Meanings
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
He leaves to mourn his passing […] great-grandchildren, Matthew Smith and Renesmee Fiala; […]
2014 February 5, “Richard (Dick) J. Wooley”, in Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Oh., →OCLC, “Memorials” section, page B4, column 63 more examples
While Sophie Edwards, 23, from Doncaster, fought for her life, her baby was doing the same. […] Renesmee was born a healthy 7lb 4oz, but she wasn’t out of the woods just yet. And neither was I. Sadly, she had also contracted sepsis, and had to be kept on the NICU. She and I were both pumped with antibiotics. Renesmee was so tiny, so she had to fight so hard.
2019 December 12, “Silent fright”, in Pick Me Up, London, →ISSN, →OCLCMum Lucy Carroll, 37, said: “She has lost almost all her vision and with it her confidence, which is why we started gymnastics.[…]” […] Amelia, who also lives with dad Mike, 38, brothers Danny and Mikey, 15 and 14, and sister Renesmee, two, receives brain infusions.
2022 September 7, “Gymnast Amelia is all set to take on the world”, in Macclesfield Express, →OCLC, page 3, columns 1–2 and 4[T]he undersigned will sell, […] the personal property stored in the following space number(s) by the following tenant(s): Unit Number #235 Occupant Name Renesmee Troncoso
2023 August 5, “Notice of public sale or personal property”, in The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 2
Origin
Coined by the American novelist and film producer Stephenie Meyer as the name of Renesmee Cullen (a character in her novel Breaking Dawn (2008), the fourth in the Twilight series, who also appeared in The Twilight Saga, a film series based on the novels). She is given this name by her mother (Bella Swan) as a blend of Renée + Esme, the names of Renée Dwyer (Bella Swan’s mother) and Esme Cullen (her father’s adoptive mother).
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Renesmee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Renesmee
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