Origin and popularity of the name RENE

Origin

Rene : 1: French and Mauritian (René); West Indian (in Haiti Guadeloupe and Martinique René): from the French personal name René from Latin Renatus ‘reborn’ borne by a 4th-century Christian saint and popular in France throughout the Middle Ages because of its transparent reference to Christian spiritual rebirth. This surname is most common in Haiti. Compare Reney 2 and Reny 1.2: English (Middlesex): variant of Raine.

Rainey : 1: Irish (Antrim and Down) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ráighne from a personal name derived from the Old Norse name Rǫgnvaldr itself from ragn- ‘god divine power’ + vald ‘power rule’ (see Ronald Reynold). In Ireland the name became Mac Raighne Ó Raighne with modern forms Rainey Raney Reaney Reanney Reanny Reany Reinny Rennie Reyney Ryney.2: English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Regny (Loire France) common in the 12th and 13th centuries.3: English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Rayn(e)y Renie a pet form of Reynold.4: English: habitational name from Ranah Stones in the township of Thurlstone in Penistone (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse hrafn ‘raven’ + haugr ‘hill mound’. Stones is a post-medieval addition and refers to a number of boulders on the hillside. This Sheffield name usually with the spelling Reaney and correctly pronounced Rainey is now often pronounced Reeney. Its best known bearer is P. H. Reaney who pioneered the modern study of English surname origins.5: English (of French Huguenot origin): from the French personal name René (from Latin Renatus ‘reborn’). The name Renatus was borne by a 4th-century Christian saint and became popular in France in the Middle Ages because of its transparent reference to Christian spiritual rebirth. See Rene.

Renee : 1: Probably an altered form of French René (see Rene) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. The surname Renee is also found in the West Indies (Saint Lucia).2: Possibly also an altered form of German Renne.

Reney : 1: Scottish: variant of Rainey.2: Altered form of French René (see Rene compare Reny 1).3: In some cases also French: from a pet form of a personal name derived from the ancient Germanic name Ragino a short form of compound names with the first element ragin ‘counsel’. This surname is very rare in France. Compare Reny 2.

Reny : 1: Altered form of French René (see Rene). Compare Reney 2.2: In some cases also French: probably a variant of Reney 3.

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