Ren or REN may refer to:

Abbreviations

Orenburg Tsentralny Airport : ''Tsentraly may also refer to airports in Riga, Moscow, Omsk, or Saratov.'' Orenburg Airport (russian: Аэропорт Оренбург) is a civil airport located about 25 km east of Orenburg city. Now defunct Orenair had its head off ...

, IATA code REN, civil airport in Russia *

Redes Energéticas Nacionais REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. (formerly Rede Eléctrica Nacional S.A.) is a Portuguese energy sector company which is the current concession holder of the country's two main energy infrastructure networks: the National Electricit ...

(REN), Portuguese company *

Renanthera ''Renanthera'', abbreviated as Ren in horticultural trade, is a genus of large scrambling monopodial epiphytic and terrestrial species of orchid found in China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia.Rice, R. (2008). Renanthera ...

, abbreviated as Ren, orchid genus * Ringer equivalence number (REN), a number which denotes the loading effect of a telephone ringer on a telephone line

Geography

Ren County Renze District () formerly, Renxian (), is a district in the southwest of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xingtai Xingtai (), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level ...

, in Hebei, China * Ren, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Ren (building), a high-rise residential building in Seattle, Washington, United States

Science, technology and medicine

* REN (gene) * Ren, in anatomy, a

kidney The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blo ...

Ren (command) In computing, ren (or rename) is a command in various command-line interpreters ( shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS, 4NT and Windows PowerShell. It is used to rename computer files and in some implementations (such as AmigaDOS) also d ...

, a shell command in computing

People

* A diminutive of the given 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 ...

Ren (surname) Rén is the Mandarin pinyin romanisation of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanised as Jen in Wade–Giles, and Yam or Yum in Cantonese. It is listed 58th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. A ...

(任), Chinese surname *

MC Ren Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the record label Villain Entertainment. MC Ren ...

, rapper from the group N.W.A, NWA * Ren (singer), member of South Korean boy band NU'EST * Renforshort, Canadian singer formerly known as Ren * , Japanese traditional calligrapher * , Japanese businessman * , Japanese actor * , Japanese politician * , Japanese football player * , Japanese actor * , Japanese baseball pitcher * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese singer and member of JO1 * }, Japanese footballer * , Japanese singer, actor, and member of Snow Man * , Japanese wrestler * , Japanese mixed martial artist * , Japanese baseball player * }, Japanese footballer * },Japanese footballer * , Japanese singer, actor, and member of King & Prince * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese football player * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese racing driver

Religion

* Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul#Ren (name), Ren, "name, identity", an Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul, Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul or spirit * Ren (Confucianism), Confucian concept

Fictional characters

Single name

* Ren, the titular heroine from the fantasy webseries ''Ren: The Girl with the Mark'' from Mythica Entertainment and ''Kate Madison'' * Ren (Tsukihime), a character from the game ''Kagetsu Tohya'' and ''Melty Blood: Re-ACT'' * Ren, son of Primus, protagonist of the animated series ''The Pirates of Dark Water'' * Ren (Star Wars), Ren (''Star Wars'') (not to be confused with Kylo Ren), a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise

First name

* Ren Akiyama of Kamen Rider * Ren Amamiya, an anime name of Joker (Persona), Joker, the protagonist of ''Persona 5'' * Ren Ashbell, an alias used by the protagonist of ''Bladedance of Elementalers'', Bladedance of Elementalers#Kamito Kazehaya, Kamito Kazehaya * Ren Gottlieb, a character from the Australian soap ''Neighbours'' * Ren Höek, a fictional Chihuahua from the Nickelodeon animated series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' * Ren Honjo, a character from the manga, anime, and film ''NANA'' * Ren Mihashi, main character from the manga, anime and game from Big Windup! * Ren Jinguuji, a character from the anime, game and manga from ''Uta no Prince-sama'' * Ren Karas, a character from the anime and manga ''Element Hunters'' * Ren Krawler, the Darkus List of Bakugan Battle Brawlers characters#Ren Krawler, protagonist from the animated series ''Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders'' * Ren, a character from the game and anime "DRAMAtical Murder" * Ren, a character from the video game ''Oxenfree'' * Ren Kosaka, main character from the 2008 Japanese tokusatsu television series, ''Go-ongers#Renn Kōsaka, Go-ongers'' * Ren Maka, a character from the anime ''Chibi Vampire'' * Ren McCormack, the main character from the film ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'' * Ren Ren Ren Nagusaran Renshia Rurunnren Nakora, heroine of ''DearS'' * Ren Sohma, the mother of Akito Sohma in the manga ''Fruits Basket'' * Ren Stevens, a character from ''Even Stevens'' * Ren Tsuruga, character in the manga ''Skip Beat'' * Tao Len, sometimes romanized as Tao Ren, a character in ''Shaman King'' * Ren Suzugamori, a character in the anime series ''Cardfight!! Vanguard''

Last name

* Wuying Ren, a character from ''Shenmue II'' * Kylo Ren, a character from the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy * Hakuryuu Ren, Fourth Imperial Prince of Kou in the anime Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Magi: The Kingdom of Magic * Lie Ren, a character from the American animated series ''RWBY''

Other uses

* Ren (fictional weapon), an alternate term for lightsaber in the ''Star Wars'' franchise * REN TV, a Russian free-to-air television network * Ren - meaning to connect or link in Japanese culture - see also renga / renku * Ren - the name given to the Chinese sports car Techrules Ren.