Painting of Saint Rémy c. 1500–1505Rémy Cabella, French footballer
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.[citation needed] It is used as either a surname or as a male or female given name.[citation needed]
People with the name Remy include:
Given name
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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
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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
Matthew Remy (born 1984), American interior and textile designer
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
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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
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Remi (disambiguation)
Remy (disambiguation)
Gilbert Renault, French Resistance fighter and author whose aliases include Rémy and Colonel Rémy
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