Rei is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 29 boys in the United States.
Rei belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Rei first appears in Social Security records in 1987. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3402 in 2021, and in 2024 29 babies received the name — 443 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Rei is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Hebrew and Biblical origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Rei is a boy name. In 2024, 29 babies received the name in the US.
Rei comes from the Biblical & Christian and Japanese tradition.
Rei first appears in US records in 1987. Its best-ever ranking was #3402 in 2021, and 29 babies were given the name in 2024.
Rei is pronounced /ʀɑɪ̯/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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