Renata

Ren-AH-ta
Latin
"reborn"

Renata Origin and Meaning

The name Renata is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "reborn".

Widely used across Europe as a common baptismal name symbolizing spiritual rebirth, Renata, in this country it has an operatic image via Italian-born divas Renata Tebadi and Renata Scotti.

Renata is back in the U.S. Top 1000 after decades away; she has a larger following in other countries.

Writer/critic Renata Adler was a star among the literati. And Renata is a minor vampire character in the Twilight series.

For those of you thinking nicknames, Renata might be a full name leading to the increasingly trendy "Wren".

# 473 in the US

Renata Rank in US Top 1000

# 733 on Nameberry

Renata Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Renata Popularity

Famous People Named Renata

  • Renata Scotto
    Italian opera singer
  • Renata Tebaldi
    Italian opera singer
  • Renata Adler
    American author
  • Renata Litvinova
    Russian actress
  • Renata Chlumska
    Swedish adventurer and mountaineer

Renata in Pop Culture

  • Renata
    minor character in the Twilight Saga
  • Renata
    Linguini's mother in Pixar's "Ratatouille"
  • Renata
    the Contessa loved by Col. Richard Cantrell in Hemingway's Across the River and Into the Trees (1950; "a book left unpraised even by the author's more enthusiastic critics")
  • Renata
    a character in the "Isabelle" series by Laurence Yep
  • Renata López
    a character in the "Una Familia de Diez" series
  • Renata
    character of Her Interactive's Nancy Drew game "The Captive Curse"
  • Renata Klein
    character in book and TV series "Big Little Lies"