Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Rene
/REH · nee/
Meaning
“Reborn”
English and German form of the French René, from Latin renatus, meaning reborn; without the accent it often reads as unisex in English-speaking countries, which has broadened its use.
Nicknames
rené
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Feels mid-century and quietly dated in the US; the no-accent spelling flattens its elegance.
The cultural moment.
Top 200 in the US from the 1940s through the 1970s; declining since the 1980s and now rarely used for new births.