Given name & surname
Remigio
“woman from the town of Rheims”·“man from the town of Rheims”
Remigio is a variant of Remy. Interpretations include “woman from the town of Rheims” (French) and “man from the town of Rheims” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Remigio is a variant of Remy. Interpretations include “woman from the town of Rheims” (French) and “man from the town of Rheims” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Remigio is a variant of Remy. An origin associated with Remy is French. Remigio shares an earlier linguistic root with Rémy. An origin associated with Rémy is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Remigio developed from REMIGIUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Remigio shares an earlier linguistic root with Rémy. The history of Rémy gives this family its wider story. Rémy’s historical associations include a 6th-century bishop of Rheims.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Remigio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 805
- 805 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,458 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,458 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,822 as a first name in 2020; 1,660 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Remigio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Remigio has a feminine form in REMIGIA. Remigio has a related form in Remy. In Italian usage, Remigio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form REMIGIUSZ.
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Around the world
Remigio has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Remigio
- Remigio Morales BermúdezPresident of Peru (1836-1894)
- Remigio CantagallinaItalian painter (1582-1656)1575–1656
- Remigio CresciniSpanish cardinal1757–1830
- Remigio SabbadiniItalian latinist1850–1934
- Remy PrìncipeItalian composer, violinist and music teacher (1889–1977)
- Rémy IsoréFrench priest (1852-1900)
- Remigio Herreralate babalawo1810–1905
- Remigio NanniniDominican friar from Florence, writer, poet, and translator1518–1580
- Remigio Gandásegui y GorrocháteguiSpanish archbishop and politician (1871-1937)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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