Given name & surname
Rembrandt
Rembrandt is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Rembrandt isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rembrandt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 52 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 13 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rembrandt’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rembrandt
- RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
- Rembrandt PealeAmerican painter (1778-1860)
- Rembrandt BugattiItalian sculptor (1884–1916)
- Rembrandt FrerichsDutch musicianborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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