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Faith or Wren?

58 replies

curtain82 · 16/08/2012 17:28

2 days until due date...... Any thoughts on these 2 names??

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MarianForrester · 16/08/2012 22:05

Wren could be very unfortunate if she were not tiny

Coprolite · 16/08/2012 22:03

Wren.

shinyblackgrape · 16/08/2012 22:01

I like faith - its lovely. Wren sounds like a nickname for Lauren to me.

drtachyon · 16/08/2012 22:00

I prefer Faith.

Wren is a bird to me.

LemonOCOGTurd · 16/08/2012 20:33

Faith.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/08/2012 20:23

I really like Wren but think it works better as a mn.

Not over-fond of Faith but like Faye a lot.

puds11 · 16/08/2012 20:17

Wren, faith is icky.

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curtain82 · 16/08/2012 20:16

Thanks everyone! Still feel rather confused, but it's great to hear your opinions. Errrring on Faith I think, but just not sure! x

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crazygracieuk · 16/08/2012 19:51

I have never heard of Wren as a first name-didn't even know it was a girl's name. I would have guessed that it was a boy's name like Robin.

If I had heard the name I would have assumed Ren was a nickname.

messtins · 16/08/2012 19:46

Faith - Wren makes me think of the bird or the Navy neither of which are great associations to make.

JollyHockeyStick · 16/08/2012 19:45

Wren was on our list for DC1, but he was a boy. Love it :)

Wigeon · 16/08/2012 19:43

Wigeons are much nicer looking birds!

Miss Wigeon Anderson

Miss Wigeon Smith

Hello, I'm Wigeon Jones, your lawyer.

Good morning, my name's Wigeon Warren, how can I help you?

Wigeon · 16/08/2012 19:41

Wren - a small, very shy bird which is a rather boring dirty brown colour. Why would you call your child that?

nearlythereyet · 16/08/2012 19:40

Prefer Wren, because I don't like virtue names. And because it's lovely.

ninjasquirrel · 16/08/2012 19:39

Faith - I've never heard of Wren as a name and she would have to spend a lot of time explaining to people that it doesn't start with R.

OlympickingMyNose · 16/08/2012 19:38

Love Wren I would of had it for a girls name but doesn't sound right with our surname. Beautiful name, and I only know one, so quite rare too

clippityclop · 16/08/2012 19:35

Faith.

ekupeg · 16/08/2012 19:31

I love them both equally. I will vote Faith

SirBoobAlot · 16/08/2012 19:30

Faith, between the two.

Wren a) makes me think of a branch of the RN, and b) isn't a particularly pretty or spectacular bird to be named after.

EdithWeston · 16/08/2012 18:51

Faith.

Wren would still make me think of an arm the Royal Navy.

worldcitizen · 16/08/2012 18:51

My daughter's middle name is Faith, but we also call her by that name with a nn-ish version of it.

We are an international family with lots of travel and living in various places and bi-national and inter-religious marriages in the past 3 generations.
So we also were looking specifically for an English name to match her other names etc.

We called her Faith as we had faith in our love, our union, faith for our child (she wasn't even conceived then), wanted her always to have faith, and we also have different religious backgrounds in our extended family, but we all share the same faith in the sense of we are all children of God and have faith in him, regardless of what we call him etc.

So, this is how she got her name Faith. And we love it. So does she!!!

noddyholder · 16/08/2012 18:46

Love Wren not keen on faith at all

birdofthenorth · 16/08/2012 18:45

Ooh, lovely names both! Wren is my favourite, unusual and elegant

WowOoo · 16/08/2012 18:45

I love the actual Wren bird. So, it has to be Wren. They are very special things.

BlueSuedeStiletto · 16/08/2012 18:44

Ah Wren, that's lovely!

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