Wrens are passerine birds in the family Troglodytidae.

Wren or Wrens may also refer to:

Other birds

  • New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae)
  • Maluridae, the Australasian "wrens"
  • Acanthizidae subfamily Sericornithinae, the scrubwrens, heathwrens and fernwren

Buildings

  • Wren Building, the oldest academic building in the US, at the College of William & Mary, Virginia
  • Wren Library, the library of Trinity College in Cambridge
  • Wren House, a house on the grounds of Kensington Palace in London

Military

  • Wrens, nickname of members of the British Women's Royal Naval Service
  • Wrens, nickname of members of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
  • , two ships of the Royal Navy
  • , a destroyer that served in World War II

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
  • Wren (record label), Wales; see Meic Stevens
  • "Wren", a song by Tara VanFlower from My Little Fire-Filled Heart, 2005

Places in the United States

  • Wren, Alabama
  • Wren, Mississippi
  • Wren, Ohio
  • Wren, Oregon
  • Wren, Virginia
  • Wrens, Georgia

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, licensed as WREN from 1927 until 1999

Other uses

  • Wren (crater), on the planet Mercury
  • Wren (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name
  • The Wrens, a nickname for the Rydalmere Cricket Club, New South Wales, Australia
  • Wren & Martin, a series of English grammar textbooks published in India
  • Çalıkuşu, or The Wren, a 1922 novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
  • Wren, the protagonist of a series of fantasy novels by Sherwood Smith
  • Wren Society, a secret society at the College of William & Mary
  • English Electric Wren, a 1920s British ultralight monoplane
  • Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network
  • Wren's Super Wax Shoe Polish, a shoe polish brand existing since 1889
  • Wren Kitchens, a British kitchen retailer, designer and manufacturer

See also

  • Wrens of the Curragh, nickname given to camp women and prostitutes servicing the British Army in the Curragh Camp in Co. Kildare, Ireland in the 19th century
  • Wrenn (disambiguation)
  • Ren (disambiguation)