Given name & surname

Renell

“one who has been reborn”

Renell is a variant of Renée. One French interpretation is “one who has been reborn.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Renell is a variant of Renée. One French interpretation is “one who has been reborn.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Renell is a variant of Renée. An origin associated with Renée is French.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Renell through the years

Babies since 1880
707
154 boys · 553 girls
Most popular year
1965
30 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
0510152019401960198020002025Highest share 1965Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Renell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1924–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 720 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 54,691 among surnames in 1990.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Renell’s family of names

Renell has a related form in René. Renell has a related form in Renée.

Walk Renell’s family in the name graph

RenellRenelleRennellRenéRenée

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Renell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Renee

“one who has been reborn”

48UncommonSteady

1% boys · 99% girls

 

Renae

“one who has been reborn”

31RareSteady

>99% girls

Virtue

Raylene

“son of grace”

20RareEasing

>99% girls

Nature

Rosette

“horse” · “fame”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

Latin

Risa

“one who laughs often”

23RareEasing

>99% girls

French

Rochelle

“from the little rock”

26RareEasing

>99% girls

Mythological

Rea

Rea is a feminine given name.

24RareRising

>99% girls

Welsh

Rhonda

“wielding a good spear”

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Renell’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Renell