Renesmee (French: Renésmée) is a feminine given name created by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer for a character in Breaking Dawn, the 2008 fourth novel in the Twilight series, who also appeared in the films based on the novels.

[1][2] In 2008, the fourth and final novel in the Twilight Saga series of paranormal romance novels, Breaking Dawn, introduced Renesmee Carlie Cullen, the half-human, half-vampire daughter of the series' two romantic leads, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.

Discovering that she is miraculously pregnant with a half-vampire child, Bella decides to name the baby "Renesmee" if a girl, after her two grandmothers Renée Dwyer and Esme Cullen.

Other spellings of the name in regular use in the United States include Renesmae, Renesme, Renezmae, Renesmay, Renezmay, and Ranezmae.

[7] Increased usage of the name in 2013 coincided with the 2012 release of the film Breaking Dawn – Part 2.

[8][better source needed] In 2012, Stephenie Meyer stated in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, "I am someone who strongly believes in reality, and that you don't monkey around with people's names.