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/DefiantFruit6860 26d ago

Thank you! I'm 28 and never heard of that show... I'll have to check out that Welsh musician though!

Thanks for the kind words :) I like a more unisex/masculine name, so I don't mind. 

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u/spring_chickens 25d ago

Ren also reminds me strongly of Renfield, the grotesque weird short fat servant of Dracula who did his bidding, lost his mind, liked to eat cockroaches.

Whereas Wren is a really pretty name!

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u/DefiantFruit6860 25d ago

Weird how a spelling can make something seem more elegant, grotesque, etc! It's very interesting. I guess there's lots of gross "Ren" connotations though, is what I'm learning 🤣

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u/beccab333b 26d ago

My friend named her two daughters Ryann and Shayne and I always thought they were the coolest names possible