Comments on: Name of the Day: Remy

By: suz

suz — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:44:00 +0000

I have a friend who adopted twin boys one named Remy, I met a 6 yr old black Standard Poodle named Remy last weekend. He’s soon to be put up for adoption and I want him. The day I met Remy I did a “quantum physics” leap and willed to meet the poodle. My fish monger at Whole Foods had a dog named Remy and my niece has a girlfriend named Remy. I love this name!

By: lisa martin

lisa martin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:59:07 +0000

It had never occured to me that a girl could be named remy. until i read a book were the heroine’s name is remy. this book is over 20 years old so someone thought this name was a good idea for girls a long time ago. now i want to name my girl remy too.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:54:49 +0000

I really like this name. Simple but memorable, and not overly popular or trendy. My wife thinks of the X-Men (she’s a big fan) and is partial to Logan (aka Wolverine) for much the same reason. Me, I just think Rémy is a fabulous-sounding, and very masculine, name. Why it would hold appeal as a girl name escapes me — it would be like naming a girl Pierre.

To clarify for a few previous posters, the French pronunciation is RAY-mee, with the accent on the first syllable. The accent on the “e” gives it a long “a” sound.

By: Kaye

Kaye — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:42:33 +0000

I really really REALLY want to love this name! I’m a fan of Remy LeBeau/Gambit and love the look and sound. The only problem: my least favorite high school teacher was a Mr. Remme, pronounced REH-mee. The first few times I heard the name I didn’t make the connection, but I do now and fear I always will. I hate it when an awesome name is ruined by an association, whether personal or public. Sigh.

By: Bee

Bee — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:23:34 +0000

We’re having a boy soon and started looking for names a few months ago. I realized that there are far more girls names, especially cute ones than there are good boy names. I’m tired of seeing the -Ayden sounding names and dislike the whole trendy twilight names Jacob, Jasper, Edward thing. So I came upon Remy and love that it’s a non trendy name, it’s easy to spell and pronounce and that it’s masculine, or so I thought. In doing research I found in France it’s not used as a girl name however here in the U.S it’s being used as such. Apparently its so masculine over there it’s like calling your girl Henri or Pierre, names that one would never find on a girl on this side of the world. As much as I like Remy I’m thinking twice about using it for my soon to be born son because of the unisex name possibility… Parents of girls have so much to choose from, why fish from the male side of the name pool?

By: Alicia Parr

Alicia Parr — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:34:55 +0000

My husband and I picked the name Remy for our now 18 month old well before he was born. In fact, it was our preferred male name even prior to pregnancy. Interestingly, we picked it as shorthand for Remarkable, but went with just Remy on the birth certificate. We didn’t consider Remington, nor were we aware of the cute Pixar rat character. Also, knowing this to be a more common name for boys in France, it hadn’t occurred to us that this would be adopted for the girls, but stranger things have happened. We love the name and it seems masculine to us and just perfect for our little guy.

By: jess

jess — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:34:00 +0000

I know a brand new baby girl named Remy. She’s a dolly but I would have preferred Romy for her. I still think Remy is a great name….for boys!

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:59:57 +0000

I like Remy! He’s more masuline than Avery, Ashley, et all in my opinion, and the fact that Remy from the blockbuster Ratatoille is a male probably boosts its image as male name.
I prn it REMM-ee rather than the French prn of rem-EE.
Here’s hope that dashing Remy will remain mostly in the boys’ camp.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:52:20 +0000

There’s a female Dr. Remy Hadley on House, but she usually goes by Thirteen. Don’t think that taints the name too much; the Ratatouille association is probably stronger for most people.

I like him masculine, but (please, please don’t hurt me, guys) wouldn’t mind Remy going to the girls, personally. There are a select few traditionally masculine names that I think really do sound better on girls; Shirley and Bailey, for instance. It’s better than the obviously masculine Madison/Addison/Emerson, and I’d much rather meet a little girl named Remy than another Isabella, but that’s just me. I still prefer him on a boy, though; I think he sounds quite dashing in a way.

By: Baby Name Brainstorm

Baby Name Brainstorm — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:15:05 +0000

Remy certainly is interesting; though I find myself a little ambivalent about it. I don’t dislike it, but I wont be a champion of it either. It brings to mind a couple associations including ‘Remington’ which is a brand of aftershave and also a manufacturer of firearms. And, if you will entertain another reference to British comedy, the other phonetic association I get is ‘Remoulade’ (a popular French condiment) which was is satirically compared with a performance enhancing drug in a Monty Python sketch ‘Men’s being eaten by a crocodile contest’. Good for the French Chef, but not for any child of mine.