Meaning: Its source is Renatus, a Latin name meaning "Rebirth."
This name is often spelled with an accent -- René.
Languages: This boy's name is used in Dutch, French and Spanish.
Non-English Forms: René
Popularity: The name Rene ranked 408th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 295th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Leadership
- René Cassin (born 1887, died 1976)
French jurist, diplomat, and Zionist. President of the European Court of Human Rights, 1965-68.
- 1968 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
Sports
- Rene Lacoste
French tennis player.
- 1926-27 U.S. Open tennis champion (see list of U.S. Open Tennis Champions)
- 1925, 1928 Wimbledon tennis champion (see list of Wimbledon Tennis Champions)
- 1925, 1927, 1929 French Open tennis champion (see list of French Open Tennis Champions)
- René Pottier
- 1906 Tour de France champion (see list of Tour de France Winners)
- Rene Thomas
Race-car driver.
- 1914 Indianapolis 500 winner (see list of Indianapolis 500 Winners)
Stage and Screen
- René Auberjonois (born 1940)
American actor.
- Portrays Constable Odo (see list of Actors on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'')
- René Clément (born 1913, died 1996)
French writer and director.
- Winner of the 1946 and 1949 Cannes Film Festival Best Director awards, for La Bataille du Rail and The Walls of Malapaga (see list of Cannes Film Festival Best Director Winners)
- Rene Enriquez (born 1933, died 1990)
American actor.
- Portrayed Lt. Ray Calletano (see list of Actors on ''Hill Street Blues'')
The Literary World
- Rene Jules Dubos (born 1901, died 1982)
French-born American bacteriologist.
- 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction, for So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)
- Rene Picard
Fictional character.
- Character in Margaret Mitchell''s Gone with the Wind (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)
- René F.A. Sully-Prudhomme (born 1839, died 1907)
French poet.
- 1901 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Renaid O'Connor
Meaning: Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Rebirth."
Nickname For: Irene
Variant Forms: Renell
Popularity: The name Rene ranked 674th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name has fluctuated in use, it has been quietly present throughout the last century.
Miscellaneous
- Rene
- Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Neaner
- Renegade
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