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Is wren a gender less name

84 replies

catsareme14 · 06/09/2025 09:06

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

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PrivateMusic · 06/09/2025 09:48

When I hear ‘Wren’ I instantly think ‘Jenny Wren’, so it seems feminine to me.

I agree - and think the same. Though the very first time I heard it, I thought the child was called Ren ( as in Ren and Stimpy).

KayEmAy · 17/09/2025 20:01

I actually prefer it on a boy :)

Pootle40 · 17/09/2025 20:01

Only one I know is a bird!

winnieanddaisy · 17/09/2025 20:03

I would always think of it as a girls name because of the saying Jenny Wren .

YoureAMeanOneMrGrinch · 17/09/2025 20:13

I have a Wren. He is a boy.

ive had a lot of compliments on the name.

NoelFurlong · 17/09/2025 20:18

The only one I know of is an American little boy.

passthebiscuittins · 17/09/2025 20:19

HotBathwater · 06/09/2025 09:08

Sex. You mean sex. And it’s overwhelmingly used for girls.

No she means gender. Gender is a social construct, as are names and the meanings we attract to them. The OP is asking if the name is gender neutral.

SueSheeMee · 17/09/2025 20:21

We've got 4 children named Wren at the school I work in. All are girls.

deeahgwitch · 17/09/2025 20:25

I only know of one Wren and he is a boy
I would have thought it was a girl’s name

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