Remy: meaning and UK use

What does Remy mean?

Remy is an English form of Rémy and is used for more than one gender. Rémi is another French form; accents can matter when comparing spellings.

Language or name family covered

English form of a French name

Meaning or derivation

An English form of Rémy

Our browsing group

unisex; modern, international

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Remy

Pronunciation and related forms

We have not verified a pronunciation for this entry. Ask a speaker of the intended language rather than relying on an English spelling alone.

Related forms recorded in the reference: Rémy, Rémi. These may be full forms, diminutives or forms in another language; they are not necessarily pronounced alike or counted together in statistics.

How popular is Remy?

In 2025, 476 baby boys in England and Wales were registered as Remy, making it the 112th most popular boys’ name. That is the same position as in 2024. It is used for both sexes: 49 girls were also given the name (747th for girls). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it ranked 334th, so it has climbed 222 places in a decade. That equals its highest ranking in the ONS series, which starts in 1996. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (boys)

112th

2025 registrations

476

Best rank in this series

112th (2025)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Remy: rank and number of baby boys by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	112	476
2024	112	472
2023	125	429
2022	154	341
2021	148	385
2020	189	273
2019	235	214
2018	232	221
2017	326	150
2016	344	136
2015	334	140
2014	434	93
2013	524	70
2012	606	58
2011	701	45
2010	792	37
2009	923	29
2008	850	32
2007	848	31
2006	733	35
2005	705	36
2004	906	23
2003	912	21
2002	1322	11
2001	883	19
2000	953	16
1999	697	24
1998	1188	11
1997	759	21
1996	898	16

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 boys series is 3,865. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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