Comments for the name Rémy

My cousin is named Remy, and she is a girl, so this name can also be feminine and without the accent aigu.

Yes, you are quite right. In Sarah Dessen's book 'This Lullaby' the main character is called Remy, and she most certainly is a female.

Boy. Boy. Boy. French pronunciation only! Please don't let this become the next Madison, a boy's name handed over to the girls.

Gambit from the X-men's real name is Remy.

Remy LeBeau, or Gambit, is the name of a Marvel Comics mutant superhero, usually a member of the X-Men. He could charge inanimate objects with energy, causing them to "detonate" or burst into flame. A popular, well-known character, but rarely a core member of the group.

The name could also be a variation of Remus, meaning oar or stick, who was the twin brother of Romulus, founder of Rome.

In the States, without the accent, Remy is pronounced "REHM-ee". ("eh" as in feather")

An aspiring chef named Remy is the protagonist of "Ratatouille," a 2007 feature film by Pixar Animation Studios.

I think of it as more of a feminine name.

Love this name mainly because of Gambit. He=Major love.

Definitely a male name. Cannot picture it on a girl. I really like it. Oh and there's a band called Remy Zero. No accent over the E though, so it's pronounced reh-mee.

I can see it on a girl, but much prefer it on a boy. Brought to my attention by, yes, Mr. Remy LeBeau, also known as Gambit of the X-Men. I ADORE this name, though I pronounce it "reh-ME" because I like it better that way. :]

A stunning completely masculine name. Despite the fact that I've known a girl named Remy and love the book This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen this book is all male to me.

Could also be a nickname for Jeremy.

I have a baby name book (pub 2005) that lists Remy without the accent under female names and the meaning is French and champagne with variations spelled Remi and Remie. It isn't listed in the male section at all. Another baby name book I have from 1974 doesn't list it at all either way.

First time I heard it was this year on the news for the arrest of the female rapper whose stage name is Remy Ma.

Remy is a boy's name, period. Ask any French person what kind name Remy is, and they'll say it's a boy's name. Sorry girls. ;o.

In House, M.D., the doctor who is known as "Thirteen" is named Remy Hadley. She suffers from Huntington's disease.

I hate that this is another name that some people have turned into a female name.

I'm a fan of unisex names, but Rémi (or Remy) is all boy. But I don't care if the Americans use the name Remy for girls. I dislike the English pronunciation anyway.

I hate that this name is becoming used for girls. It's such a masculine name. Let's keep it that way.

Remy is the name of Jude Law's character in the new movie "Repomen".

I seem to be in the minority here, as I find "Remy" to be an attractive name for girls. In my humble opinion, people are ENTIRELY too fixated on this being masculine only. Comments like "I hate that this name is used for girls" and "boy boy boy!" seem rather ridiculous to me.

I suppose people are afraid that their favorite boys' names will become unisex, and then from unisex become predominantly female. Honestly though, there's nothing stopping people from continuing to name their little boys "Madison" and "Ashley" except social factors. Society likes their girls and boys to be clearly separated from one another, and any blurring of that demarcation is uncomfortable for a lot of people.

There is nothing wrong with tradition so long as it's kept in check by reason. Preserving a name's origins is important, and people are certainly not without justification in wanting to stick with that traditional usage.

However! People go too far in my mind when they start crying foul over deviations in gender and lamenting that a name has been "handed over to the girls" (as one comment puts it). Regardless of the original intent of such comments, on a certain level they ultimately seem to imply that because females are now associating themselves with a traditionally masculine name, it's somehow tainted and loses whatever masculine powers it originally carried.

Regardless if written as "Rémi" or "Remy", this is a boys' name. For all I care, you can go ahead and name your daughter Remy (or how about Lucas for your daughter and Jessica for your son?), but to quote you, "it would seem rather ridiculous to me".
PS: Your reasoning is absurd. Just because people don't want the traditional names of their culture twisted and misused, doesn't make them intolerant, socially backwards or even sexist ("girls and boys clearly separated").

100% masculine. Ask any French person. Putting Remy on a girl would be like naming a boy Gisele or Angelique. It's as masculine as Pierre, Henri, and Andre.

For one thing, I've always heard it pronounced re-mee (not "ray") – but what do French people know about French pronunciation, right? (Maybe every name should be listed here twice, once for the country of it's origin and once for it's American usage...)

Remy Thorne (born 1995 in Miami, Florida) is an American actor. He has 3 sisters who are also actors: Kaili, Dani, and Annabella "Bella".

My daughter Rémy was named such in honor of a French couple with this surname. They pronouce their name "rae-mee."