Meaning of the nameRenato

Male
Latin origin
Re-na-to

Renato is a masculine name of Latin origin, from Renatus, which means 'reborn' or 'born again'.

Meaning

“reborn, born again”

Source: Wiktionary: Renatus · Behind the Name: Renatus

People (2022): 293,159
Rank in Brazil: #102
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 329,535; people

Renato in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Renato, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (90,683 people).

1,299 women 291,860 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Renato is most common

States with the highest share of people named Renato in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	81,979	0.185%
Minas Gerais	34,692	0.169%
Rio de Janeiro	32,159	0.200%
Rio Grande do Sul	15,665	0.144%
Bahia	15,172	0.107%
Paraná	14,948	0.131%
Goiás	10,831	0.154%
Pernambuco	10,599	0.117%
Santa Catarina	10,449	0.137%
Pará	9,666	0.119%
Ceará	7,255	0.083%
Espírito Santo	6,836	0.178%
Maranhão	5,414	0.080%
Distrito Federal	4,647	0.165%
Mato Grosso	4,449	0.122%
Amazonas	4,181	0.106%
Mato Grosso do Sul	4,132	0.150%
Paraíba	3,982	0.100%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,321	0.101%
Piauí	3,066	0.094%
Alagoas	2,344	0.075%
Rondônia	1,845	0.117%
Tocantins	1,794	0.119%
Sergipe	1,672	0.076%
Amapá	808	0.110%
Acre	638	0.077%
Roraima	615	0.097%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Renato

Wiktionary gives Renato as a learned borrowing from Latin Renatus, and Behind the Name gives it as the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Renatus, a Latin name meaning 'born again'. Wiktionary explains Renatus as the use, as a proper name, of the adjective renatus ('reborn'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 293,159 people named Renato, with a peak among those born in the 1980s; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro. The feminine form is Renata.

Sources

Wiktionary: Renato · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Renatus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Renato · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Renatus · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Renato · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Renato

What does the name Renato mean?

Renato means “reborn, born again”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Renato in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 293,159 people with the first name Renato, which ranks it number 102 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Renato a boy's or a girl's name?

Renato is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,299 women and 291,860 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Renato?

Renato is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Renato most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.200% of the state's population is named Renato (32,159 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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