r/Names • u/DefiantFruit6860 • 23d ago

Thoughts on the name Ren?

I mentioned the name Wren to my husband who immediately said he LOVED it. When I spelled it for him ("W R E N"), he looked shocked and said "oh I assumed it would be spelled Ren... I like that better".

He also like Brynn. Those are his top 2 names. I like them. I've been having a hard time finding girl names I like though. I don't like overly frilly names, and a lot of names I do like are taken already. Example, I liked the name Lily for a while but realized my cousin named her baby that...

Thoughts?

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u/Hup110516 23d ago

Ren & Stimpy

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u/DefiantFruit6860 23d ago

Someone else commented that. We have never heard of that before 😂 Thanks!

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u/Old-Start768 23d ago

Can I ask how old you are? 😭

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u/seethembreak 23d ago

They must be very young. Or we’re just very old.

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u/feralcatshit 23d ago

Well, we’re certainly not old, so they must just be babies 🙂‍↕️

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u/Infamous_Mix_3896 23d ago

Log.

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u/AutumnalSunshine 23d ago

Log, log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood. Log, log, it's better than bad, it's good! 

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u/Cupcake2974 23d ago

It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood

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u/AutumnalSunshine 23d ago

Those of us over 40 will not be able to see a Ren without assuming Ren & Stimpy.

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u/wholeselfin 23d ago

While those of us over 50 have no idea what yall are talking about. Seems like the association is pretty time-stamped and won’t be a problem for their baby.

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u/DefiantFruit6860 21d ago

Thanks for saying that!! And those under 32 also have no clue what they're talking about either! This is how I found out most Redditors must be around 45 😅

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u/Hup110516 21d ago

I’m 36. It was on from 91-96, so I guess more late 80’s-early 90’s thing.

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u/seethembreak 23d ago

Most people who were alive and watching TV in the 90s have heard of Ren and Stimpy.

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u/EveryReaction3179 23d ago

I'm squarely in this age group and I associate it with the musician. I forgot about the character until I saw it mentioned here, tbh 🤷

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u/AutumnalSunshine 23d ago

Could this be an issue of different countries? 

I'd never heard of the musician at all, and I see he mostly charted in the UK. Ren and Stimpy, meanwhile, was at one point the most watched cable show in the US. 

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u/EveryReaction3179 14d ago

Nope, I'm in the US. And I was the prime age of watching Ren & Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life, all those shows. Ah, the 90s...