Is wren a gender less name

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As in the title . Would you use Wren for a girl or boy ?

Sounds more a female name to me. Or a kitchen name.

Girls.

A boy could be Ren, perhaps short for Lorenzo or Reynold.

It’s a girls name to me. I know a lovely teen girl called Wren.

Both

How can you say that - Wrens are such a tiny, pretty little birds!

Jenny Wren, definitely feminine

Only know one and he's definitely a man!

i wouldn't use it for a boy or girl. I don't like it.
The bird is small and noisy.

Interesting that most people are saying girls name and yet most of those giving concrete examples of people they know say boys.

Can go either way, but to me it's a girls name or a kitchen shop. And the bird of course.

I've never been keen for a girl as it sounds too masculine (I know Wren is a delicate little bird, but 'ren' is a very masculine sound). However, I wouldn't use it for a boy as it's predominantly a girls name these days.

Same with Harper. It sounds quite masculine and use to be quite unisex but it now very popular for girls.

I’ve met 3 Wren’s in my life and all boys/ men!
I’d have said unisex but mostly male leaning

I don't know any Wrens but it feels more feminine to me. My sister is called Jennifer and people often called her Jenny Wren when she was little.

I'm not keen on it. It doesn't sound like a proper name, more like a nickname/diminutive because the parents couldn't be bothered to think of an actual name. It also seems a bit "trendy" and well probably date badly after a few years.

To me it's a girls name because it's a cute little bird and the saying Jenny wren. But I love wrens because they're so tiny and the way their tail stands up is very cute IMO. I've never met anyone actually called wren though.

I would have assumed it to be a girls name, as wrens are small birds (stereotyping I know!) but I haven't come across anyone irl called wten

The Wrens was a nickname for the Women's Royal Naval Service in the UK for most of the previous century, which might be why there's a female association in this country at least.

Wren and Harper are surnames. Both are nice as surnames.

Coming from a navy city a wren will always be a female.

I'd think of it as a girls name but don't know any. Robin is a boys name though if you like the bird theme.

Ren is a boy's name. Wren is a girl's name.

Or for a boy with the type of parent who would also name a boy River or Leaf, wear art nouveau jewellery because they think it makes them look elven, keep crystals around the place or tragically had a stillborn baby with Tom Archer

Would you use Wren for a girl or boy?

No I wouldn't.

Horribly twee imo.

It's a lovely name. It is genderless in itself but quite likely to be experienced by some as female.

I wouldn't worry about other people's perception of its gender. I'd be more worried about the fact that a wren is known above all for its tiny size. Great when the person is a baby but quite likely to be discordant and a constant embarrassment from tweens onwards, especially in adult life.

Well there were 63 male Wrens born in 2024 so I suppose it can be used for boys. I've only ever heard it as a girl's name though.

Wren - darkgreener
What started the trend?

Was it from Star Wars?

My (female) dog's name