Name
REI

Name REI

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 742 births of Rei in the countries below, which represents an average of 5 births of children bearing the first name Rei per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 58 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Rei   
In Italiano Nome Rei   


Information about the first name Rei

The first name Rei is listed in our categories :The first name Rei has been assigned to:
69.81% to boys
30.19% to girls
The country where the first name Rei is the most common is:
IT Italy
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name Rei

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Rei : Eir, Eri, Ire, Rie

Rei in Japanese *

Romajirii
Katakanaリー
Hiraganaりー
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Rei in Japanese
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Rei in sign language

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Rei in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Rei

US English
Etymology src :
  • Incorrect back-formation of Portuguese plural réis. The correct singular is real.
Alternative forms src :
  • ree
Anagrams src :
  • -ier, EIR, Eri., IRE, IrE, Ire., RIE, Rie, eir, ire, rie
Noun src :
  • rei (plural reis)
  • (nonstandard or obsolete) A Portuguese real
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • real
  • millrei
Old French
Noun src :
  • rei m (oblique plural reis, nominative singular reis, nominative plural rei)
  • (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of roi
Polish
Noun src :
  • rei
  • inflection of reja:
  • genitive/dative/locative singular
  • genitive plural
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Syllabification: re‧i
Aragonese
Etymology src :
  • Akin to Spanish rey, from Latin rex.
Noun src :
  • rei
  • king
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese rei, from Latin rēgem (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“rules”).
Alternative forms src :
  • rey (obsolete)
Noun src :
  • rei m (plural reis, feminine rainha, feminine plural rainhas)
  • king (monarch)
  • (chess, card games) king
Pronunciation src :
  • Hyphenation: rei
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Angolar: alê
  • Annobonese: alé
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: rei
  • Kabuverdianu: rei
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: rhe
  • Kristang: re
  • Papiamentu: rei, Arei
  • Principense: arê
  • Sãotomense: alê
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • In archaic usage, the definite form (“the king”) may be expressed as el-rei instead of o rei.
Galician
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese rei, from Latin rēgem, accusative singular of rēx (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“rules”).
Noun src :
  • rei m (plural reis)
  • king
  • (chess) king
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈrej]
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • raíña
  • reinar
  • reino
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • In archaic or very formal usage, the definite form (“the King”) may be expressed as el rei instead of o rei.
Latin
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • reī f
  • genitive/dative singular of rēs
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • reī m
  • inflection of reus:
  • genitive singular
  • nominative/vocative plural
IT Italian
Adjective src :
  • rei
  • masculine plural of reo
Anagrams src :
  • -ire, eri, ire, rie, riè
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Hyphenation: rè‧i
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Dutch rei, from Picard rey, from Old French raie, roie. Cognate to German Reigen, English ray.
Noun src :
  • rei m (plural reien, diminutive reitje n)
  • circle dance, dance in which the participants form a circle, walk or dance rhythmically and sing or chant
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /rɛi̯/
  • Hyphenation: rei
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • reidans
  • rondedans
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse reið, Proto-Germanic *raidō. Doublet of raide.
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • rei f (definite singular reia, indefinite plural reier, definite plural reiene)
  • (archaic or poetic) ride, riding
  • (folklore) a flock of wights
  • Alternative form of red m
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • rei
  • past tense of ri
Anagrams src :
  • eir, ire
NO Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms src :
  • red
Verb src :
  • rei
  • simple past of ri
  • simple past of ride
Kabuverdianu
Etymology src :
  • From Portuguese rei.
Noun src :
  • rei
  • king
  • red squirrelfish, Sargocentron hastatum
Occitan
Etymology src :
  • From Old Occitan rei, from Latin rex (“king”).
Noun src :
  • rei m (plural reis)
  • king
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /rej/
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • reial
  • reialament
  • reialisme
  • reialista
  • reialme
  • reialtat
Noun (Dialectal variants) src :
  • rèi (Provençal)
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • reina
 

Popularity of the name Rei

Number of REI births per year

Popularity of the name Rei
Popularity of the name Rei

Total births of Rei by country

Births with the first name Rei
Country
Boys
Girls
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
266
14
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
71
91
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
60
60
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
18
14
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
30
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
16
10
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
26
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
7
14
SESweden
1998 - 2022
5
13
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
9
3
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
5
3
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
2
CLChili
2010 - 2021
2
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
2
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
1
0
Popularity of the name Rei

Total births of Rei by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Rei
Country
Boys
Girls
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
7
12
ITItaly
2021
16
1
USUnited State of America
2022
6
5
ABAlberta
2022
2
1
DEGermany
2022
2
0
DKDenmark
2022
2
0
SESweden
2022
0
2
QCQuebec
2022
1
0
CLChili
2021
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Rei

There are 3 personalities with the first name Rei

Rei Higuchi src

Japan
Amateur wrestler

Rei Nakanishi (中西 禮三) src

Japan
Writer Composer Translator Lyricist Radio personality Novelist

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Japan
Singer Japanese idol


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Rei

There are 124 actors and actresses with the first name Rei
Rei Okamoto
Rei Mizuna
Rei Shiina
Rei Kinoshita
Rei Yoshii
Rei Kikukawa
Rei Dan
Rei Natsume
Rei Sakuma
Rei Akasaka
Rei Okamoto
Rei Maki
Rei Nakanishi
Rei Yamanaka
Rei Saito
Rei Nakagawa
Rei Miura
Rei Minami
Rei Miki
Rei Ishikawa
Rei Igarashi
Rei Fuchigami
Rei Cheung
Rei Sen Lee
Rei Takase
Rei Feeser
Rei Ozawa
Rei Tamaki
Rei Mifune
Rei Nanigashi

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Rei
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Rei

Rankings of first name REI by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#542IT Italy2021
#970DK Denmark2022
#1734AB Alberta2022
#2900GB United Kingdom2021
#3674US United State of America2022
#4751CL Chili2021
#5445DE Germany2022
#6959QC Quebec2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#1911SE Sweden2022
#2250GB United Kingdom2021
#4939US United State of America2022
#4964AB Alberta2022
#19835IT Italy2021
Other boys' names around Rei
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Other girls' names around Rei
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