Wren for a girl?

[TheGirlWhoPlayedWithFire]

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?

I'm sure it's painfully hipsterish but I absolutely love the name Wren.

If you don't like the bird association you could call her Renée/Ren instead. Personally I never think of the military link.

I know a Wren and I'm not sure it suits her. It's quite an evocative name - suiting a delicate, willowy kind of girl - and if the girl ends up not fitting that kind of image I feel like the name might jar a little?

Wrens are quite small and rotund though. Heron or Flamingo would better suit a willowy girl I think.

"wouldnt cause offense but would look a bit odd"

thats daft - most of the people here (me included) thought the bird

and WHY cant you call a child Senedipity?

I personally like it

Sparrow, Lark, Wren, Heron, Flamingo - no, no and no again. These are names of birds and sound silly+++

However, Linnet

I was joking about Heron and Flamingo obviously.

Love the name Wren :)

Sorry Squoosh - missed that -

I just think- imagine being a self conscious, chubby spotty teenager having to introduce yoursek as Lark. I suppose Wren would be all right because people would think it was short for Lauren......

Do people know what Serendipity means?

My hypothetical second daughter is called Juniper Wren.

Would you like to be called Wren? I know I wouldn't. It's pretty weak as far as names go, too.

That's all I have to say...

Love it!

I know a little Wren, I think its a beautiful name.

Serendipity means a "fortunate happenstance" or "pleasant surprise".

GewnStacy I love Juniper too. I'm a fan of slightly pretentious nature names.

Not too sure about Wren, I like Seren, thats star in Welsh, being Welsh I would though wouldn't I?

I can see the appeal of Juniper actually. Perhaps it's the lovely sounding Nip or Nipper nick names...

Haha *onceupon' serendipity sure fits if it means pleasant surprise. This wasn't a planned pregnancy thats for sure, but were both over the moon about it now.

Like I said its on the short list - it may be a boy .

Plus any child of mine isn't going to be tall. I can guarantee that, given that neither DH or I are tall.

So you want to give your a baby which will make it clear to the world that he/she wasn't planned. Fine. It does seem the sort of decision you shouldn't make without asking the person you're naming. Which obviously you can't do. So...............

How do you get from Serendipity to Wren with a W? Wouldn't it be, um, Ren?

Wren makes me think of a tiny Jenny Wren, the Wrens and Ren and Stimpy. Plus, I think the male Kevin Bacon character in Footloose was called Ren. If she's a bruiser of a lass, it's just going to cause hilarity.

Just call her Fortunate Happenstance (Forty for short).

Hak - no I'm not intending to call her serendipity, in RL only DH and I will know that this wasn't planned ANSI don't intend to inform anyone else (except MN, which doesn't count).

I love it - wish I'd thought of it for mine!

Don't like Wren, sorry. I think it's twee.

Along similar lines, I think Larkin is nice.