Remi - boy or girl?

broomy · April 2012

Pronounced REM-ee. When you first hear this name, do you assume it's a boy or a girl name?

What are your general thoughts/opinions on this name?

notkateanymore · April 2012

Rat from Ratatouille

broomy · April 2012

KateMW:
Rat from Ratatouille

Awww, crap. It is?

Sawyerplus1 · April 2012

I think 'boy', and it's NMS.

MissArvay · April 2012

I think it's a unisex name. But I do know a girl named Remy... like the cognac... lol

aimee1899 · April 2012

KateMW:
Rat from Ratatouille

This was my first thought too but, he is a lovable character. I guess I think male when I see/hear this name and I've seen on this board suggestions of Remi as a nn for Remington. I think I like it better as a stand-alone name.

drunkindonuts · April 2012

Perfect name for a boy....dog. NMS

chibride4 · April 2012

Remi with an "i" screams girl to me.

Heartcease · April 2012

Remy has always been a male name to me. Remy McSwain from The Big Easy ("like the cognac, smooth yet strong"), Remy from Ratatouille (but he's a cute rat btw), and Remy LeBeau from the X-men kind of make sure I think of it as a male name. And it looks like I don't know any in real life heh.

blush64 · April 2012

I have only known one and it was a guy. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a guy or girl.

NellaJ · April 2012

Boy. I know one Remington who goes by Remi and one Remy. Both are men.

JayMOOMOO · April 2012

unisex name my friend cousin named her daughter Erin Remy but they used remy because the dads last name was Martin SMH lol

alr5 · April 2012

Remi is my husband's hunting dog, and also the woman referred to as "thirteen" on House.

jdk033 · April 2012

Remi is a French boy's name.
REMI (R?my): French form of Roman Remigius, meaning "oarsman."
I've never heard of anyone naming a little girl that - I guess due to the higher number of francaphones up here its not a problem of not knowing which gender it is attribuited to.
And my first thing I think of when I hear the name Remi is the character Remi LeBeau from X-men, lol.

I love some of the older French male names [Corin, Mattieu, Barnabe, Serge, and Alaire] unfortunately there isn't a drop of French blood in either side of the family, so kiddo gets a thuroughly anglophone name. lol

Pictures29 · April 2012

Boy, boy, boy.

P.S. I love Remi.

imimahoney · April 2012

Boy 1000%

Although it's really NMS.

apc1929 · April 2012

I like Remy for a girl the best.. Remi looks unfinished to me I think its too cutesy for a boy name

BeeKayy21 · April 2012

I know a guy Remi...I forgot what it is short for....something hispanic, I think...but I have also heard of people NNing their daughters this. So either I suppose. I would lean more toward boy because of my personal association.

trojas · April 2012

boy

BelleIsa · April 2012

Boy name.

da731 · April 2012

This is my thought process:

Remi --> Remy --> male --> Remy Savoy a la Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series.

melody921 · April 2012

broomy:

KateMW:
Rat from Ratatouille

Awww, crap. It is?

lmao. It is. I think boy, aside from rat.

strawberrytree · April 2012

French boy's name if it has an accent on the 'e', or a nn for Remington (which is also a boy's name) if it doesn't. I just don't get how someone could think this is appropriate on a girl.

KikiCohen · April 2012

Boy. Makes me think of Gambit from X-Men b/c that's his FN. FWIW, I like it a lot!

g8trkim · April 2012

I know one Remi... a (boy) dog.

CCross22 · April 2012

One of my best friend's daughter's name is Remington, but they have always referred to her as 'Remi'. My sister is also using it as her 'girl name' when/if they have kids.

Because of these two, I think of it as a girl's name. Not to say it couldn't be just precious on a little boy.