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Source-reportedFrom English Leonard.
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- Wiktionary: RēnataCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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English roots
[ˈɾeːnɐtɐ] · Māori
01 / Meaning & origin
Rēnata is a masculine given name documented in Māori. English Wiktionary traces it to English Leonard.
Separate records with matching spellings: Renata (Czech, Danish), Renáta (Czech, Finnish), Rénata (st-46d77c1cb7)
From English Leonard.
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04 / Through time
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Renata— “warrior of judgment”
…This name of dread was brought to Normandy by his kindred, and figures in Domesday as Raynar, a frequent surname in England. In France it was cut down to René, a name that crept into the House of Anjou, and was bestowed on the prince—too much of a troubadour and knight-errant for a king—who vainly tried on so many crowns, and was hated in England because ‘Suffolk gave two dukedoms for his daughter.’ Why the feminine of this name, Renée, was chosen for the younger daughter of…
…This name of dread was brought to Normandy by his kindred, and figures in Domesday as Raynar, a frequent surname in England. In France it was cut down to René, a name that crept into the House of Anjou, and was bestowed on the prince—too much of a troubadour and knight-errant for a king—who vainly tried on so many crowns, and was hated in England because ‘Suffolk gave two dukedoms for his daughter.’ Why the feminine of this name, Renée, was chosen for the younger daughter of Louis XII., does not appear, but when she married into the House of Este, it was translated into Renata, and the Italians, in their revived classicalism, seem to have fancied it had some connection with regeneration. Renira is the Dutch feminine form.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter V (The Karling Romances), Section IV (Renaud) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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