Unisex name
Rémy
4,706 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 7.
Origin
In the Middle Ages, Gothic script barely distinguished the written forms of m, n and i, marked by vertical strokes (dotting the i's would only be done later). The practice then was to disambiguate i by writing it as y. This also explains the doublet Henri, Henry. citation needed (resolve the issue)Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Rémy”, 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: 534 births. 4,706 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is given to girls (18%) as well as boys (82%). It is still given: 2,410 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 2020: 1,489 births. 20,746 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (40%) as well as boys (60%). It really came into use around 1971. It is still given: 6,553 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2022: 16 births. 131 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (11%) as well as boys (89%). It is still given: 67 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 | 74,575 | 1900–2025 | 60th in 1935 |
| Switzerland | 2,307* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 1,507 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 31 | 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; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; 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.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 5 + 4 + 7 = 25 → 7
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
5 + 7 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
4
work, structure, stability
9 + 4 = 13 → 4
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 4 · work, structure, stability
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.