For fun - Wren
sweetpea2003
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I just found out we are expecting #3 yesterday 
. I am excited and of course baby names are on my brain.
My DD is Katherine Grace (nn Kate) and my DS is Connor Patrick for reference.
I really (really!!) want to use Wren as either a first or middle name if this baby is a girl. It is a family name and it would mean a great deal to my side of the family. Thus far, we have not really used family names (Patrick is DH's middle name, but that is the extent of it).
So, I know Wren is a somewhat polarizing name. I don't really care if you love it or hate it. What I am wondering is:
1. First or middle?
2. Names that sound good with Wren (as either first or middle).
I do care about "flow" because we do use first-middle combo quite a bit in our house.
Names I am already considering:
Elizabeth Wren / Wren Elizabeth
Alexandra Wren
Wren Caroline
I guess the only other thing is that we would probably like to avoid "C" or "K" names as first name. We already have Kate and Connor. We don't need people to think are doing a package deal/trendy C/K thing.
Married 6/28/03
Kate ~ 7/3/09 *** Connor ~ 11/11/10
4 miscarriages: 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014
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No more TTC for us. We are done, and at peace, as a family of 4.
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Re: For fun - Wren
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I absolutely adore Wren
1. I'd put it wherever it seemed to flow better, depending on what other name you find that you love
2. I like Elizabeth in either spot, and Wren Caroline sounds nice. Maybe Abigail or Amanda with it? What combinations have been used in your family? Maybe that can provide inspiration.
Congrats!
I am team MN.
I love Elizabeth Wren-- so pretty!
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Wren is a total guilty pleasure name for me - falls into all the "earthy" type names I like, such as Skye, Willow, Savannah, Luna, etc. - which I probably would never use because they don't really seem like us, but I still heart them. I think it's awesome that it's a family name and you should definitely use it in some capacity. In your situation, because your two other kids have more tradtional names, I would probably like it better as a MN. I think Elizabeth/Caroline/Alexandra Wren all sound great. I also like Abigail Wren. With all this being said, I think it would be lovely too in the first name spot. If you went that route, I like Wren Elizabeth the best of what you've suggested.
I like Wren, but not sure I would use it as a first name with Katherine and Connor. I really love Elizabeth Wren. Sounds very feminine and pretty.
Audrey Wren
Olivia Wren
Lydia Wren
Natalie Wren
Julia Wren
Charlotte Wren (C name but doesn't have the same sounds as other two)
Well, that's the funny part. It isn't really a family name in the way people traditionally think of family names.
My grandparents (who I am extremely close to) have been married for 67 years and met during WWII. My grandmother was in the British Navy, otherwise known as the WRENs (Women's Royal English Navy). My grandfather was a pilot in the American Army Air Corps. They met while both out and about in a small British town on leave and got engaged the night they met.
Wren has been used in my family as somewhat of a good luck/good will charm. We have had a few sailboats called WREN and the home I grew up in was Wren's Nest. No babies have been given this name (yet). It would be very meaningful to my family to have a little baby named Wren one day
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FWIW, Wren would be a GP for me too if it weren't so near and dear to my heart. DH and I very much like traditional names. That is why I am asking for MN spot options because when I "sell" it to him later in the pregnancy, I know I am going to need a fallback in the event he just cannot go for Wren as a first name.
Married 6/28/03
Kate ~ 7/3/09 *** Connor ~ 11/11/10
4 miscarriages: 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014
*~*~*~*~*
No more TTC for us. We are done, and at peace, as a family of 4.
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens
I like Wren personally, for either a fn or mn.
It was on our list when we first found out this LO was another girl. We had no girl names and one of our top boy names was Warren (nn 'Ren).
I prefer Wren Elizabeth/Elizabeth Wren or Wren Caroline to Alexandra Wren FWIW.
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I love LOVE Wren for a first name but I equally love the name Elizabeth Wren and I think it goes better with your other kids who have more traditional names.
also like Abigail Wren
What a lovely history!
Congrats!
I think it sounds better in the MN spot.. I think Alexandra Wren sounds okay.
Love Wren.
I like it paired with Elizabeth and Caroline.
Adding Lucille Wren because I adore the sibset Kate and Lucy.
First, it is blowing my mind that there are 2014 babies due now, crazy!! Congratulations!!
Second, I adore Wren, and the WREN reference makes it even more adorable.
Third, I think Wren as a mn tends to make it sound like a suffix for whatever the first name is. Like Anna Wren sounds like it might be one name that is spelled like "Annaren." I'm probably not explaining this very well, but my point is that I far perfer it in the fn spot.
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Congrats!
Wren is a GP of mine. I would recommend you use it as a MN only because your older kids have such classic names. I really like Elizabeth Wren.
BTW, what a cute story!
All of this exactly!
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SS - age 12...SD - age 8...DS - 13 mos.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't get the obsession with the name Wren. I don't think it's very feminine at all. It just doesn't do anything for me. With that said ... (lol, and I know you said you didn't care if we loved/hated it) ...
1. I would definitely use it as a middle name.
2. Multiple syllable fn (specifically 2 syllable) sound best with one syllable mn, IMO.
Emma Wren? Annabelle Wren? Emily Wren? etc.
Emma Kate - born 10.16.03 @ 29 weeks, weighed 1lb 13oz and 13.5" long.
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All of this!
Rainbow Surprise Baby due 05/26/2017
I don't mind Wren, and I don't think sibsets have to "match," but it does seem pretty out there compared to your first two kids' names. Wren isn't the most feminine sounding or looking name, like someone else mentioned, but you do have a sweet, meaningful story for why you want to use it. I like Wren Elizabeth, but as mentioned in previous comments, you might want to use it as the middle name if there's another FN you really like.
As far as "bird names," I'm in love with the name Swan for a girl which is probably more out there than Wren to most people.