Given name & surname · also Turkish
Remzi
Remzi is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Remzi comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish رمزی (Remzî), from Arabic رَمْزِيّ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Remzi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 5 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 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 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.
Remzi’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Remzi continues an earlier form in رمزی. In Greek usage, Remzi as a surname is a transliteration of Ρέμζη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Remzi
- Remzi Aydın JöntürkTurkish actor and director (1936–1987)
- Remzi ÖztürkTurkish wrestler (born 1964)
- Remzi Kolgecipolitician (1947-2011)
- Remzi MusaoğluTurkish wrestler (born 1965)
- Cemil İpekçiTurkish fashion designer (born 1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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