Wren (disambiguation)

Wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.

Wren may also refer to:

Organisms

• Birds in Troglodytidae:
  • Since the Eurasian wren is the only wren in the Old World, it is often just called 'wren'
• Birds other than Troglodytidae:
  • New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae)
  • Maluridae, the Australasian "wrens"
  • Acanthizidae subfamily Sericornithinae, the scrubwrens, heathwrens and fernwren

People and fictional characters

• Wren (name)

Places

• Wren, Alabama, unincorporated community in Lawrence County
• Wren, Mississippi, village
• Wren, Ohio, village
• Wren, Oregon, unincorporated community
• Wren, Virginia, unincorporated community
• Wrens, Georgia, small city

Nicknames

• Wrens, nickname given to camp women and prostitutes servicing the British Army in the Curragh Camp in Co. Kildare, Ireland in the 19th century
• Wrens, nickname of members of the British Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
• Wrens, nickname of members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS)
• The Wrens, a nickname for the Rydalmere Cricket Club, New South Wales, Australia

Music

• The Wrens, a band from New Jersey, USA formed in the 1980s
• The Wrens (R&B band), a doo-wop singing group from New York City from the 1950s

Radio stations

• WREN (AM), a defunct radio station (590 AM) licensed to Carrollton, Alabama, United States
• WREN-LP, a low-power radio station (97.9 FM) licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
• KYYS, a radio station in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, formerly licensed as WREN

Other

• Wren Building, the oldest academic building in the USA, at the College of William & Mary, Virginia
• Wren & Martin, a series of English grammar textbooks published in India
• Wren Society, a secret society at the College of William & Mary
• HMS Wren, two ships of the Royal Navy
• English Electric Wren, a 1920s British ultralight monoplane
• Wren Day is celebrated on 26 December in Ireland
• Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network
• Wren's Super Wax Shoe Polish, a shoe polish brand existing since 1889

See also

• Ren (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing wren