Meaning & origin
What it means
Remus possibly goes back to a word meaning “oar.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Remus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 956
- 956 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,789 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,789 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 642 as a first name in 2020; 1,284 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.
Remus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Remus has a later derivative in Remo. Remus has a related form in Reamos. In English usage, Remus has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Remo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Remus has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Remus
- Remus von WoyrschGerman Field Marshal (1847-1920)
- Remus CerneaRomanian politicianborn 1974
- Remus RădulețRomanian engineer1904–1984
- Remus FaurRomanian biathleteborn 1989
- Remus PricopieRomanian politicianborn 1970
- Remus KofflerRomanian politician1902–1954
- Remus VladRomanian association football player and managerborn 1946
- Remus OpreanuRomanian politician (1844–1908)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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