Guadeloupe; died 27 July 1990 in the same town) was a French politician and was a member of the French Senate representing Guadeloupe from 1959 to 1968.
Biography
Before WWII he was a teacher ...
(1912–1990), Guadeloupean politician
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René Vydarený, Slovakian Ice Hockey Player
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René Villa, Costa Rican singer
The name was also given to the French Cafe owner and war hero René Artois in popular British TV series 'Allo 'Allo.
Persons with this surname
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Denise René
Denise René (born Denise Bleibtreu; June 1913 – 9 July 2012) was a French art gallerist specializing in kinetic art and op art.
Life and work
Denise René took as her guiding principle the idea that art must invent new paths in order to exist ...
(1919–2012), French art dealer
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France-Albert René (1935–2019), second President of Seychelles
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Lisa Rene (1978–1994), American murder victim
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Mélanie René (born 1990), Swiss singer
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Wendy Rene (1947–2014), American soul singer and songwriter
Variants in different languages
*Renát
Hungarian,
Slovak
*Renat
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
,
Polish
*Renato
Italian,
Portuguese,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
*Renátus
Slovak
*Renatus
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...
*René
Czech,
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
,
Slovak,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
,
Dutch,
Danish
*Röné
Hungarian
*Ренат
Russian
References
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French masculine given names