Rei
Rei is a baby name of Japanese origin, meaning Beautiful; spirit.
What Rei means
Beautiful; spirit.
Rei is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Rei comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Rei is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Rei?
Rei is not in the current top 100 baby names we track. In practice that means a child called Rei is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Rei
Two ideas meet in Rei: grace and gentleness and faith. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Rei
These share Rei's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.
- Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
- Siya — The goddess Sita.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Makoto — Sincerity, truth.
- Megumi — Blessing, grace.
- Rin — Dignified.
- Rumi — Beauty and flow; named for the poet.
- Aimi — Beauty.
- Akami — Beauty.
- Chiemi — Beauty.