Spellings
Remi or Remy?
In the US in 2025, 62% of babies in this name family were spelled Remi and 36% Remy. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Remi already led in 2015, with 51% of the family's births; it has 71% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,235 to 2,847 births (×2).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remi | 635 | 2,023 | ×3 |
| Remy | 554 | 781 | +41% |
| Remmy | 46 | 43 | −7% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈrɛmi/ (REM-ee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Remi 60 births (#668 among boys) and Remy 25 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
Which spelling is yours?
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