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wren Name Meaning and History

  1. English: nickname from the bird, Middle English wrenne, probably in reference to its small size.
  2. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rinn ‘descendant of Rinn’, a personal name possibly derived from reann ‘spear’.
  3. Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh Uren.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of wren Families in the US in 1920
Number of wren families
 76-149
 26-75		 1-25
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