How to say it
WREN · ley
/ˈrɛn.li/
Feminine
Wrenley
Wren meadow
What it means
Modern American coinage from wren (the small songbird) + the place-name suffix -ley ('meadow, clearing'). Part of the broader Wren and -ley naming wave. The W is silent.
Wrenley is a modern American coinage from wren (the small brown songbird, Old English wrenna) plus the English place-name suffix -lēah ('meadow, clearing'). The compound is fully modern; no historical Wrenley village or surname is documented. As a given name it surfaced in the US after 2015 with the broader Wren and -leigh feminine-name wave (alongside Everleigh, Hadley, Kinsley, Presley). The W is silent in English pronunciation. It entered the US top 1000 in 2021. Common short: Wren.
Popularity over time
peaked at #148 in 2024, currently #159 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
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- Pronunciation
REN-lee, two syllables. The W is silent (as in 'wren,' 'wrist,' 'wrap').
Spelling variants
- Wrenleigh
- Wrenlee
- Renley
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