Would it be wrong to call dd this?

I suppose it depends on your last name - you'd probably need a longish last name to go with Wren (never heard it used as a name) I'm thinking of the "playground test" when Wren starts school - think she could be called Birdy or something similar. Willow is ok but it's getting very popular - I know at least 3 all born within the last 12 months. Oh and our cat (aged 12) is called Willow!!

I know both a Wren and a Willow - both lovely. I find both names hard to say in some way - awkward or something. For that reason I am not fond of them. Also Wren just doesn't seem like a name to me.

would you think of Renee (can't do the accent)? It has the same-ish sound as Wren but a more traditional look. personally I would not have used that name with our surname and heritage but I think it is an incredibly attractive/serious/intelligent/ name for a girl/woman.

I think Wren is a great name, not so keen on Willow which is a bit fashion-y in my opinion.

Birth index lists 233 people with the name Wren up to 2005

BUT

Some of these are listed twice, ie under both parents' surnames, so it's less than 233

In many cases it's a middle name, so probably a family surname

AND

Quite a lot of them are boys (and not just the middle name ones)

I'm not really sure when Wren became a name...? I've only ever heard it on here, never come across one in real life and to be honest I hope not to. It's not nice as a name. Not crazy about Willow either but it's better than Wren. I can't imagine a grown women being called Willow regardless of her stature so honestly I wouldn't use either if I were you.

I like both names and I wouldn't think twice about giving them to a stocky girl. Willow conjures up images of grace and beauty, sunlight on leaves, light sparkling on a gentle stream. Wren I think is very cute. Slim or not slim, tall or not tall is irrelevant in my view.

I think Willow is a beautiful name!

Willow is beautiful doesn't matter about size she will be beautiful to you. X

How funny - four years ago when thinking of names for my daughter I asked on here what people thought of Wren and got almost universally positive responses - seems the tide has turned since then!

She would probably be called that had someone on that thread not asked if she was likely to be wren-like - she wasn't and isn't, so it's just as well, and it's a good job that line of thinking also put me off Grace!

How about Erin if you like Wren? Similar sound without the connotation.

Yes, that's the other Willow I think of, and while she was slim she was also short.

It's a nice name, OP. Go for it.

I hear Willow and I think 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' rather than willowy. Wren is OK, though I would't use it..bit too close to L'Wren Scott and with the wrong surname it would be all sorts of wrong. So Willow gets my vote of the two choices.

Come to think, in popular culture nowadays the adjective which is most likely to be associated with 'Willow' is 'Whomp'!

Willow trees are wide and low to the ground. Doesn't need to be a skinny person's name.

I don't think people automatically expect a Willow to be 'willowy'. Possibly my view is coloured by first coming across the name in the film Willow, the eponymous hero of which being about as far from 'willowy' as possible and male to boot!

sorry, rest of my post should read:

I know a Rowan and a Hazel and I love both of those names much more than Wren. Willow is pretty but not sure if I like it enough to give to a baby who won't grow up to be 'willowy' in stature.

I know a Rowan and a Hazel

Or

Robyn, Rowan, Hazel

If you like nature inspired names go for something like Fern, Bluebell, Linden, Primrose, Skye, Summer, Autumn, Iris, Violet, Amber, Dawn, ???

Wren isn't good.

Willow is just asking for trouble.

I can see nothing at all beautiful about the word Wren. Cute little bird, but the word is not - it's very close to wrench. Wr- words are not appealing. Wrong, wreck, wrack, wretched etc.

Willow is better, but it's a gamble I wouldn't take. It's your daughter who will suffer embarrassment if it turns out to be unsuitable.

I know a stocky Willow baby - maybe she'll grow into it. It's a lovely name though.

How about Rowan for another tree name? I think of it as much more a woman's name despite Rowan Atkinson. And in Norse mythology it was the tree that the first woman was made from. It sort of combines the sounds of Wren and Willow too...

I wouldn't use willow if she was likely to be stocky. (I've discounted it myself for this reason. If dc takes after dp it would be fine, but if she inherits the thighs of her mum and grandma it would be unfortunate).

I know girls named Willow and they are both so gorgeous that I have grown to love the name. Less keen on Wren though it sounds a bit hard.

I could imagine Wren as a nickname, if it happened to suit a child, but not as a given name.

Willow I really don't like.

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One of the Jenny names (there are LOADS) with Wren as a nn would work too. Renata nn Wren isn't that much of a stretch either.