Remy

French from Latin
"oarsman"

Remy Origin and Meaning

The name Remy is a boy's name of French, Latin origin meaning "oarsman".

Remy is one of the hottest names today for both boys and girls, sometimes spelled Remi. . It entered the popularity list in 2009 and has quickly become one of the fastest-rising names on the list.

Remy came into the spotlight via the 2007 Disney film Ratatouille, starring an ambitious chef named Remy—who happened to be a rat. The name has also been borne by a variety of human characters in The Da Vinci Code, House, New Girl, and The Fairly Oddparents.

The name of a fifth century saint and one of a new generation of French names being discovered in the US, Remy is one of those ancient names that sounds particularly modern and attractive.

Remy de Gourmont was a French Symbolist poet, and Remy Charlip is a children's book author and illustrator.

# 390 in the US

Remy Rank in US Top 1000

# 77 on Nameberry

Remy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Remy Popularity

Famous People Named Remy

  • Saint Remy aka Remigius
    Bishop of Tours
  • Remy Thorne
    American actor
  • Remy Hii
    Australian actor
  • Rémy Vincent Andrianjanaka
    Malagasy politician
  • Remy Belleau
    French renaissance poet
  • Rémy Belvaux
    Belgian actor
  • Remy Bonjasky
    Surninam,born Dutch professional K,1 kickboxer
  • Rémy Cabella
    French footballer
  • Rémy Card
    French Linux software developer
  • Rémi Casty
    French rugby league footballer
  • Rémy Ceillier
    French Benedictine monk and historian
  • Remy Charlip
    American children's book author and illustrator
  • Rémy Couvez
    French musician who plays the hurdy,gurdy
  • Remy de Gourmont
    French writer
  • Rémy Désilets
    Canadian politician
  • Rémy Di Gregorio
    French professional cyclist
  • Rémy Girard
    Québécois actor
  • Remy Hamilton
    American NFL football kicker
  • Remy Hermoso
    Venezuelan baseball player
  • Remy Keo
    Cambodian politician
  • Rémy Julienne
    French stunt performer
  • Rémy Maertens
    Belgian tug of war competitor
  • Rémy Martin
    French rugby union flanker
  • Remy Munasifi
    American stand,up comedian, parody musician and video artist
  • Rémy Noë
    English painter of French,Dutch descent
  • Remy Ong
    Singaporean bowling champion
  • Rémy Pflimlin
    French media executive
  • Rémy Pointereau
    French politician
  • Remy Presas
    Filipino martial artist
  • Remy P. Presas
    American martial artist
  • Rémy Raffalli
    French World War II soldier
  • Rémy Riou
    French footballer
  • Remy Shand
    Canadian R&B/Soul artist
  • Rémy Trudel
    Québécois politician
  • Rémy Vercoutre
    Soccer goalkeeper
  • Remy Wellen
    German ice hockey forward
  • Achille Rémy Percheron
    French entomologist
  • Jean Rémy Ayouné
    former foreign minister of Gabon
  • Jean
    Rémy Bessieux, French missionary and bishop
  • Jean
    Rémy Moët, French wine merchant of Moët et Chandon
  • Loic Remy
    French International Footballer
  • Jerry Remy
    American baseball announcer and former player

Remy in Pop Culture

  • Remy
    rat and main character in Pixar's Ratatouille
  • Remy Etienne Lebeau aka Gambit
    character in Marvel's X,Men series
  • Remy Delatour
    character on TV's Devious Maids
  • Remy Danton
    character on TV's House of Cards
  • Remy Baudouin
    character in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  • Remy Buxaplenty
    character in animated series The Fairly OddParents
  • Rémy Legaludec
    character in The Da Vinci Code
  • Remy Marathe
    character in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
  • Remy McSwain
    character in movie "The Big Easy"
  • Remy
    character in video game StreetFighter
  • Remy
    secretary of Lord Julian on TV's "Reign"
  • Remy
    Landlord on TV's New Girl
  • Remy
    Thomas Sanders personality for "sleep"
  • Chris "Remy" Rembrandt a.k.a. Springheel
    character in the "Commitment" campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"