Renée

/ɹɪˈneɪ/

proper noun

A female given name from French.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Renee

  1. A female given name from French.

    "You don't have to call me Reenie if you don't want," she said. "You can call me Renée if it suits you." Reenie, Julian remembered: sweep her hair high and call her Renée. "No," he answered finally, "I'll take things the way they are."

    1950, Helen Rich, The Willow-Bender, Simon and Schuster, page 120

Origin

  1. FrenchRenée
  2. EnglishRenée

From French Renée, meaning reborn, stemmed from Latin Renata. Feminine form of male René.

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APA

Renée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ren%C3%A9e

MLA

“Renée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ren%C3%A9e. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Renée,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ren%C3%A9e.

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