Renatus

Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born). In countries of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages it exists in a masculine and feminine form i.e., Renato and Renata. In the French language they have been translated to René and Renee’. The feminine form Renate is also common in Norwegian, Dutch and German language-speaking countries. Renata is a common female name in Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania and Slovakia. In Russia the names Renat (Russian: Ренат) (usually as Rinat) and Renata (Russian: Рената) are widespread among the Tatar population.

The name has a spiritual, not literal meaning, i.e., to be born again with baptism, i.e., from water and the Holy Spirit. It was extensively adopted by early Christians in ancient Rome, due to the importance of baptism. The onomastic is Saint Renatus, a martyr, Bishop of Sorrento in the 5th century, which is celebrated on October 6.

In Persian Mithraism, which spread widely in the West as a religion of the soldiers and officials under the Roman Empire, persons initiated into its mysteries were designated renatus (with the meaning of regenerated).

With a completely different origin, the name "Renata" is a New Zealand Maori transliteration of the name "Leonard", and is a male's name.

People

Many noted people have this forename:

Renatus

Renato

Other

Renata

Renate
  • Renate Blauel, music engineer, married to Elton John
  • Renate Dorrestein (born 1954), Dutch writer, journalist and feminist
  • Renate Götschl (born 1975), Austrian alpine skier
  • Renate Groenewold (born 1976), Dutch speed skater
  • Renate Holub (born 1946), political philosopher and social theorist
  • Renate Klein (born 1945), Australian writer, publisher and feminist health activist
  • Renate Künast (born 1955), German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, 2001–2005
  • Renate Loll, Dutch physicist
  • Renate Müller (1906–1937), German actress
  • Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Social Democratic politician
  • Renate Sommer (born 1958), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
  • Renate Stecher (born 1950), German athlete and Olympic champion
  • Renate Tobies (born 1947), German historian of mathematics
  • Renate von Natzmer (1898–1935), German noble lady convicted of spying and treason
  • Silvia Renate Bernadotte (born 1943), Queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
  • Renate Aschauer-Knaup (born 1948), German singer (Amon Düül II)

René

Renée

René as a surname

See also

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