Renate

 ( German Feminine Given Names ) 

Renate is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Latin name Renatus. It is common in German, Dutch language and Norwegian.

Notable people with the given name include:

• Renate Aschauer-Knaup (born 1948), German singer (Amon Düül II)
• Renate Blauel, music engineer, married to Elton John
• Renate Dorrestein (1954–2018), Dutch writer, journalist and feminist
• Renate Gebhard (born 1977), Italian jurist and politician
• Renate Götschl (born 1975), Austrian alpine skier
• Renate Groenewold (born 1976), Dutch speed skater
• Renate Hellwig (born 1940), German politician
• Renate Holub (born 1946), German political philosopher and social theorist
• Renate Kamener (1933–2009), Australian educator
• Renate Klein (born 1945), Australian writer, publisher and feminist health activist
• Renate Künast (born 1955), German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, 2001–2005
• Renāte Lāce (1943–1967), Latvian track and field athlete
• Renate Loll (born 1962), Dutch physicist
• Renate Müller (1906–1937), German actress
• Renate Prince (born 1929), German-New Zealand architect
• Renate Reinsve, (born 1987), Norwegian actress
• Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Social Democratic politician
• Renate Sommer (born 1958), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Renate Stecher (born 1950), German athlete and Olympic champion
• Renate Tobies (born 1947), German historian of mathematics
• Renate von Natzmer (1898–1935), German noble lady convicted of spying and treason
• Silvia Renate Bernadotte (born 1943), Queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
• Marion Rose Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; 1931–2025), Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator