Unisex name
Rémi
5,078 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 9.
Origin
Two origins explain this first name: The Latin remex, remigis (“rower”) is the source of the Latin first name Remigius, which is found in the Spanish or Italian Remigio; The Celtic people of the Remi (in Latin Remī) influenced the name of the bishop of Reims, saint Remi, and is the source of this relatively frequent first name, systematically latinized as Remigius from the Middle Ages onward.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Rémi”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 596 births. 5,078 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is given to girls (58%) as well as boys (42%). It is still given: 2,615 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2022: 2,740 births. 27,066 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is given to girls (85%) as well as boys (15%). It really came into use around 1968. It is still given: 12,533 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2024: 53 births. 286 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is given to girls (87%) as well as boys (13%). It really came into use around 2019. It is still given: 202 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 91,110 | 1900–2025 | 31st in 1992 |
| Quebec | 4,249 | 1980–2025 | 41st in 1984 |
| Switzerland | 954* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 665 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 53 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
9 + 5 + 4 + 9 = 27 → 9
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
5
freedom, change, movement
5 + 9 = 14 → 5
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
4
work, structure, stability
9 + 4 = 13 → 4
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.