Flo(ren)ce

[tlove]

So Florence full name shortened to Ren (or could be Wren). I love it but will take opinions! Please be kind..... x

I like it
There are a couple at dd's school
'Florrie' and 'Flo'

It depends how you feel about the nickname Flo.

Regardless of the diminutive you choose she (or her peers) May switch to Flo or Florry. Make you you are happy with those before using the name.

Good point.. because I don't like Flo! I would want to just use 'Ren' but feel there should be a 'proper' name behind it too. Thoughts?

I looove the name Florence but I'm not keen on Ren - all I think of is Kevin Bacon dancing round a warehouse obviously this won't be a problem for your DD's age group!

Ren isn't the natural roll off unfortunately

Ren is a really odd (nickname).

Why don’t you just call her Wren?

Makes me think of Ren and Stimpy, sorry.

I don't think Ren works as a diminutive for Florence, maybe it's my accent but the ren part isn't very strongly pronounced or emphasised in Florence.

I've taught many Flos, a Florrie and a Floss. Ren is fine but bear in mind she may choose to go by something else.

I have a long name but I'm known by a shortened version my mum hates. She doesn't call me it, which is fine, and she's just had to accept it.

I don't really think you can force a nickname like this, that doesn't come naturally (like Flo or Florrie). You can call her what you want at home and then when she gets to school it's out of our hands really, unless she goes by Ren as her everyday name and Florence isn't really ever used.

Also all the Florences I know go by Flora! Could be an idea?

If you don’t like Flo then you can’t use it.

What about Renata or Renee? Or just Wren?

Wren on it’s own is a lovely name, no need for Florence at all.

I should say the reason I made the point about nicknames is that neither of my D.C. have chosen to go by the nickname we used. One prefers the full name only and the other an alternative nickname.

As we love their full names and all the short forms that’s not a problem for us but I always think when an MNer says they with be called this as a nickname, because really it’s not something you can force on your child.

Ren for Florence feels contrived.

Irena pronounced the European way (Irr-renna) could work with this nickname?

Wren is a perfectly substantial name on its own.

Ren doesn't work as a shortening for Florence.

Nobody will call a Florence 'Ren' as a nickname. If you don't like Flo, don't use it!

To clarify slightly 'Ren' would be her name and Florence would kind of just be her initials and on passport/birth cert etc. I'm a Charlotte but never ever called that, always Charlie. I just can't stand 'Flo' so maybe I can't use 'Florence' because of that! So sad

I personally would name her 'Wren', if you do not like flo, florrie
etc. (Looks nicer than 'ren' )

Wren as a stand alone name is very pretty.

That way, no one (at school/friends) will use the nickname of
Flo, because it has no association with it.

I think Ren from Florence is a bit of a stretch. And if you want to use “Ren” 99% of the time, the fact she’s actually named Florence would probably throw an awful lot of people.

You’d be much better off using Wren.

Agree, if it's "Ren" you like then you need to go with Wren or Renee, def not Florence. Ds has a friend called Florence/Florrie - very pretty name but wouldn't call her Ren.

Use Wren

Maybe it's because my brother's nickname comes from the centre part of his full name (and I would hazard that he is probably the only one in the world with this name!) that I don't find it 'a stretch' at all.. I do like Wren though

Nobody's going to shorten Florence to anything but Flo or Flossy.
If you want your child to be called Ren or Wren then think of a name that it's actually a short form of it, or just give that as their name.

No one would be introduced to her as Florence, but as Ren. So no one would call her Flo because that would be random