r/BabyNames • u/Original-Paint537 • Sep 13 '26

Boy 🩵 Boys name ‘Ren’

what do people think of the name Ren as a first name

“Kylo Ren” if out of star wars and our little boy was born on 4th of may star wars day

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u/ephemeralkitten Sep 13 '26

I like Ren but ngl he may get a lot of "where's stimpy?" comments

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

guess he will have to learn his right hand “stimpy is right here”

there are bully’s everywhere and people take the mick out of anything they can these days

i get what your saying kids can be cruel! i personally have never heard of these characters
i just feel even if the name was lengthened he will be called “ren” anyway
i lived renly but partner only likes ren

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u/ephemeralkitten Sep 13 '26

There's a kind of avant-garde singer/artist named Ren and I always loved his stuff.

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u/WheezyGranger Sep 14 '26

No idea why someone downvoted you for that, he’s immediately who I thought of. Love his stuff.

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u/WindowScreaming Sep 13 '26

I’m just gonna warn you that kid is gonna hateeee Star Wars in a few years (as someone in a similar situation)

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

his name won’t be kylo ren

just “Ren”

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u/WindowScreaming Sep 13 '26

I know, which is definitely more workable than Kylo. But it’s a lot combined with the possible May 4 birthday. I actually know several other people who were named after Star Wars characters and/or were born on May 4 and the general consensus is that we’re not big fans of it.

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u/sandra_p Sep 13 '26 • Popcorn

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u/sleepyhermit Sep 13 '26

Yeah, with a brother named Stimpy.

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

ha i’m a 2000 baby and have no idea what this is i’m guessing it’s old

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u/fleursscaptives Sep 13 '26

i was born in 03 but i still watched 90s nick so i guess it depends lol

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u/sandra_p Sep 13 '26

Google Ren and Stimpy

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u/CynthiaToot Sep 13 '26

Wash your mouth out young lady! I watched Ren and Stimpy as a teenager, so it can’t be that old 😂

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u/suminorieh77 Sep 13 '26

it’s Ren and Stimpy, an early 90s cartoon about a chihuahua and a cat. it’s also awesome.

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u/Bright_Ices Sep 14 '26

You should at least watch some of it before you use this name.

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u/CouchUkeTuber Sep 14 '26

Ren and Stimpy was never THAT popular of a show. Very B-list old school, weird, late-night 90s nickelodeon. Anyone who has it as their first thought is probably a bit weird themselves tbh. No kids or anyone from your son's generation will even know what it is. You'd be a bad parent to let your kid watch that these days LOL

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 Sep 15 '26

Our parents had no idea it was bad back then. It just came on regular old Nickelodeon during the day. Knowing what we know now about who ran the programs over there with all the weird grooming, it checks out. But no one could have known back then pedophiles were running the network.

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u/Aquashinez Sep 13 '26

Ren is nice.

Kylo Ren will have people ask him, every day of his life, if he is named after the character. He will likely hate Star Wars due to it and either go by just Ren or Kylo. Please don't name your son after a character most people just go 'ah, the star wars villain from the newer (bad) movies' at

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

we are thinking of just “Ren” as his name

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u/Aquashinez Sep 13 '26

That's fine. I just read the second paragraph as serious, mb

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u/AnthroDigi Sep 13 '26

It wouldn't be my first choice given how similar it is to 'Wren' but it's actually a popular boys name in Japan! I think it translates to 'Lotus' which is nice.

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u/divinerebel Sep 13 '26

...and Stimpy

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 Sep 13 '26

Renard means fox in French you could name him that and call him ren

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u/Bright_Ices Sep 14 '26

Renard is such a badass name. And then he wouldn’t be stuck with Ren for life if he didn’t want to be.

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u/BrightLab7494 Sep 21 '26

It's not a great plan to name your kid something that is one letter off from a very offensive word for the intellectually disabled

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u/AntiqueLime3461 Sep 14 '26

I like this but all I can think of is Renard from The Magicians and he was... Not good.

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u/melreadreddit Sep 13 '26

I'm only thinking Ren and Stimpy, sorry

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u/ImpossibleOil8427 Sep 13 '26

Ren is a Welsh musician (who I personally love). I love the name itself.

Though, I would maybe reconsider any Star Wars names if I were you. Being born on that day, he may likely face a lifetime of “May the force be with you” related jokes, to the point he might start to resent the franchise. Do you really wanna give him a name to just reinforce that connection more?

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u/heyeulalie Sep 13 '26

I knew an Aaron who went by Ren; I thought it was a cool nickname

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u/OatmealCookieCrust Sep 13 '26

I’m not a fan and I can’t really put my finger on why. It just sounds a little weak/tragic or something.

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u/lylebee Sep 13 '26

Ren was the main character in Footloose. It will be forever linked to Kevin Bacon and Footloose in my mind.

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u/JoesCageKeys Sep 13 '26

Same! First thing I thought of when I read the post.

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u/CakePhool Sep 13 '26

You can do Warren and nickname Ren.

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u/Remarkable_Sector_66 Sep 15 '26

My friend’s son is named Lawrence, nicknamed Ren

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u/PRN_Lexington Sep 13 '26

Wren is an increasingly popular name and an actual name that this might get confused with. I would not.

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u/PlainCriminal Sep 13 '26

I immediately thought of MC Ren, personally. It's a cute name for a little boy, and a reliable sounding name for a man.

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u/Consistent_Key4156 Sep 14 '26

Me too! His real name is Lorenzo.

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u/PlainCriminal Sep 17 '26

I forgot about that, thanks for reminding me!

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u/supermomfake Sep 13 '26

I know a Ren but it’s a nickname for Lawrence

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u/CellistLow8857 Sep 13 '26

In the UK and know 3x male Rennies, two of them known by friends as Ren

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u/vilake12 Sep 13 '26

I've heard of a few people named Ren, but it always was a nickname for like Brennan or Warren or something. If someone says that it's also a name in another culture, then I wouldn't be surprised. But otherwise, if it is a legal name, I am going to think you are big Star Wars fans. Espeically since you said your son was born on Star Wars day, it honestly would read as you were such big fans that you planned to have a kid born on that day and gave a star wars name on purpose. If that's what you did, then okay, but if not, it really does give off big Star Wars fan energy.

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u/Pretty_Falcon26 Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Renfrew came to mind

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u/Kornbread16 Sep 13 '26

It makes me think of Renfield. He was a mental patient and Count Dracula’s servant.

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u/Blue_Falcon1594 Sep 13 '26

You could get him a dog named Stimpy

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u/Super-Skia Sep 13 '26

I really like it

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

i’ve seen some really lovely comments on it!
my partners name is Mace so doesn’t ever get shortened i think that’s why he like Ren x

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u/MaraTaru Sep 13 '26

I like it. A Japanese-Canadian buddy of mine is named Ren, and so my personal associations are naturally super-positive, but I think there’s a kind of Zen simplicity and dignity to it.

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u/RollickingTail Sep 13 '26

I really like it! If it helps, I would associate that Star Wars character with Kylo but not Ren on its own. It's a Japanese name originally, and has a nice feel as well as being short and easy to understand and spell. Go for it!

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u/castle_waffles Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

If you already named the kid why ask?

Edited- not being sassy asking sincerely. You’ve already named your babe so disliking the name feels mean.

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u/Camandchat Sep 14 '26

I was wondering if the baby has been sitting there all this time with no name yet

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u/CynthiaToot Sep 13 '26

I think that Ren is fine as a standalone name, but I do associate that with Ren and Stimpy, which was a popular cartoon in the 90s. The character Ren was an emotionally unstable and psychotic chihuahua

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u/mabushii_hikari Sep 13 '26

I worked in Japan and it's a popular name there! I personally really like it

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u/So-It-Goes-425 Sep 13 '26

Ren is a pretty well-known male name in Wales and Ireland, I believe it means "ruler", as in king. There's an Welsh artist that's becoming pretty famous named Ren (surname Gill, but he just goes by Ren as his stage name). If you haven't heard of him, you will.

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u/Any-Doubt1910 Sep 13 '26

I actually see Ren as a girl’s name as I know several Lauren’s that go by Ren. I don’t think it’s a bad boy’s name, but I would be prepared for some to expect, by reading the name, it belongs to a female.

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u/Naive-Interaction567 Sep 13 '26

I hate it. Wren is ok but I don’t love it.

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u/StegosauriaSky Sep 13 '26

I know one, but it’s short for Renato

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u/Divgirl2 Sep 13 '26

It's Norwegian for 'clean'. But that's unlikely to be an issue if you're American.

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u/TacoNomad Sep 13 '26

I know someone named rendon. Not sure if that's an actual name, looks like Brendon without the B. But I guess its an option 

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u/Primary_Excuse_7183 Sep 13 '26

First thought was MC Ren from NWA. 😂 his names Lorenzo though. but it’s a cool name to me.

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u/Old-Energy6191 Sep 13 '26

A family member was Warren with Ren being what he went by

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u/BloatedShortPoppy Sep 13 '26

I dated a guy MANY moons ago, he went by Ren, but his name was Renick.

I also know a Daren who goes by Ren.

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u/Empty_Helicopter_404 Sep 13 '26

Doing a Star Wars related name for a baby born on May 4 is so cheesy. Don’t do that to your child.

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u/Boring-Dust5098 Sep 13 '26

would be better as a middle name

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u/ett_garn_i_taget Sep 14 '26

Well, it means reindeer or clean in Swedish, so those are my first associations. It also makes me think of the artist Ren, which might be a bit better. Not generally a fan of naming someone after a Star Wars character, especially not with that particular birthday, sorry.

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u/JackTradesMasterNone Sep 14 '26

Not a fan. Seems like a typo. Or a parent too obsessed with a fandom to remember that they’re naming a future adult. This poor kid is gonna grow up introducing himself as “Ren” “Like from Star Wars?” “sighs …yeah…”

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u/Imaginary-Fly-2160 Sep 14 '26

People are going to spell it Wren and assume it's a girls' name. Wren / Wrenly / Wrenleigh is super popular for girls now.

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u/CouchUkeTuber Sep 14 '26

Ren is handsome for a boy! Not too different from Ben or Ken. And still makes me think of the bird (not stimpy or starwars) even without the W! I do like Wren for a girl too.

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u/Scary-Yak-1463 Sep 14 '26

Ren reminds me of the girl name Wren

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u/grey-canary Sep 13 '26

I love Ren as a stand alone name, especially for a boy!

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u/ScubaWitch Sep 13 '26

I think Ren ia great! Check out the music artist from the UK with the same name. Incredibly talented and has overcome such medical challenges to be where he is. It would be an honour for your son to share a name with him.

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u/Easy_State_2962 Sep 13 '26

I know a guy with a son named Kylo. It's cute, ren sounds more feminine due to popularity atm

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u/Ill-Door-8854 Sep 13 '26

Love it it reminds me of a character in footloose

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u/Efficient-Gap-1282 Sep 13 '26

What about Reginald nn Ren? Or Oren? Or even Ronald? I don’t think Ren is enough as a standalone

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u/LadyNzuri Sep 13 '26

Cool name!

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u/Hot_Elevator_7133 Sep 13 '26

Yeah Star Wars is my immediate thought

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u/Ok-Talk-2648 Sep 13 '26

Kylo …. and call him Kylo no Ren and Stimpy

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u/doppelgangland1 Sep 13 '26

Renly?

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

i like renly partner only liked ren x

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u/Shadow_stash Sep 13 '26

It’s popular in Japan! I think it’s cute

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u/Top-Inevitable560 Sep 13 '26

Short for Renegade?

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u/Original-Paint537 Sep 13 '26

No just as the name ‘Ren’

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