Rémy, Remy, Rémi, Remie, Rémie or Remi (French: [ʁemi], English: /ˈrɛmi, ˈriːmi, ˈreɪmi/) is a name of French origin meaning “oarsman”, and is associated with the Latin name Remigius. It is used as either a surname or as a male or female given name.
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | French |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old French, Latin |
| Word/name | Remigius (Latin) |
| Meaning | "oarsman" |
| Region of origin | France |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) |
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| Related names | Remigius, Remington |
People with the name Remy include:
Given name
edit- Saint Rémy or Saint Remigius (437–533), male, baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks
- Achille Rémy Percheron (1797–1869), male, French entomologist
- Jean Rémy Ayouné, male, former foreign minister of Gabon
- Jean-Rémy Badio (died 2007), Male, freelance Haitian photographer and journalist
- Jean-Rémy Bessieux, Male, Roman Catholic missionary and bishop
- Jean-Rémy Moët, Male, French wine merchant, ran the Moët et Chandon house founded by his grandfather
- Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Female, French writer
- Nicolas Rémy Maire, Male, French bowmaker
- Rémy Vincent Andrianjanaka, Male, Malagasy politician
- Rémy Belleau, Male, French renaissance poet
- Rémy Belvaux, Male, Belgian actor
- Remy Bonjasky (born 1976), Male, Suriname-born Dutch professional K-1 kickboxer
- Rémy Boullé (born 1988), Male, French paracanoeist
- Rémy Cabella, Male, French footballer
- Rémy Card, Male, French Linux software developer
- Rémi Casty (born 1985), Male, French rugby league footballer
- Rémy Ceillier (1688–1761), Male, French Benedictine monk and historian
- Remy Charlip (1929–2012), Male, American children's book author and illustrator
- Rémy Couvez, male, French hurdy-gurdy player
- Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915), Male, French writer
- Rémy Désilets, Male, Quebec politician
- Rémy Di Gregorio (born 1985), Male, French professional cyclist
- Remy Gardner, male, Australian motorcycle racer
- Rémy Girard, Male, Quebec actor
- Remy Hamilton (born 1974), Male, American football kicker
- Remy Hermoso (1947–2020), Male, Venezuelan Major League Baseball shortstop
- Remy Hii, Male, Australian actor
- Rémy Jacques (1817–1905), Male, French lawyer and politician
- Remy Keo, Male, Cambodian politician
- Rémy Julienne, Male, French stunt performer
- Remy LaCroix, Female, American pornographic actress
- Remy Lai, Female, Singaporean-Australian children's book author
- Remy Le Boeuf, (born 1986) Male, American saxophonist/composer
- Remi Lindholm (born 1998), Male, Finnish cross-country skier
- Remy Ma, Female, stage name of Reminisce Smith (born 1980), American female rapper
- Rémy Maertens, Male, Belgian tug-of-war competitor in the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Remy Martin (basketball) (born 1998), male, American basketball player
- Rémy Martin (rugby union), Male, French rugby union flanker
- Remy McBain (born 1991), Female, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Remy Munasifi, Male, Arab American stand-up comedian, parody musician and video artist
- Rémy Noë (born 1974), Male, English painter of French-Dutch descent
- Remy Ong, Male, Singaporean bowling champion
- Rémy Pflimlin (1954–2016), Male, French media executive
- Rémy Pointereau, Male, French politician
- Remy Presas, Male, Filipino martial artist
- Remy P. Presas, Male, American martial artist
- Rémy Raffalli, Male, French World War II soldier
- Rémy Riou (born 1987), Male, French soccer goalkeeper
- Remy Ryan, Female, American actress
- Remy Siemsen (born 1999), Australian footballer
- Remy Shand, Male, Canadian r&b/soul artist
- Rémy Trudel, Male, Canadian politician
- Rémy Vercoutre, Male, soccer goalkeeper
- Remy Wellen, Male, German ice hockey forward
- Remy Zaken, Female, American actress
- Rémy Zaugg, Male, Swiss painter
- Rémy (rapper) (born 1997), male, French rapper
Surname
edit- Alfred Remy, German-born American philologist and music theorist
- Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle (1626–1698), Governor General of New France
- Gilles Rémy, French businessman
- Jack Remy, pornographic actor
- Jacques Rémy, French soccer striker
- Jean Rémy, French colonel and member of the Free French during World War II
- Jerry Remy (1952–2021), American Major League Baseball player and Boston Red Sox broadcaster
- Joseph Rémy, Belgian boxer
- Loïc Rémy, French football striker
- Ludger Rémy (1949–2017), German harpsichordist, conductor, musicologist
- Nicholas Rémy, a French magistrate who became famous as a hunter of witches
- Patrick Rémy (skier), French cross-country skier
- Patrick Remy (footballer), French soccer striker and manager
- Paul Rémy, French-Algerian tennis player
- Pierre-Jean Rémy, French author and diplomat
- Raoul Rémy, French professional cyclist
- Sébastien Rémy, Luxembourgian soccer midfielder
- Sylvain Remy, Beninese soccer defender
- William Rémy, French soccer defender
Fictional characters
edit- Remy Danton, a male character on the Netflix series House of Cards
- Remi Briggs, also known as 'Jane Doe', a female main character played by Jamie Alexander in the NBC TV series Blindspot
- Remy Scott, a male FBI agent character played by Dylan McDermott in FBI: Most Wanted
- Remy Remington, male character from the animated television series Big City Greens
- Remy (Ratatouille), a male rat chef, protagonist of Ratatouille (film) and Ratatouille the Musical
- Remy Baudouin, a male character in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
- Remy Buxaplenty a male character from The Fairly OddParents
- Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, a female character on the television series House, M.D.
- Remy, a male and character in the movie Higher Learning
- Rémy Legaludec, a male character in the novel The Da Vinci Code
- Remy Marathe, a male fictional member of Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rollents, a Québécois separatist group in the 1996 novel Infinite Jest
- Remy (Street Fighter), a male video game character
- Gambit (Marvel Comics), real name Remy LeBeau, male character from X-Men comics
- Remy Starr, a female fictional character in Sarah Dessen's 5th novel This Lullaby
- Remy, the male landlord in the television series New Girl
- Detective Lieutenant Remy McSwain, a male character played by Dennis Quaid in the film The Big Easy
- Remi Delatour a male character on the television series Devious Maids
- Remi Puguna a male character from Promare
- Remi Hoshikawa, Five Yellow, a female character from Chikyu Sentai Fiveman
- Rémi the orphan boy, main male character of the popular 1878 French novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot
- Remi, male character and father of Otis, in the Netflix series Sex Education
- Remy Bones, a male skeleton chef, in the Disney Junior television series Vampirina
See also
edit- Remi (disambiguation)
- Remy (disambiguation)
- Gilbert Renault, French Resistance fighter and author whose aliases include Rémy and Colonel Rémy
- All pages with titles beginning with Remy
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