Remy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced REM-ee · 2 syllables

Remy means “oarsman”, from French.

French: A given name, variant of Remi

How popular is Remy?

Remy was the #408 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,171 babies. It’s rising: up 121% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

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

Half of US adults named Remy are older than 28; most are between 18 and 55. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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

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

Remy means “oarsman”. It comes from French.

Remy is pronounced REM-ee.

Remy was the #408 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,171 babies. It’s rising: up 121% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Remy are older than 28. Most are between 18 and 55.