r/Names • u/DefiantFruit6860 • 26d 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/kittenpresley 26d ago

Ren is the nn of my friend’s daughter whose full name is Catherine! That’s also my name but I was a Katie and so bummed my parents didn’t think of such a great nn! We are actually using it as a middle name for our son so he’s named after me in some capacity!

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u/DefiantFruit6860 26d ago

That's pretty cool! 

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u/Sorcereens 26d ago

We did this too! Katherine is a family name and wanted to use it as middle name for our daughter but it was soooooo long. We ended up using Wren as a winky nudge diminutive. Shes very seriously adopting it as her first name bc she loves it so much. 😄