Given name & surname
Rennie
“one who has been reborn”·“one who is helpful; generous”
Rennie is a variant of Renée. One French interpretation is “one who has been reborn.” In English use, Rennie is a variant of Rainey. One German interpretation is “one who is helpful; generous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rennie is a variant of Renée. One French interpretation is “one who has been reborn.” In English use, Rennie is a variant of Rainey. One German interpretation is “one who is helpful; generous.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rennie is a variant of Renée. An origin associated with Renée is French. In English use, Rennie is a variant of Rainey. An origin associated with Rainey is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rennie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,939
- 999 boys · 940 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,245 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +84%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,245 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,346 as a first name in 2020; 3,665 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.
Rennie’s family of names
In English usage, Rennie has a related form in Renny. Rennie has a related form in René. Rennie has a related form in Renée.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rennie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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