Renan (name)
Renan is a male and female given name .
Origin and meaning
The male first name Renan is a variant of Ronan that is common in France , the Celtic name of a bishop and hermit from Ireland, who is also mentioned as the bishop of Corseul ( Brittany ) in the 6th century Christian calendar . The relics of the man, soon to be venerated as a saint, came to Quimper , whose patron saint he is together with Saint Corentin . The Breton municipality of Saint-Renan ( Finistère department ) is named after him.
Renan is also a Turkish male and (predominantly) female given name of Arabic origin and a Portuguese male given name, which occurs mainly in Brazil.
Name bearer
Female first name
- Renan Demirkan (* 1955), German writer and actress
Male first name
- Renan Bressan (* 1988), Brazilian-Belarusian football player
- Renan Brito Soares (* 1985), Brazilian soccer goalkeeper
- Renan Foguinho (* 1989), Brazilian soccer player
- Renan Lavigne (* 1974), French squash player
- Renan Luce (* 1980), French songwriter
- Renan Martins (1997-2017), Brazilian soccer player
- Renan dos Santos (* 1989), Brazilian soccer goalkeeper
- Hikmet Renan Şekeroğlu (* 1960), Turkish diplomat
- Renan Souza Diniz (* 1993), Brazilian soccer player
- Renan Wagner (* 1991), German-Brazilian soccer player
- Renan Dal Zotto (* 1960), Brazilian volleyball player and coach
family name
- Diego Renan (* 1990), Brazilian soccer player
- Ernest Renan (1823-1892), French religious scholar, orientalist and writer
stage name
- Sergio Renán (1933–2015), Argentine actor, director and opera director