Renown is wide fame for something admired. Of great renown, win renown, international renown.
It is fame with respect in it, which is what separates renown from notoriety and from mere celebrity. The word is built on the same root as name, so renown is literally being named again and again.
1nounrenownWide fame for something admired.
“The chef won international renown for her simple, fresh dishes.”
renown is a fame.
Old French renoun is re-, again, plus nom, name, from Latin nomen.
Old French
renoun
English, today
renown
From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA