The story behind René
Derived from French René.
Other language forms and explanations (5)
Dutch entry
From French René.
French entry
From Latin Renātus, name of a legendary 5th century French saint, from renātus (“reborn”), with identical meaning in French (rené).
German entry
From French René.
Spanish entry
Borrowed from French René. Doublet of Renato.
Slovak entry
Derived from French René.
Pronunciation
Czech: [ˈrɛnɛː]
Regional pronunciation variants
- Dutch: /rəˈneː/
- French: /ʁə.ne/
- German: /ʁeˈneː/
- German: /ˈʁɛne/
- Spanish: /reˈne/
- Spanish: [reˈne]
- Slovak: /ˈrɛnɛː/
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Names Similar to René
Reine
A more gallicized form of Régine, from Latin Regina (“queen”)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Rene
Borrowed from French René. From French René.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Renee
A female given name from French, alternative spelling of Renée.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Renée
From French Renée, meaning reborn, stemmed from Latin Renata. Feminine form of male René.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Rose
Inherited from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa. Borrowed from English Rose.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Æmile
From Latin Aemilius. See also French Émile.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for René
Aarón
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Aaron
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abdiasz
Learned borrowing from Latin Abdias, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδίας (Abdías), from Hebrew עובדיה.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abílio
Perhaps from Latin abilius (“not vindictive”). Possibly related to Abelardo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for René
Aarón
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Aaron
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abel
English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abílio
Perhaps from Latin abilius (“not vindictive”). Possibly related to Abelardo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length