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Renley / Renly for a girl?

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Otto223 · 03/11/2024 12:22

I haven’t heard this name often. What do you think?

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 11/11/2024 21:16

Indigestion medication.

AlloftheTime · 09/11/2024 07:09

Sounds like a name of spectacles
Please don’t use it.

ZuckketyZuckZuck · 09/11/2024 07:08

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ZuckketyZuckZuck · 09/11/2024 07:04

Wasn't that an indigestion tablet?

TheaBrandt · 09/11/2024 06:41

Are you in the mid pregnancy mad name zone? My teens are horrified by some of the corkers I came up with for them before coming to my senses.

user1492757084 · 09/11/2024 06:39

No.

Do you like Wren, Bailey, Alizee, Linley or Zena?

urbanbuddha · 09/11/2024 06:36

Wren’s nice. Renley sounds like an over the counter medication.

Just call her Sophie and stop with the thinking, you are very bad at it.

AI maybe?

PermanentTemporary · 09/11/2024 06:32

I think Wrenley is actually worse.

Yes, I thought of Henley so if you like Oxfordshire town names what about Wantage? Seat of King Alfred etc.

Whatatodo79 · 09/11/2024 06:26

i've met a florence nicknamed ren recently

DieStrassensindimmernass · 09/11/2024 06:24

I don't like it OP.
As pp said, sounds like a small town, possibly somewhere on a rarely used branch line.

tuvamoodyson · 09/11/2024 06:17

Sounds like a heartburn remedy.

ParisGellerFTW · 08/11/2024 21:09

Glurzabog · 08/11/2024 19:58

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I am sooooo sorry 😥

Do you go by Glurzy or Bog for short? I quite like Bog. Has an earthy quality

TheFunSponge · 08/11/2024 20:05

I know one. Although I don't love the name, she suits it and it's spelt Wrenley.

MySistersCard · 08/11/2024 20:04

Sounds like Scooby Doo saying Henley.

MumChp · 08/11/2024 20:00

No. It's not a name for a girl. Just don't.

Glurzabog · 08/11/2024 19:58

ParisGellerFTW · 03/11/2024 14:06

It's not objectively horrible. Objectively horrible would be something like, I dunno, Glurzabog. Sounds awful. The sounds in Renly are fine and commonly used in names.

I agree it isn't great because the only association is Game Of Thrones, which is an excellent series that will still be excellent in 20 years, but is still a TV show/book series and therefore just not a very classy naming source.

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MirandaBlu · 04/11/2024 08:04

I would assume that Renley comes from the surname. Not my style, unless possibly if it's a family surname, but no more inherently ridiculous or absurd or illegitimate or made up than Ashley or Hayley or Finley.

I definitely wouldn't use the Renly spelling, both because of the GOT association and because it's more likely to be misspelled. I have to say, though, both versions kind of make me think of "renal", which is not a good association. I've known a few adult women using Ren as a short form of a more traditional name (Renée, Renata, Florence, Karen, etc.)

PleaseSnow · 04/11/2024 07:23

Like Renley on Thames?

Dearover · 04/11/2024 07:22

stargazerlil · 03/11/2024 21:42

Wren kitchens

Does the baby come with a free Alison Hammond shouting in the background?

stargazerlil · 03/11/2024 21:42

Wren kitchens

SabreIsMyFave · 03/11/2024 19:32

TriciaMcMillan · 03/11/2024 16:54

Somewhere, little Glurzabog Jenkins is reading this and dying a little inside. For shame.

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sel2223 · 03/11/2024 18:15

There's a reason you haven't heard the name often OP. It sounds more like a place name or a car to me, definitely not a gorgeous baby girl name.
What about Wren? or Lauren (nn Ren)?

Noseybookworm · 03/11/2024 17:22

Sorry, that's not a name!

WrongSortOfPoster · 03/11/2024 17:20

My first thought was Renton,

twentysevendresses · 03/11/2024 17:13

Sounds like an indigestion tablet to me. Please don't saddle a real live person with a name that sounds like a cure for acid burps OP 😖