North Carolina couple Simon and Aletha Arkley spent some time in the Netherlands as missionaries. While there, they took a short vacation to the town of Rhenen (pronounced RAY-nen, roughly).
The town must have made a big impression on them, because when they welcomed a daughter on February 18, 2014, they named her Rhenen.
Do you like Rhenen as a baby name? Do you think it works better for girls or for boys?
Source: “Amerikaans echtpaar vernoemt dochter naar Utrechtse stad Rhenen.” De Gelderlander 24 Jun. 2014. (via Vernoeming.nl)
Image: Adapted from Aerial photograph of Rhenen, The Netherlands (2011-0426) by Netherlands Institute of Military History (NIMH) under CC BY-SA 4.0.
I like it, Similar feel to Rhiannon. I suppose it would be mispronounced though..And I think it work for either gender. Kind of similar to Raymond for a boy