Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French feminine

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and

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. Renée is the female form of René, with the extra "e" making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form of the late

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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 ...

and the meaning is ''reborn'' or ''born again''. In medieval times, the meaning was associated with the

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

concept of being spiritually born again through

baptism Baptism (from ) is a Christians, Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by aspersion, sprinkling or affusion, pouring water on the head, or by immersion baptism, immersing in water eit ...

. Renee was among the top 100 names given to girls in the

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in the late 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s and the early 1980s. It ranked as the 734th most popular name given to American girls in 2008 and is continuing to fall in popularity.

Given name

* Renée and Renato, British male/female vocal duo * Renée Adorée (1898–1933), French actress of the silent era * Renee Alway (born 1986), American fashion model * Renee Amoore (1953–2020), American health care advocate *

Renée Asherson Dorothy Renée Ascherson (19 May 1915 – 30 October 2014), known professionally as Renée Asherson, was a British actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool ...

(1915–2014), English actress * Renée Aubin (born 1963), Canadian Olympic fencer * Reneé Austin (born 1966), American singer * Renée Baillargeon (born 1954), psychology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign *

Renee Bargh Renee Bargh (born 18 October 1986) is an Australian entertainment reporter, who is best known as a host of ''Channel V Australia, Channel Australia''. She is currently the weekend co-host and correspondent for ''Extra (American TV program ...

(born 1986), Australian celebrity and TV presenter *

Renée Björling Renée Björling (10 July 1898 – 4 March 1975) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Lovö, Sweden and died in Täby. Partial filmography * ''Tre indvendige Jomfruer'' (1914) - Daughter * ''The Downy Girl'' (1919) - Anne-Marie Ehi ...

(1898–1975), Swedish actress * Renée A. Blake, Caribbean American linguistics professor at New York University *

Renee Blount Renee Blount (born May 12, 1957) is a retired American tennis player. Career Blount was a No. 1 singles and doubles All-American player for UCLA. She joined the WTA Tour in 1978 and went on to reach a career-high ranking of 63 in singles and wo ...

(born 1957), American professional tennis player *

Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet (17 December 1938 – 3 February 2022) was a French and Uruguayan composer, pianist, organist, harpsichordist and conductor. Her compositions spanned both popular and classical genres which included Electroacoustic musi ...

(1938–2022), French/Uruguayan musician *

Renée Bordereau Renée Bordereau (1770 in Soulaines-sur-Aubance – 1822 in Vezins, Maine-et-Loire), nicknamed ''The Angevin'', was a French soldier. She followed her father, disguised herself as a man, and fought as a Royalist cavalier in the troops of C ...

(1770–1824), French woman who disguised herself as a man *

Renee Botta Renee Botta is on the faculty of the Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies at the University of Denver where she has conducted research on the relationship between media use and eating disorders among adolescents from diverse populations. ...

(born 1965), Chair of the Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies at the University of Denver *

Renée of Bourbon Renée of Bourbon, Duchess of Lorraine (1494 – 26 May 1539), also called Renée, Lady of Mercœur, was a Duchess consort of Lorraine. She was a daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier by Clara Gonzaga, and sister of Charles de ...

(1494–1539), daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier *

Renée Marie Bumb Renée Marie Bumb (born January 25, 1960) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Early life and education Bumb was born in Bellevue, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio State Uni ...

(born 1960), district judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey * Renée C. Byer (born 1958), American documentary photojournalist * Renée Carl (1875–1954), French actress of the silent era * Renée Caroline de Roullay Créquy, Marquise de Créquy (1714–1803), French aristocrat * Renée Carpentier-Wintz (1913–2003), French painter * Renee Chatterton (born 1989), Australian Olympic rower * Renée Chen (born 1985), Taiwanese singer and songwriter * Renee Chenault-Fattah (born 1957), Philadelphia news anchor * Renee Cipriano, former director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency * Renee Cole (born c. 1971), American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Maryland 1993 *

Renée Coleman Renée Coleman (born January 8, 1962) is a Canadian actress who has appeared in several TV shows and movies. Acting She is best known for her role in the NBC TV series ''Quantum Leap'', in which she played the role of Alia, the "evil leaper." ...

, Canadian-born American actress * Renée Colliard (1933–2022), Swiss alpine skier * Renee Cox (born 1960), Jamaican-American artist, political activist and curator * Renée de Dinteville (15??–1580), German-Roman monarch * Renee del Colle, Canadian wheelchair basketball player * Renée Doria (1921–2021), French opera singer * Renée Dunan (1892–1936), French writer * Renee Ellmers (born 1964), the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district * Renée Estevez (born 1967), American actress * Renée Jeanne Falconetti (1892–1946), French stage and film actress * Renee Jimenez (born 1981), American basketball coach * Renée Faure (1919–2005), French actress * Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), Paraguayan poet and novelist * Renee Fitzgerald, Irish camogie player * Renee Flavell (born 1982), New Zealand badminton player *

Renée Fleming Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano and actress, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nom ...

(born 1959), American soprano * Renée Fox (1928–2020), American sociologist *

Renée of France Renée of France (25 October 1510 – 12 June 1574), was List of Ferrarese consorts, Duchess of Ferrara from 31 October 1534 until 3 October 1559 by marriage to Ercole II d'Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI. She was the younger surviving ch ...

(1510–1574), younger daughter of Louis XII of France *

Renée French Renée French (born 1963) is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's literature, children's book author, and exhibiting artist. Her work is characterized by her "obsessive-looking and highly ...

(born 1963), American comics writer and illustrator * Renée French (actress), American actress * Renée Friedman, American egyptologist * Renee Gadd (1908–2003), Argentine-born British film actress * Renée Gailhoustet (1929–2023), French architect * Renée Garilhe (1923–1991), French Olympic fencer * Renée Geyer (1953–2023), Australian singer * Renée Gill Pratt (born 1954), local politician from New Orleans * Renee Godfrey (1919–1964), American stage and motion picture actress and singer * Renee Ghosh, Lebanese actress * Renée Elise Goldsberry (born 1971), American actress, singer and songwriter * Renee Grant-Williams, Nashville, Tennessee vocal coach * Renée Green (born 1959), American artist, writer and filmmaker * Renee Griffin, aka Renee Allman, aka Renee Ammann (born 1968), American actress * Reneé Hall (born 1971), American police chief * Renée Hayek, Lebanese writer and novelist * Renee Hobbs (born 1958), American educator, scholar and advocate for media literacy education * Renée Houston (1902–1980), Scottish comedy actor and revue artist * Renee Humphrey (born 1975), American actress * Renée Jeryd (born 1965), Swedish social democratic politician *

Renée Jones Renée Jones is a former American dramatic actress. Jones is best known for playing Lexie Carver on NBC's long-running soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', a role she began in 1993. She has been nominated five times for the NAACP Image Awards, NAA ...

(born 1958), American actress * Renée Jones-Bos, 44th representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States * Renee Kelly (1888–1965), British stage and film actress * Renée Kosel (born 1943), member of the Illinois House of Representatives * Renee Laravie (born 1959), American Olympic swimmer * Renée Lawless (born 1960), American actress * Renee Leota (born 1990), New Zealand association football player * Renee Lim, Australian actress, television presenter and medical doctor * Renee MacRae (b. 1940), a Scottish woman who is missing, presumed to have been murdered * Renee Magee (1959–2022), American Olympic swimmer * Renée Manfredi, American novelist * Renee Marlin-Bennett (b. 1959), political science professor at Johns Hopkins University * Renée Mayer (1900–1969), British child actress * Renee McHugh (born c. 1988), Philippines fashion model and beauty queen * Renée Miller, computer science professor at University of Toronto, Canada *

Renée Montagne Renée Montagne () is an American former radio journalist and was the co-host (with Steve Inskeep and David Greene) of National Public Radio's weekday morning news program, '' Morning Edition'', from May 2004 to November 11, 2016. Montagne and ...

, American radio journalist * Renee Montgomery, American basketball player * Renée Morisset (1928–2009), Canadian pianist * Renee Nele (born 1932), German sculptor * Renée Nicoux (born 1951), French politician and member of the Senate of France *

Renee O'Connor Evelyn Renee O'Connor (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, producer, and director, known for the role of Gabrielle on the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Early life Born in Houston and raised in suburban Katy, Texas b ...

(born 1971), American actress, producer and director * Marie-Renée Oget (born 1945), French politician, member of the National Assembly * Renee Olstead (born 1989), American actress and singer * Renée Oro (born 1900–UNK), Argentine filmmaker of the silent era * Renee Paquette (aka Renee Young; born 1984), Canadian sports broadcaster, currently working with the WWE * Renee Peck (born 1953), American writer *

Renee Percy Renee Percy (born November 14, 1977, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, writer, and comedian. Percy is best known for her work on the sketch comedy shows Air Farce Live and CTV/ Comedy Network's '' Comedy Inc'', and for her Comedy Now! ...

, Canadian actress, writer, and comedian *

Renee Poetschka Renee Elise Poetschka (born 1 May 1971) is a former Australian athlete. Best known as a relay runner, she won a bronze medal at the World Champion in the 4x400 metres relay and a gold medal in the same event at the World Junior Championships ...

, Australian athlete * Renee Powell (born 1946), an American professional golfer * Renee Props (born 1962), American actress * Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020), Israeli-American psychologist and lawyer * Reneé Rapp (born 2000), American actress and singer * Renee Raudman, an actress and voice actress * Renee Reuter, American politician * Renée Richards (born 1934), American ophthalmologist, author and tennis player * Renee Robinson, American dancer * Renée Roca (born 1963), American figure skater and choreographer * Renee Roberts (1908–1996), English actress * Renee Rollason (born 1989), Australian football (soccer) player * Renee Rosnes (born 1962), Canadian musician * Renee Roszel, American writer * Renée Saint-Cyr (1904–2004), French actress * Renee Sands (born 1974), American singer and actress * Renée Scheltema (born 1951), Dutch documentary filmmaker * Renee Schulte (born 1970), American politician * Renée Schuurman (1939–2001), South African tennis player * Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille (1883–1959), Swiss photographer * Renee Sebastian (born 1973), Filipino-American singer and songwriter * Renée Short (1919–2003), British politician * Renee Simons (born 1972), Canadian curler * Renée Simonsen (born 1965), Danish model and writer * Renée Sintenis (1888–1965), German artist * Renée Slegers (born 1989), Dutch international football midfielder * Jamie Renée Smith (born 1987), American actress * Renée Felice Smith (born 1985), American actress * Renée Sonnenberg, Canadian curler * Renée Soutendijk (born 1957), Dutch actress * Renee Spearman (born 1969), gospel recording artist, singer, songwriter and producer * Renée Stobrawa (1897–1971), German screenwriter and film actress * Renee Stout (born 1958), American artist * Renee Tajima-Peña (born c. 1958), film director and producer *

Renée Taylor Renée Adorée Taylor (née Wexler; born March 19, 1933) is an American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. Taylor was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for the film '' Lovers and Other Strangers ...

(born 1933), American actress * Renée (writer) (1929–2023), New Zealand writer and playwright * Renee Tenison (born 1968), American model and actress * Renee Torres (1911–1998), Mexican-American actress * Renee Lynn Vicary (1957–2002), American competitive female bodybuilder * Renée Victor (born 1953), American actress * Renée Vivien (1877–1909), British poet writing in French * Renée Webster, Australian filmmaker * Renée Weibel (born 1986), Swiss actress * Renee Williams (1977–2007), American woman believed to be the largest woman in the world at the time of her death *

Renée Zellweger Renée Kathleen Zellweger ( ; born April 25, 1969) is an American actress. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Renée Zellweger, various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four ...

(born 1969), American actress

In fiction

*Renée, a minor character in ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The concept is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film, also written by Whedon, a ...

'' * Renée, a character in '' Claymore'' * Renee, a character in the TV series ''Watchmen'' *Renee, a character in the film '' The Grudge 3'' *Renee, protagonist of the

Pixar Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney ...

short film '' Loop'' *Renee Blasey, aka Wraith, from the battle royale video game ''

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a 2019 Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's ''Titanfall'' series. It is offered ...

'' * Renee Bradshaw, character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Renée Divine Buchanan, character in the American soap opera ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...

'' * Renée DuMonde, character in the television soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' *Renée Dwyer, a character in the ''

Twilight Twilight is daylight illumination produced by diffuse sky radiation when the Sun is below the horizon as sunlight from the upper atmosphere is scattered in a way that illuminates both the Earth's lower atmosphere and also the Earth's surf ...

'' novel series *Renee Fitzpatrick, in ''She's the One'', played by

Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom ''Friends'' from 1994 to 2004, which earned her Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Scr ...

*Renee Graves, a character from the indie video game '' The Coffin of Andy and Leyley'' * Renee Montoya, a DC Comics character * Renee Perry, a character in the ABC series ''Desperate Housewives'' *Renée Picard, a ''Star Trek'' character and ancestor of Jean-Luc Picard *Renée Ratelle, from the Canadian animated series '' Jacob Two Two'' *

Renée Rienne Renée Rienne (real name Renée Goursaud, alias ''Le Corbeau'', "The Raven") is a fictional character in the spy-fi (neologism), spy-fi television series ''Alias (TV series), Alias''. Played by Élodie Bouchez, she was introduced as a new charact ...

, character in the spy-fi series ''Alias'' *Renee Roberts, English dub name of Zakuro Fujiwara in the manga series '' Tokyo Mew Mew'' *Renee "Ren" Stevens, the lead character of the Disney Channel Original Series ''

Even Stevens ''Even Stevens'' is an American comedy television series produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003, airing a total of 65 episodes spanning three seasons. It follows ...

'' *Renée de Villefort, first wife of Gérard de Villefort in Alexandre Dumas's ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' * Renee Walker, a character in the TV series ''24'' *Renee Wilson, a character from Backbone (video game) *Renée is Toan's mother in Dark Cloud

Surname

* Lyne Renée (born 1979), Belgian actress

Variants in different languages

*رينيه

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

*Rena English, Polish *Renae English *Renáta

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

, Hungarian, Slovak *Renata Serbian, Croatian,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish, Lithuanian *Renate Dutch, French,

*Renátka

*Renča

*Renea Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene *Renée Dutch, French *Renee English *Reneeke Dutch *Reneetje Dutch *Renia Polish *Renita English, Spanish *Renāte Latvian

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