Comments for the name René

G'day, I'm from Australia, and I am a guy with the name Rene'. But my name is spelt Reyne, which I think is cool, it's so different. All through school and sports I've been teased that it's a girls' name. I have never met a guy here before with the name Rene', and I'll never meet anyone with the same spelling. I feel privileged to have a one off name.

Rene is how my mom's name is spelled, and she hates that her mom didn't know how to spell it in the feminine form. If it had been me, I just would have changed the spelling myself.

Rene is French for re-born.

The Polish day for Rene is October 18, which is kind of wierd because my son's name is Rene and that is his birthday!

As the previous entry, I am a male with the name Rene'. Likewise, I always heard that it was a girl's name. I always corrected those people & informed them that as my name is spelled, it is the male version. Rene' 'originally' is a male name, able to be seen when researching the history of the name. As Rene' is French (my familial decent is such), my middle name is Michael (since French, the "proper" pronunciation is like the name Michelle). With that, I defiantely was told I had a girls name! In those instances, I would apologize to the commenter for not being familiar with the French culture. It always made them "put their foot in their mouth". I like my name. Where I currently live (South Dakota), finding a guy named Rene' simply doesn't happen. I enjoy the "uniqueness" and being able to show certain knowledge-lacking "mid-westerners", something they were previously ignorant to.

René Lacoste was a famous French tennis player, businessman, and innovator, nicknamed "the crocodile" by fans; he is now mostly known as being the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929.

Actress Rene Russo is a famous (female) bearer.

I have seen a girl spell Renee as Rene. There is also a girl with the middle name Renee and spells it Rene. I just found out that that is a masculine way of spelling Renee.

Being called Rene has made me something different from my peers. It's made me stand out with an air of being unique and really drove home to me 'what's in a name?'. You don't choose it, you're given it! Some people find that hard to understand. That's their problem. "There is no excellent beauty without some strangeness to the proportion."

A famous bearer was Dr. René Favaloro (1923-2000), cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. He developed the technique of the aorto-coronary by-pass.

In Switzerland, if it's a girl, René is spelled Renée.

This is definitely a girls' name. My cousin, a very sweet little girl, has this name, and I have never met a guy with this name.

Michelle Rene Thomas, who starred in the television show "Little Men", is a famous (female) bearer of the name, as a middle name.

René Slováčková amd René Steinke are famous bearers.

Some people don't seem to be able to understand this name. My name is Renee (the feminine version of Rene) and people always told me that it's a boy's name. I always went out of my way to make them understand that Rene is a French name and that the extra e at the end makes it feminine. Still, at least I have something to talk about when it comes to my name. I would never want to have a boring name like John or Mike or something. There's no confusion possible and that's no fun.

Another famous René was the French WWI Ace René Fonck. He was the highest scoring Allied Ace during World War One with 75 kills.

As for myself it's funny getting all sorts of Beauty Pageants and stuff in the mail for Miss Renee. Maybe if they got the spelling right they would get the gender right.

It´s also the Czech and Slovak form. Name Day: 28th November. [noted -ed]
Pet forms: Reny, Rendy, Renek.

My dad's name is Rene' and there are not many people here [the Netherlands] called Rene'. It really fits him, but I don't really like the name itself.

I really love the flow of this name. I want this to be my son's middle name.

René (pronounced Reh-neh) is also used in Spanish as a male name. La Rana René is the Mexican version of Kermit the Frog.

I love this name--it gives me an impression of a wise, kind, and patient little boy (as I HATE this name on girls). I think it would mature very well.

Singer/Actress Sherie René Scott.

In the manga for Ouran High School Host Club, Tamaki was called René Tamaki Richard Grantaine while he lived in France.

From antiquity (at least Roman times), there was a custom to consider the recovery of a baby born blue (asphyxiated), almost like a miracle. It was considered like a second birth. From there the name Renatus (reborn). This custom existed through all Europe, and the name was adapted to many languages.
In French: The participle of naitre (to born) is né (masculin) and née (femenin). From there René and Renée.
In Italian: Nascere (to born), nato (mas.) and nata (fem.) From there Renato and Renata.
In Spanish: Nacer (to born), nato and nata as in Italian.
Also Renato and Renata. (In USA née is used only in the obituaries for the maiden name of a deceased lady.)

Used in Spanish and French as a male name. Reh-neh, Reh-nae.

René is also used in Spanish. It's pronounced Reh-neh.

Spanish male name. Pronounced Reh-neh.

I like this name; why don't I ever hear this for a guy? I hear Renee (sorry I don't know how to put the little accent on the 'e') for a girl, but I've yet to meet a guy with this name. I have a female cousin with this name.

And as far as confusion goes; I can see where people would think it's a guy/girl name when spoken, but it's quite easy really when you stop and think about the spelling: Think about Fiance(male) Fiancee(female). Yeah I know how annoying that can be, though. I get ridiculed or threatened because my real name is a guy's (no offense to you guys), and there is no other way to spell my name and even if there was, when spoken people will automatically think "guy's name"!

In Germany, this is one of the French names that are generally associated with lower-class people, it's a bit trashy, so to say. Same with, e.g., the female names Michelle, Jacqueline.

René Strickler is an Argentine-Mexican actor. Very handsome too. =D

Don't forget Rene Magritte, the Belgian artist who created those famous paintings of people with their faces covered--especially the one with the green apple (possibly a self-portrait). He did so because his mother drowned and when they pulled her out of the water, her face was covered in her clothing.

Rene Auberjonois is an actor with a long list of both acting and voice credits including Clayton Endicott III on "Benson", Odo on "Deep Space Nine", and Chef Louie in Disney's "The Little Mermaid".

This name is okay, but it's not really my style. I can't stand when people use this name on girls. Leave this as a masculine name and use Renée (the proper feminine spelling) on girls instead.

I know a few girls named Rene (no boys). I like it as a middle name. :)

Actually, I've seen this used for both genders. I had no idea Rene was masculine.

René Descartes (1596–1650) was a famous French mathematician and Rationalist philosopher, best known for the statement, "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am).