Remi: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced REM-ee · 2 syllables

Remi means “oarsman”, from French.

A sixth-century French saint, Latin Remigius, from remex (“oarsman”).

How popular is Remi?

Remi was the #145 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,346 babies. It’s rising: up 432% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Remi in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Remi are older than 27; most are between 18 and 58. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Remi have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Remi means “oarsman”. It comes from French.

Remi is pronounced REM-ee.

Remi was the #145 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,346 babies. It’s rising: up 432% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Remi are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 58.