Renatus
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Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born).
The name has a spiritual meaning, i.e., to be
Bishop of Sorrento
in the 5th century, who 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
).
Notable people with this forename include:
- Renatus Cartesius(1596–1650), also known as René Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Later Roman Empire writer (4th century)
- Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus, historian (5th century)
- House of Orange
- Renatus Harris (c. 1652–1724), English master organ maker
Derived names
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
Tatar
population.
See also
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