Fun Facts About the Name Renesme
- 254 babies named Renesme: U.S. records list 254 babies given the name Renesme from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Renesme Mean?
Renesme, usually spelled Renesmee, is a modern given name formed by joining two other names, Renée and Esme. The connection is explained in the Twilight novels, where the character's name is said to combine the names of her two grandmothers.
Renée is the French feminine form of René, which comes from the Latin Renatus, meaning "reborn" or "born again." Esme, also written Esmé, derives from the Old French esmé, the past participle of esmer ("to esteem, to love"), which traces to the Latin aestimare, "to value or appraise"; its older sense is "esteemed" or "beloved." Joined together, the two parts give the blend the sense "reborn and beloved." That combined sense is a literal reading of the two components; the compound itself has no separate root in an older language.
Renesme Name History & Origins
The name is most familiar from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, where it belongs to Renesmee Cullen, the daughter of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. The character appears in Breaking Dawn (2008) and in the later film adaptations. In the story, Bella explains that the name was made by joining Renée, her mother's name, with Esme, her mother-in-law's name.
The form Renesme, without the final e, is a shortened spelling of the same name and is pronounced the same way. Because it is a recent compound of two French-derived names, most of what can be said about it concerns those two parts and its literary use; whether the name was used independently before the novels is not established. Renée and Esme each have their own long, separate histories, but neither of those histories belongs to the compound.
How Popular is the Name Renesme?
Renesme 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 2025. Its best rank was #5,198 in 2025.
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 | #5,198 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #5,553 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #5,694 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #6,158 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #6,357 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #8,315 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,752 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #5,748 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #11,429 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #7,902 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #7,206 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #10,021 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #6,964 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #18,969 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #13,204 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #19,581 | 5 | 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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How the Name Renesme Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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