Gender: Unisex
Meaning: Queen — regal grace and sovereign strength
Origin: Spanish
Popularity: Ranked #1143 in 2024 with 183 babies born.
History: Ren surged in the 2020s as an ultra-short name. The movie Footloose's Ren McCormack fought for the right to dance. In Japanese, Ren means 'lotus.' The name represents American cultural cross-pollination.
Similar names: reena, renee, renn, renna, renni, rennie, renny, raena
Name length: 3 letters
How common is Ren? About 1 in 12,560 babies born in 2024 were named Ren, or roughly 0.7 per day in the United States.
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