Remy

Where Remy comes from

Remy hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,915 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Remy Bonjasky born
    Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer
  3. 1988
    Remy LaCroix born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 2001
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2022
    Peak, #356
    924 babies named Remy — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Remy LaCroix · American pornographic actress, born 1988
  • Remy Bonjasky · Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer, born 1976
  • Remy Hii · Australian actor, born 1986
  • Remy Gardner · Australian motorcycle racer, born 1998
  • Remy Ryan · American actress, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.