🔥Wren

REN
English
"small bird"

Wren Origin and Meaning

The name Wren is a girl's name of English origin meaning "small bird".

Wren, a lilting songbird name, could be the next Robin. Wren entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2012 and is among the new wave of popular English names for girls.

Wren makes a particularly pleasing middle name choice, as does her newly discovered cousin Lark. But it's more popular as a middle name than you might think, the quirkier cousin of Rose.

This petite bird was regarded in Ireland as the "magician of the birds" and the Druids considered it a bird of prophecy. Thanks to an early fable, it has also been known as King of the Birds.

For architects there's the link to the great Sir Christopher Wren, the celebrated eighteenth century designer of London's St. Paul's Cathedral.

# 196 in the US

Wren Rank in US Top 1000

# 80 on Nameberry

Wren Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Wren Popularity

Famous People Named Wren

  • Wren Blackberry
    American children's author
  • L'Wren Scott (born Laura "Luann" Bambrough)
    American fashion designer
  • Wren Lee Keasler (b. 1994)
    daughter of actress Shannon Lee; granddaughter of actor Bruce Lee

Wren in Pop Culture

  • Wren MacPherson
    baby in comic strip "Baby Blues"
  • Wren DeSantis
    character in film "Fun Size"
  • Wren Avery
    twin sister of Cath in "Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell
  • Wren
    alias used by Abby Appleby in "Nightingale" by Jennifer Estep
  • Wren
    character in the video game "Costume Quest"
  • Wren Elessedil
    character in the Heritage of Shannara series by Terry Brooks
  • Wren
    main character in novels by Sherwood Smith
  • Wren Natsworthy
    character in Phillip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet
  • Wren Douglas
    character in Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
  • "Wren
    " novel by Marie Killilea
  • Wren
    term used for a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service
  • Wren Skonos
    Character in the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard