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Wren for a girl?

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TheGirlWhoPlayedWithFire · 01/02/2015 14:38

This could be a futile thread as I'm newly pregnant and it could be either sex but I'm mulling over girls names and struggling.

I had this problem with DD1&2 and and DH effectively named them as I was dithering.

However I came across Wren for a girl and I love it. DH thinks I'm mad.

Is it hormones messing with my head? Or is it a perfectly acceptable name?

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meditrina · 01/02/2015 15:27

I think it remains unusable becuase of the Royal Navy. Though perhaps when that generation has died out (literally) the usage might too. But I'd give it a good couole of decades yet.

Or are you specifically honouring matelots in your family?

SoupDragon · 01/02/2015 15:26

when I hear it I just think of Ren and stimpy.

I kind of agree, except because I know the silent W is there I hear it as Wren.

SirVixofVixHall · 01/02/2015 15:14

I love it!

StoneFoxMama · 01/02/2015 15:11

On paper it's beautiful, but when I hear it I just think of Ren and stimpy.

SoupDragon · 01/02/2015 14:53

I would be wary because DD is a long way from being a tiny delicate songbird :)

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TheGirlWhoPlayedWithFire · 01/02/2015 14:51

Seems popular as a middle name /nickname. Is that because it's a bit odd?

Wren for serendipity? Hmm, DH would like that ( good compromise).

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sunflower49 · 01/02/2015 14:46

I know a Serendipity, Wren for short. I like it.

FelixFelix · 01/02/2015 14:42

I think it's really nice. I'd consider it for a middle name (adds to list for imaginary second child Grin)

SoupDragon · 01/02/2015 14:42

It's DDs nickname but I wouldn't use it as a first name.

PurpleStripedSock · 01/02/2015 14:39

It's my daughter's middle name so it's a yes from me :-)

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