Given name & surname
Rema
“one who is fertile; productive”
Rema is an affectionate form of Yefrem. In Russian use, Yefrem carries the interpretation “one who is fertile; productive.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rema is an affectionate form of Yefrem. In Russian use, Yefrem carries the interpretation “one who is fertile; productive.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rema connects to the Ephraim name family through Yefrem. An origin associated with Ephraim is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Rema is used as an affectionate form of Yefrem.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rema connects to the Ephraim name family through Yefrem. The history of Ephraim gives this family its wider story. Ephraim appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rema through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,217
- 10 boys · 1,207 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,901 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,901 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,254 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rema’s family of names
Rema is an affectionate form of Yefrem. In Italian usage, Rema is a feminine form of Remo. In Greek usage, Rema as a surname is a transliteration of Ρέμα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rema
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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