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is wren a girls or boys name ?

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bumpsoon · 29/04/2009 17:19

yes i know its a bird !!!!

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OwlBeThere · 18/01/2020 02:22

My kids go to school with children with all kinds of unusual/odd names. Only my daughter has only ever commented on a name being weird. The name? Nick.

The pound being what you might consider odd, a child of this era would find perfectly normal. It’s so subjective an area that I think trying to second guess what might or might not affect a child is school is pointless. I have totally normal name, one that’s top ten for girls now, but I was the only one in my school in the 80s growing up and I hated it, my daughter by contrast has a name that is very very unusual and she loves being the only one.

Buttercup54321 · 16/01/2020 22:48

Girl. But Id leave it to the birds.
Awful for a boy.

OverthinkingThis · 16/01/2020 15:52

I would assume girl based on previous MN threads. But I've never heard it used in real life.

Lavenderblues · 16/01/2020 06:55

I know a boy Wren. It doesn't sound feminine at all.

Whatsyourflava · 15/01/2020 23:37

I think it’s unisex

RandDandC · 15/01/2020 22:45

I know one Wren, a girl, so I associate the name with girls.

Urkiddingright · 15/01/2020 21:55

Girl.

peppinanna · 14/01/2020 19:17

Definitely girl I can't imagine a boy Wren!

PlantPotting · 14/01/2020 18:48

@percheron67 @Twelve8Ts

I know doesn’t it show how (relatively) quickly attitudes about names change 🤣. I know two little Wren’s now (girls) and there’s a big Instagram mum (Katie Ellison) who has a boy called Wren. I remember discussion on here recently saying Wren was becoming too popular and the poster wanted a less run of mill name 🤣 yet here we were ten years ago acting like Wren was completely wacky and unusual!

Twelve8Ts · 14/01/2020 18:31

Oh yeah! Sorry! Didn’t even notice! Thought it was odd that everyone thought it was so unusual.

Wheresthebiffer2 · 14/01/2020 18:10

i knew a man called Wren - so I say it is a male name.

tisonlymeagain · 14/01/2020 18:02

Girl

percheron67 · 14/01/2020 17:54

Not troubling me. It isn't my children who will have ridiculous names!

PlantPotting · 14/01/2020 17:50

@percheron67 the thread is about ten years old so you can sleep easy if it’s troubling you

I love Wren for a girl or boy

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percheron67 · 14/01/2020 17:46

Neither. It is the name of a Bird. So are Kestrel, Jackdaw and Sparrow in case you were considering these.

Twelve8Ts · 14/01/2020 16:33

I only know an 8 year old Wren, girl. I see it suggested on here a lot so looks like it’s quite popular.

OwlBeThere · 14/01/2020 02:03

Female imo

DramaAlpaca · 13/01/2020 23:12

ZOMBIE thread!!!

It's from 2009 fgs, why would someone bother to bump such an old thread? Hmm

firsttimeivfmum · 13/01/2020 20:13

Girl

PlantPotting · 13/01/2020 19:30

I love it as a girls or boys name

It’s entered the mainstream now

Sarasazzle · 13/01/2020 19:08

It's a boys name here in Wales and isn't cruel, what a ridiculous small minded thing to say

EdithWeston · 27/12/2011 04:37

I'm wondering why this thread reappeared after two years - especially as there have been more recent threads about using Wren as a human name.

I assume OP named the child long ago. sodorable I wouldn't use it (except if cornered as KMC did as family middle name) because these associations are so durably strong.

mathanxiety · 27/12/2011 04:15

Girl's name, and becoming more popular.

Robin/Robyn is definitely heading towards being a girl's name imo. I had read the Winnie the Pooh stories to the DCs for years when DD3 stopped me one evening and asked, 'Hey wait a minute, is Christopher Robin a boy ?'

KarenMillenCoat · 27/12/2011 03:08

My DS has it as one of his middle names. It is a family name of DH's and the alternative was far worse. Grin

I've come to quite like it, though. It's always been used for men in this family but I think it's quite pretty for a girl, too.

sodorable · 27/12/2011 02:49

im looking into using this name in the future as either a boy or girl name. it works for both. the wren bird is known as the little king...kings are boys! but also a bird seems feminine so as a girl it is lovely as well. i have heard it for both and it always suited the person.

my name is Reina. my daughters name is Elsie. both are strange and not common but fit us.

other names i had in mind were Eisley, Emerie/Amerie, Ruby Skye, Alys

for boys Cabel Sebastian, Kyson, Remmington(Rem), Maks, Kasch(blackbird)

all perfect names imho....wish i could use them alll!!