Renat
From Latin, it carries the sense "born again". In Poland it stays rare, a name most people have never met, but a small run of newborn boys through the 2020s is pushing it upward.
Renat Pronunciation
Renat is pronounced RE-naht (/ˈrɛnat/).
What Renat means
Where Renat comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Renat begins in Latin, in the word renatus, the past participle of renasci, to be born again. Early Christians took the name at baptism, where it marked a second birth in faith. The short meaning holds to that root. In Polish it reads as odrodzony, urodzony powtórnie.
The name found a second home in Russian-speaking lands, where Renat became a familiar given name for boys. Its close relative Renata crossed to the other side, a girl's name built from the same Latin root. The two forms share one meaning and part only at the final letter. That same root turns up in the word renaissance, itself a rebirth.
Picture the name read from a class register, a single Renat among the Kasie and Piotrusie. The child answers to a word that once belonged to the baptismal font. Whatever a parent knew of Latin, the sense made the trip intact: born again, odrodzony.
When Renat celebrates name day
Renat appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 6 October.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Renat
1 in 30150 men in Poland is named Renat. 708 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1107 among male names.
Renat's popularity over time
9 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #748 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020.
Where Renat is most popular
Renat is most popular in Pomeranian, 319% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+172%) and Masovian (+161%).
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Pomeranian2 boys born+319%
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+172%
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Masovian3 boys born+161%
Renat as a middle name
Renat is a first name for 708 men in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 99/1 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5719th, between Renan (4) and Renold (4).
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#5717 Remidiusz4
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#5718 Renan4
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#5719 Renat4
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#5720 Renold4
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#5721 Restu4