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Rémy, Remy, Rémi, Remie, Rémie or Remi 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.

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Rémy
Gender Unisex
Origin
Language(s) French
Word/Name Remigius (Latin)
Meaning "oarsman"
Place of origin France
Other names
Variant form(s)
  • Remy
  • Remie
  • Rémi
  • Rémie
  • Remi
Related names Remigius, Remington

People with the name Remy include:

Given name

  • 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 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

  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
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