Renate is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Latin name

Renatus Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" ("natus" = "born"). The name has a spiritual meaning, i.e., to be born again with baptism, i.e., from water and the Holy Spirit. It was extensively adopted by early Christians in ...

. It is common in German, Dutch and Norwegian. Notable people with the given name include: * Renate Aschauer-Knaup (born 1948), German singer (Amon Düül II) * Renate Blauel, music engineer, married to Elton John * Renate Dorrestein (1954–2018), Dutch writer, journalist and feminist * Renate Gebhard (born 1977), Italian jurist and politician * Renate Götschl (born 1975), Austrian alpine skier * Renate Groenewold (born 1976), Dutch speed skater * Renate Hellwig (born 1940), German politician * Renate Holub (born 1946), German political philosopher and social theorist * Renate Kamener (1933–2009), Australian educator * Renate Klein (born 1945), Australian writer, publisher and feminist health activist * Renate Künast (born 1955), German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, 2001–2005 * Renāte Lāce (1943–1967), Latvian track and field athlete *

Renate Loll Renate Loll (born 19 June 1962, Aachen) Is a German physicist. She is a Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics of the Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands. She previously wo ...

(born 1962), Dutch physicist * Renate Müller (1906–1937), German actress * Renate Prince (born 1929), German-New Zealand architect * Renate Reinsve, (born 1987), Norwegian actress * Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Social Democratic politician *

Renate Sommer Renate Sommer (born 10 September 1958) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 until 2019. She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union, part of the Eur ...

(born 1958), German politician and Member of the European Parliament * Renate Stecher (born 1950), German athlete and Olympic champion *

Renate Tobies Renate A. Tobies (born January 25, 1947) is a German mathematician and historian of mathematics known for her biographies of Felix Klein and Iris Runge. Education and career Tobies grew up in East Germany, and studied mathematics and chemistry ...

(born 1947), German historian of mathematics * Renate von Natzmer (1898–1935), German noble lady convicted of spying and treason * Silvia Renate Bernadotte (born 1943), Queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden * Marion Rose Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; 1931–2025), Austrian-American

Holocaust survivor Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, its collaborators before and during World War II ...

, humanitarian, and translator

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