Abbreviations

• Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, IATA code REN, civil airport in Russia

• Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Portuguese company

• Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren, orchid genus

• Ringer equivalence number (REN), a number which denotes the loading effect of a telephone ringer on a telephone line

Geography

• Ren County, in Hebei, China

• Ren, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran

• Ren, Rajasthan, a village in Merta Tehsil of Nagaur district, Rajasthan

People

• Ren (surname) (任), Chinese surname, from Zhuanxu/颛顼's youngest son Yuyang/禺阳 or Fuxi/伏羲

• King Zhou Yuan/周元, name Ren/仁

• Cao Ren (168-223), general of Cao Wei

• MC Ren, rapper from the group NWA

• Ren Kano (加納 錬, born 1994), Japanese footballer

• Ren Komatsu (小松 蓮, born 1998), Japanese footballer

• Ren Osugi, Japanese actor

• Ren Sengoku (仙石 廉, born 1990), Japanese footballer

• Ren Yamamoto (山本 蓮, born 1997), Japanese footballer

• Ren (singer), member of South Korean boy band NU'EST

Religion

• Ren, a part of the soul in Egyptian mythology

• Ren (Confucianism), Confucian concept

Fictional characters

Single name

• Ren, the titular heroine from the fantasy webseries Ren: The Girl with the Mark from Mythica Entertainment and Kate Madison

• Ren (Tsukihime), a character from the game Kagetsu Tohya and Melty Blood: Re-ACT

• Ren, son of Primus, protagonist of the animated series The Pirates of Dark Water

First name

• Ren Akiyama of Kamen Rider

• Ren Amamiya, the canon full name of Joker, the protagonist of Persona 5

• Ren Ashbell, an alias used by the protagonist of Bladedance of Elementalers, Kamito Kazehaya

• Ren Gottlieb, a character from the Australian soap Neighbours

• Ren Höek, a fictional Chihuahua from the Nickelodeon animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show

• Ren Honjo, a character from the manga, anime, and film NANA

• Ren Mihashi, main character from the manga, anime and game from Big Windup!

• Ren Jinguuji, a character from the anime, game and manga from Uta no Prince-sama

• Ren Karas, a character from the anime and manga Element Hunters

• Ren Krawler, the Darkus protagonist from the animated series Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders

• Ren, a character from the game and anime "DRAMAtical Murder"

• Ren, a character from the video game Oxenfree

• Ren Kosaka, main character from the 2008 Japanese tokusatsu television series, Go-ongers

• Ren Maka, a character from the anime Chibi Vampire

• Ren McCormack, the main character from the film Footloose

• Ren Ren Ren Nagusaran Renshia Rurunnren Nakora, heroine of DearS

• Ren Sohma, the mother of Akito Sohma in the manga Fruits Basket

• Ren Stevens, a character from Even Stevens

• Ren Tsuruga, character in the manga Skip Beat

• Tao Len, sometimes romanized as Tao Ren, a character in Shaman King

• Ren Suzugamori, a character in the anime series Cardfight!! Vanguard

• Lie Ren, a character from the American animated series RWBY

Last name

• Wuying Ren, a character from Shenmue II

• Kylo Ren, a character from the Star Wars sequel trilogy

• Hakuryuu Ren, Fourth Imperial Prince of Kou in the anime Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Magi: The Kingdom of Magic

Other uses

• Ren, in anatomy, a kidney

• Ren (command), a shell command

• REN (TV channel), a TV channel in Russia

• Ren - meaning to connect or link in Japanese culture - see also renga / renku

• Ren - meaning lotus

• Ren - the name given to the Chinese sports car Techrules Ren.