Remus

Some scholarly sources seem to link Remus to the Proto-Indo-European root *yemH- (twin) (see *Manu and *Yemo, the supposed origin of the twin founders of Rome) which was later altered by affiliation with Romulus (i.e. the hypothetical *Gemus becoming Remus)

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https://books.google.ca/books?id=tzU3RIV2BWIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
see pages 130 and 680 (or really just search Remus within the book) [noted -ed]

According to a source, Remus (that means "oar" in Late Latin, Ancient Latin was Resmus) has also a possible Ancient Greek meaning, from ῥέω (rhéo) meaning "to flow, to stream". That could mean that the name Remus actually does not come from Remus (word) but Remus could be the Latin form of Rheo or another Ancient Green similar name.

The name Remus could mean republic from the Latin words "rem," "reremus," or most likely "Remus." This is of course, according to Google translate.

Remus was the brother of Romulus, in Greek legend the founder of Rome. They were raised by a shewolf, like Kain, he betrayed his brother and tried to kill him.

In a baby book from the 1970's it says that Remus means "Fast Rower" combining the meanings of oar and swift.

I heard that the name Remus means twin.

No, it doesn't mean twin. He (as in the myth about the founders of Rome) was a twin.

Remus and Romulus, in legend, were twins raised by wolves. There's a statue of them (as babies) in Rome, nursing on a wolf.

If Remus means oar, as a name it may imply speed, or to carry, or to propel. 'remis velisque' (oars and sails) may man something like 'full-speed ahead'. It also has connotations as the lesser of two brothers, similar to the mythical Cain and Abel. Yet Remus was the brother murdered. If you ask me the meaning is an open affair.

According to Roman mythology, Remus and Romulus were the sons of a priestess named Rhea Silvia and the god of war, Mars. "Remus" is also the name of one of the moons of asteroid "87 Silvia".

I believe the name Remus is Latin in origin and it means "swift". At least, that is what I found on another baby name site.

Remus does not mean "swift" in Latin. In Latin, remus means "oar". The word celer means "swift".