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Wren on a boy?
Saw this on the 2018 England and Wales rankings. I love it as a girl's name but never thought of it as possibly masculine. It's growing on me the more I think about it.https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/182516
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YES. Love it, I am definitely in favor of names that are generally considered feminine on boys!
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I like it. I think it would be hard to wear in some places, but I imagine that the young male Wrens are not being born into circumstances where they'll be getting a hard time for their name at Local Council Estate Primary School.
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I think it's such a good name for either gender. Might actually prefer it as more masculine.
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I prefer it on a girl, but I don't hate it on a boy.
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I thought it was a guy's name at first so it was always an option to me. Plus it sounds just like the name Ren which is unisex.
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I prefer it on a girl, but I do think it would work on a boy. It reminds me of Christopher Wren - that is, the Agatha Christie character, not the architect (though, of course, I think of him too).
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I dunno, in theory it should work. But when I try to picture it on the adult guys I know, I think about half of them would be embarrassed by it and go by a nickname or middle name.
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I actually went to school with a boy named Wren. Since he was the first person I knew with the name, it works to me.
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Sure. If Robin can be unisex I don't know why Wren couldn't be.
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No. He'll resent you as much as the boy named Sue.
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