Renn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 19 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
19
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1406
19 babies

Renn by the numbers

In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Renn. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Renn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Renn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Renbenevolence; lotus93 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Reincounsel, advice; short form of Reinhardt13 in the US (2017)
  • Reyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Rynn17 in the US (2017)
  • Renny11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Renn

Names that are said the same way as Renn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Wrensmall brown songbird362 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Renereborn; a form of Renatus273 in the US (2017)
  • Reinequeen5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Wrennwren bird; a form of Wren6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Reighn16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Renn

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