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Remmy

Gender
Boy
Say it
REM-ee
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#2,883 for boys

Remmy is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “oarsman”. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).

What does Remmy mean?

Latin: spelling of Remy; French form of Remigius

“oarsman”

The French form of Remigius; Remy is also the rat who dreams of being a chef in Pixar's Ratatouille.

Meaning borrowed from Remy.

Is Remmy a girl's or a boy's name?

Remmy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 43 boys in the US.

How popular is Remmy in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.

2016Busiest: 5 in 20232024
Remmy in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20243#5,198
20235#3,712
20224#4,195
20213#4,989
20200–
20193#4,913
20184#4,169
20170–
20163#5,015

How popular is Remmy in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,883among boys
Babies in 2025
43about 1 in 40,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Remmy, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 18 girls were also named Remmy in 2025 (6,324th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Remmy in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,153 boys in the US were given Remmy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #305, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 30% of the babies named Remmy in the US were girls.

1997Busiest: 62 in 20202025
Remmy in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202543#2,883
202437#3,214
202343#2,894
202245#2,828
202152#2,522
202062#2,212
201947#2,693
201861#2,229
201760#2,216
201661#2,207
201546#2,640
201433#3,295
201311#7,021
201210#7,553
201114#5,939
20109#8,133
20096#10,989
20087#9,864
20075#12,361
20060–
20055#11,464
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19975#9,259

Names like Remmy

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Remmy

Names related to Remmy

More Latin names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Remmy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/remmy, updated 20 October 2026.