Renesmee
Where Renesmee comes from
Coined by the American novelist and film producer Stephenie Meyer as the name of Renesmee Cullen (a character in her novel Breaking Dawn (2008), the fourth in the Twilight series, who also appeared in The Twilight Saga, a film series based on the novels). She is given this name by her mother (Bella Swan) as a blend of Renée + Esme, the names of Renée Dwyer (Bella Swan’s mother) and Esme Cullen (her father’s adoptive mother).
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 2009First appearance#7,066 among girls, 18 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 2024Peak, #1,314175 babies named Renesmee — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
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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.