Renatus

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Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is a common female name in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. The feminine Renate is common in German, Dutch and Norwegian. 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 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 6 October.

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[]

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  • Renato (album), a 1962 album by Italian singer Mina
  • Renato, a main character in the Italian opera Un ballo in maschera

Renata[]

Main article: Renata

Renat[]

As a surname[]

Renate[]

  • Renate Blauel, music engineer, married to Elton John
  • Renate Dorrestein (born 1954), Dutch writer, journalist and feminist
  • Renate Gebhard (born 1977), Italian jurist and politician
  • 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[]

Main article: René

As a surname[]

Renée[]

Main article: Renée

Rinat[]

Main article: Rinat

Other[]

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