Fun Facts About the Name Remmi
- 542 babies named Remmi: U.S. records list 542 babies given the name Remmi from 1880 through 2025. Even 40 boys received the name Remmi - about 1 boy for every 13 girls.
What Does the Name Remmi Mean?
Remmi is an alternate spelling of Remi, a name of French origin. It goes back to the Latin Remigius, usually explained as "oarsman" or "rower," from remus ("oar") joined to a form of agere ("to drive, to do"). The literal sense is a person who rows a boat. In French the name took the forms Rémi and Rémy, and it entered English under those spellings as well as Rémy, Remy, and Remi. The spelling Remmi keeps the same meaning; it changes the look of the name, not its derivation.
Similar-looking names should not be folded into it. Reims, the French city, is named for the Remi, a Gaulish people, not for a Latin word for rowing. A link between Remigius and that tribal name has been suggested, but the usual explanation is the Latin remus, "oar."
Remmi Name History & Origins
The name is best known through Saint Remigius (c. 437 - 533), bishop of Reims, who baptized Clovis I, king of the Franks, probably around 496. That baptism is a landmark in the conversion of the Frankish kingdom to Christianity, and it made the bishop's name familiar across medieval Europe. In French, Remigius became Rémi and Rémy. The same saint's name appears in English records as Remigius, borne for example by Remigius de Fécamp, the Norman monk who became bishop of Lincoln and began the rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral in 1072.
Rémi remained a common French masculine given name into modern times, and Rémy and Remy are also long-established French surnames. In the English-speaking world the name has been used for boys and, in American usage, for girls as well. Remmi belongs to a group of respellings of Remi with a doubled consonant. The name also appears in popular culture, for instance as the name of the rat in the animated film Ratatouille (2007), which is a modern use of the name rather than its source.
How Popular is the Name Remmi?
Remmi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #3,232 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,849 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2024 | #5,738 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #4,256 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2022 | #3,753 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2021 | #3,995 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #3,767 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2019 | #3,653 | 42 | 0.0025% |
| 2018 | #3,727 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #3,232 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 2016 | #5,944 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #5,422 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2014 | #6,162 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,732 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #12,036 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #6,794 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #8,206 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #9,292 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #12,380 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #17,797 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,706 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #12,002 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #13,646 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #13,613 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #10,495 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #13,811 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #11,831 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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