Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 22:58     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
Anonymous wrote:Wren like in Footloose?


The boy or girl?

Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 22:55     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
Wren like in Footloose?
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 22:54     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
OP, You WANT your kid to be gay??

(Not that there's anything wrong with it!)
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 22:00     Subject: Re:Lawrence nn Wren?
I know a boy who goes by Wren, short for a different name. Think it's great! Never heard it as a girl name and I have two little kids. Plus he has his full name to go back to if he doesn't like Wren later. Or other nicknames. This concern re gender seems silly here.

PS girls are given "boy" names all the time now, so why is this a problem?
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 21:48     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
Wren is a girls' name.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 10:06     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?

I have known three Lawrences. Only one went by Larry. The other two went by their full names. A longer name doesn't mandate a nn.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 10:01     Subject: Re:Lawrence nn Wren?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Really struggling coming up with a boy name I like. I like classical names. We have somewhat settled on Nathaniel but it doesnt feel quite right and I dont love it with our last name which also starts with N. Im liking Lawrence because it feels dignified but warm and also underused. But he would mainly go by Wren, which I know is a girls name also. But it doesnt bother me that it is gender neutral.

Sister is Caroline.


LOL! If you name him Lawrence, it won't be up to you what his nickname is. It will be up to the kids at school--thankfully, in this case, since Wren is not a gender-neutral name, it is a girl's name.

They will call him Larry. If you don't like the name Larry, don't use this name. Seriously.


That's my feeling. Name him Lawrence if you like the names Lawrence and Larry. Or, if you want him to go by Wren, then name him Wren.


Yeah. Lawrence is going to be Larry or Lance. Wren is weird. Even if you push that, it’s the type of thing that’s not going to stick.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 09:58     Subject: Re:Lawrence nn Wren?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know a teen Lawrence who still goes by Lawrence. It can be done.

Wren definitely makes me think "girl," but Ren makes me think "boy." Silly, maybe. I don't know ... I don't hate this name, but I don't love it either.


Agree Ren for a boy


+same
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2021 09:53     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Wren is definitely a girl's name.

Lawrence nn Ren is very cool IMHO.

David Foster and Katharine McPhee named their kid Rennie and I keep thinking Ren would have been way better.


dp They did name him Ren. Rennie is the nn!


no, the other way around! https://people.com/parents/katharine-mcphee-david-foster-reveals-newborn-baby-son-name/


Ok you win. Here is your prize.


Gosh. I was not remotely gloating, just saying-- yeah it's weird but this is how they named their kid and I would have done opposite.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2021 16:40     Subject: Re:Lawrence nn Wren?
How about Walter
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2021 13:16     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Wren is definitely a girl's name.

Lawrence nn Ren is very cool IMHO.

David Foster and Katharine McPhee named their kid Rennie and I keep thinking Ren would have been way better.


dp They did name him Ren. Rennie is the nn!


no, the other way around! https://people.com/parents/katharine-mcphee-david-foster-reveals-newborn-baby-son-name/


Ok you win. Here is your prize.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2021 12:49     Subject: Lawrence nn Wren?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Wren is definitely a girl's name.

Lawrence nn Ren is very cool IMHO.

David Foster and Katharine McPhee named their kid Rennie and I keep thinking Ren would have been way better.


dp They did name him Ren. Rennie is the nn!


no, the other way around! https://people.com/parents/katharine-mcphee-david-foster-reveals-newborn-baby-son-name/