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Renas

Guide, pathfinder

Gender: Boy
Origin: Kurdish
Pronunciation guide: REH-nas

The story of the name

One who shows the way — name with leadership meaning.

Etymology

Root: rê + nas · Kurmancî

Renas is the way-knower — rê (way) + nas (knowing). The pair Rêber (leader) and Renas (way-knower) has the same compositional logic; in Kurdish naming they often go together.

Name family

Rêber · cognate

Linguistic parallels

Hadi Arabiska — 'Vägvisare'

modern

Updated: 2026-05-02