Rémy (name)

Rémy, Remy, Rémi, Remie, Rémie or Remi (French: [ʁemi], English: /ˈrɛmi, ˈriːmi, ˈreɪmi/) 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.

Rémy

Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	French
Origin
Language(s)	Old French, Latin
Word/name	Remigius (Latin)
Meaning	"oarsman"
Region of origin	France
Other names
Variant form(s)	Remy Remie Rémi Rémie Remi
Related names	Remigius, Remington, Emily, Amelia, Emil, Remiyan

Painting of Saint Rémy c. 1500–1505

Rémy Cabella, French footballer

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 (1914–1992), male, former foreign minister of Gabon
• Jean-Rémy Badio (died 2007), male, freelance Haitian photographer and journalist
• Jean-Rémy Bessieux (1803–1876), male, Roman Catholic missionary and bishop
• Jean-Rémy Moët (1758–1841), male, French wine merchant who ran the Moët et Chandon house founded by his grandfather
• Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855–1929), female, French writer
• Nicolas Rémy Maire (1800–1878), male, French bowmaker
• Rémy Vincent Andrianjanaka (born 1952) , male, Malagasy politician
• Rémy Belleau (1528–1577), male, French renaissance poet
• Rémy Belvaux (1966–2006), male, Belgian actor
• Remy Bonjasky (born 1976), male, Suriname-born Dutch professional K-1 kickboxer
• Rémy Boullé (born 1988), male, French paracanoeist
• Remy Bourgeois, male, French actor
• Rémy Cabella (born 1990), 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 Descamps (born 1996), male, French football goalkeeper
• Rémy Désilets (born 1952), male, Quebec politician
• Rémy Di Gregorio (born 1985), male, French professional cyclist
• Remy Gardner (born 1998), male, Australian motorcycle racer
• Rémy Girard (born 1950), male, Quebec actor
• Remy Hamilton (born 1974), male, American football kicker
• Remy Hermoso (1947–2020), male, Venezuelan Major League Baseball shortstop
• Remy Hii (born 1986 or 1987), male, Australian actor
• Rémy Himmer (1849–1914), male, French diplomat and businessman, Argentine vice-consul, executed in 1914 by German troops invading Belgium during World War I
• Rémy Jacques (1817–1905), male, French lawyer and politician
• Remy Keo (born 1963), male, Cambodian politician
• Rémy Julienne (1930–2021), male, French stunt performer
• Remy Jungerman (born 1959), male, A. H. Heineken Prize-winning Surinamese-Dutch artist
• Remy LaCroix (1988), female, American pornographic actress
• 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 (born 1980), female, stage name of Reminisce Smith, 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) (born 1979), male, French rugby union flanker
• Remy McBain (born 1991), female, Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Remy Munasifi (born 1980), male, Arab American stand-up comedian, parody musician and video artist
• Rémy Noë (born 1974), male, English painter of French-Dutch descent
• Remy Ong (born 1978), male, Singaporean bowling champion
• Rémy Pflimlin (1954–2016), male, French media executive
• Rémy Pointereau (born 1953), male, French politician
• Remy Presas (1936–2001), male, Filipino martial artist, founder of Modern Arnis
• Rémy Raffalli (1913–1952), male, French World War II soldier
• Rémy Riou (born 1987), male, French soccer goalkeeper
• Remy Ryan, female, American actress
• Remy Siemsen (born 1999), female, Australian footballer
• Remy Shand (born 1978), male, Canadian r&b/soul artist
• Rémy Trudel (born 1948), male, Canadian politician
• Rémy Vercoutre (born 1980), male, soccer goalkeeper
• Remy Wellen (born 1938), male, German ice hockey forward
• Remy Zaken (born 1989), female, American actress
• Rémy Zaugg (1948–2005), male, Swiss painter
• Rémy (rapper) (born 1997), male, French rapper

Surname

• Alfred Remy (1870–1937), German-born American philologist and music theorist
• Danica Remy, president of B612 Foundation to protect earth from asteroids and cofounder of Asteroid Day
• Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle (1626–1698), Governor General of New France
• Donald Remy (born 1967), American attorney who served as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Gilles Rémy (1959), French businessman
• Jack Remy, pornographic film director
• Jacques Rémy (born 1972), French soccer striker
• Jean Rémy (1899–1955), 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 (born 1906), Belgian boxer
• Jules Rémy (1826–1893), French naturalist and traveller
• Loïc Rémy (born 1987), French football striker
• Ludger Rémy (1949–2017), German harpsichordist, conductor, musicologist
• Nicholas Rémy (1530–1616), a French magistrate who became famous as a hunter of witches
• Patrick Rémy (skier) (born 1965), French cross-country skier
• Patrick Remy (footballer) (born 1954), French soccer striker and manager
• Paul Rémy (1923–2001), French-Algerian tennis player
• Pierre-Jean Rémy (1937–2010), French author and diplomat
• Raoul Rémy (1919–2002), French professional cyclist
• Sébastien Rémy (born 1974), Luxembourgian soccer midfielder
• Sylvain Remy (born 1980), Beninese soccer defender
• William Rémy (born 1991), French soccer defender

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, based on the animated character Remy from the 2007 film Ratatouille

Fictional characters

• Rémi the orphan boy, main male character of the popular 1878 French novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot
• Detective Lieutenant Remy McSwain, a male character played by Dennis Quaid in the 1986 film The Big Easy
• Gambit (Marvel Comics), real name Remy Étienne LeBeau, male character from X-Men comics introduced in 1990 and known for using playing cards as weapons
• Remi Hoshikawa, Five Yellow, a female character from the Japanese television series Chikyu Sentai Fiveman (1990–1991)
• Remy Baudouin, a male character in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1999)
• Remy, a male character in the 1995 movie Higher Learning
• Remy Marathe, a male fictional member of Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rollents, a Québécois separatist group in the 1996 novel Infinite Jest
• Remy Buxaplenty a male character from The Fairly OddParents (1998–2018)
• Remy (Street Fighter), a male video game character who practices French Boxing (savate), was introduced to the series in 1999 and voted 8th most popular character among 85 characters in the series
• Remy Starr, a female fictional character in Sarah Dessen's 5th novel This Lullaby (2002)
• Rémy Legaludec, a male character in the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code
• Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, a female character on the television series House, M.D. (2004–2012)
• Remy (Ratatouille), a male rat chef, protagonist of Ratatouille (film) (2007) and Ratatouille the Musical (2021)
• Remy, the male landlord in the television series New Girl (2011–2018)
• Remi Delatour a male character on the television series Devious Maids (2013–2016)
• Remy Danton, a male character on the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–2018)
• Remy is a starving portrait painter who finds success and friendship in the 2014 children's storybook, Remy and Lulu by Kevin Hawkes
• Remi Briggs, also known as 'Jane Doe', a female main character played by Jamie Alexander in the NBC TV series Blindspot (2015–2020)
• Remy Bones, a male skeleton chef, in the Disney Junior television series Vampirina (2017–2021)
• Remy Remington, male character from the animated television series Big City Greens (2018 premier)
• Remy Scott, a male FBI agent character played by Dylan McDermott in FBI: Most Wanted (2019 premier)
• Remi Puguna a male character from the 2019 Japanese animated film Promare
• Remi, male character and father of Otis, in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019–2023)

See also

• Remi (disambiguation)
• Remy (disambiguation)
• Gilbert Renault, French Resistance fighter and author whose aliases include Rémy and Colonel Rémy
• All pages with titles beginning with Remy