Remu: Surname History and Family Crest

Arms linked to Remus and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Remu

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Remu is usually a form of Remus. Read literally, Remu points to “A descendant of Remus (protector)”.

Remu drops the “s” of Remus, a shortening that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Remes, Remis and Ramus. Remu sounds close to Remy, Rehm and Rémi, so it can help to search both.

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