Given name & surname
Remo
“woman from the town of Rheims”·“man from the town of Rheims”
Remo 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
Remo 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
Remo is a variant of Remy. An origin associated with Remy is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Remo developed from Remus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Remo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,013
- 1,013 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,460 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,460 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 823 as a first name in 2020; 872 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.
Remo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Remo has a feminine form in Rema. Remo has a related form in Remy. In Spanish usage, Remo developed from the Latin form Remus.
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Around the world
Remo has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Remusroot · English, Latin
- Remafeminine form · Italian
- Remequivalent
- Ramoequivalent
- Remkoequivalent
- Remcoequivalent
- Rimoequivalent
- RemigiuszPolish
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Remo
- Remo FreulerSwiss association football playerborn 1992
- Remo ForrerSwiss singerborn 2001
- Remo GironeItalian actor1948–2025
- Remo GiazottoItalian musicologist, composer and biographer (1910–1998)
- Remo D'SouzaIndian choreographer, actor and film directorborn 1974
- Remo RuffiniItalian physicistborn 1942
- Remo BertoniItalian racing cyclist (1909–1973)
- Remo BodeiItalian philosopher (1938-2019)
- Remo GaspariItalian politician (1921-2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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