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".

Renata Rank in US Top 1000

# 473 in the US

Renata Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 744 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Renata

• 473 US 2023
• 744 Nameberry 2025
• 322 Future 2028
• 86 Portugal 2014
• 10 Mexico 2021
• 18 Argentina 2021
• 22 Chile 2021

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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 Fast Canadian ice hockey player

The name 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"
• Renata Remedios “Meme” Buendía Character from 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

International Variations of the name Renata

• Nata Russian
• Rena Russian
• Renátka Czech
• Renca Czech
• Renate German