Fun Facts About the Name Remmie
- 243 babies named Remmie: U.S. records list 243 babies given the name Remmie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Remmie Mean?
Remmie is mainly an informal spelling of Remy, the English form of the French Rémy. That name goes back to the Latin Remigius, a Roman family name built from remigius, "oarsman" or "rower," which combines remus, "oar," with agere, "to drive, to do." The ending -ie is the familiar English spelling used for pet forms and affectionate variants, as in Charlie or Jamie; it does not change the meaning.
The same spelling can also serve as a nickname for Remington, an English surname taken from a place name. That line is unrelated: it comes from an Old English personal name plus tūn, "enclosure, settlement," and does not carry the sense "oarsman." Because these origins are separate, the name has no single settled etymology.
Remmie Name History & Origins
The root of the Rémy/Remy line is Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims in the late fifth and early sixth centuries, who baptized Clovis I, king of the Franks, in a ceremony traditionally dated to 496. Devotion to the saint carried his name through the French-speaking world, where it became Rémy. English speakers took it up as Remy, with the shorter Remi also in use.
Remmie belongs to the same cluster of spellings, using the -ie ending that English reserves for familiar forms. In Dutch, that same ending works as a diminutive suffix, so Remmie can also be a pet form of Dutch names such as Rem, Remco, or Remmert, whose own origins are not Latin. Existing records do not make clear which of these paths the spelling Remmie followed first.
How Popular is the Name Remmie?
Remmie 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 2018. Its best rank was #4,977 in 2018.
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 | #10,739 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #10,077 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #10,979 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,222 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #8,870 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,411 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #5,418 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #4,977 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #7,362 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #6,621 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #6,669 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #6,163 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #10,106 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #12,037 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #11,955 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #14,649 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #13,422 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #17,033 | 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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