Wrenn Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Wrenn Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Wrenn

The Wrenn family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The names Wrenn and Wren are often of English origin and were introduced into Ulster Province in Ireland by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland during the seventeenth century. This name was also used as an anglicized form of several Gaelic sept names. A sept or clan was a collective term describing a group of persons whose immediate ancestors bore a common surname and inhabited the same territory. The O'Rinn sept that was located in County Cork had a number of anglicized forms including Rinn, Ring, Wrinn and Wrenn. The MacBhroin sept of County Leitrim was most often anglicized as Rynne and Rinn as well as MacCrann. This sept name was taken from the Gaelic word 'bran' meaning 'raven'. In modern times these names are still most associated with their original homeland Counties.