Renee
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A French feminine name meaning “reborn” or “renewed.”
Meaning
Renee is the feminine form of René, from Latin renatus, meaning “renewed,” “born again,” or “risen again.” The excerpt also links it to the idea of being “begun again,” which fits the same Christian Latin root.
Origin
FrenchLatinfeminine
Fun fact
The excerpt notes it as an English female name, but its real roots are French and ultimately Latin.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.