Ingrid, Svea or Sigrid (Swedish/ American parents)

Of all the suggestions I really like Annika. Possibly because it’s the name of a really character on radio and TV played by Nicola Walker!
A new neighbour is Malin and I love that name too.
Please tell us what name you choose.
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I was going to suggest Astrid until I got to the end of your post!

I really like Ingrid. I'm not sure Svea works for Anglo speakers. You shouldn't let you put that off, we'd learn, but the Sv sound wouldn't come naturally to a lot of people.

I know its not necessarily a Sweedish name but if you loved Stellan, why not use Stella?

sorry edit to say, Svea is gorgeous and that gets my vote

Ooo love Liv and Lena!
Svea is my favourite of your short list.
How about Alva?

I really like Svea and assumed it was pronounced the way you've said. Not a fan of the 'grid' sound on the others.

Linnea is great, I know an English one and an American one and neither have huge pronunciation issues. I also like pps suggestion of Annika.

My sister is Ingrid and my aunt is Sigrid. Both are beautiful, accomplished, American women. Neither name was seen as harsh or unfeminine. There were no problems with pronunciation or spelling. My name which I won’t share was another story! And our last name, oh dear!

I absolutely love Sigrid so so this would be my favourite.

I don't find Ingrid harsh; I really like it too.

I think Svea would be fine but I don't know that it particularly works in English.

I love Sigrid. Magnus and Sigrid sounds great.

I always loved Inga too.

Solveig is going to be impossible for anyone outside of Norway / Sweden to pronounce correctly (or spell).

Sigrid is gorgeous. Possibly will have more awareness amongst younger people thanks to the singer. I think it’s very cool and fresh sounding. Easy for the native English speaker to pronounce too.

I quite like Ingrid. Don’t think it’s harsh at all.
I had some Swedish friends once and they were Ada and Malin. Nice names too.
I like Svea!

Ingrid is lovely and not at all harsh.
I feel it's the clear winner for life in the UK/US

Also, Magnus is great and I completely love Stellan.

I know other families who've crossed this cultural divide. The kids are now all adults named:

Helena (adult involved gets a fairly accurate swedish pronunciation from people who know them well. Altho' I've been corrected for mispronouncing it when I used the correct Swedish pronounciation by other English speakers.
Christina
Jenny
Anna

Of the names you've listed I really like Svea. I also think people would learn how to pronounce it. I'm not a big Ingrid/ Sigrid fan.

I also like Siv although having googled it the meaning (bride/ wife) isn't great.

I'm not keen on Ingrid. Probably because I remember the older generation Ingrid's and find it a bit harsh sounding. I prefer Svea, Lena or Sigrid. They're quite cool.

So did I. I think Ingrid is a good choice.

I love the sound of Svea, if you don’t mind possible difficulties with spelling / pronunciation in the UK.

I voted for Ingrid though as I think it would be the easiest of your choices to spell / pronounce in the UK and is a nice name.

Ingrid - like it. (Bergman)
Svea - no. Will be Svee-uh. Not keen on the meaning
Sigrid - it's ok. Makes me think of Siegfried.
Liv - will be Liv not Leev.
Lena - OK but Leena/Layna/Lenna?
Linnea - sounds familiar. Own brand bedding?
Saga - long winded tale/linked with retirement age

Svea is definitely the nicest. It's obvious to me how you pronounce it, but even if people get it wrong they won't mind being corrected unless they're really unreasonable. Think of it as a twat filter!

Brita is too much the water filter now.

Nice names are also
Erica
Monica
Freya
Lotta / Lottie

Brita - brighter

Maja - major - better to use Maya spelling
Ida - could work but will be usually be pronounced Eye-duh
Annika - very nice and would work well. nice nickname too.

Ingrid and Linnea are lovely! (And English people can pronounce them!)
Or Brita, Maja, Ida, Annika

I am familiar with both cultures. Magnus works quite well.

Ingrid is pretty, none of the others work in an English speaking context.

Svea - not pronounceable in English, also could read as sweat

Sigrid - too Germanic sounding, I really wouldn't go there. There are Nazi jokes galore don't do this to your child.

Liv - Everyone will say Live

Lena - Will be pronounced Leena

Linnea - Very confusing for Brits and Americans, it simply isn't a sound that's natural here.

Saga - Sounds not too nice when pronounce with a British or American accent.

How about
Leah
Nova
Sophie / Sophia / Sofia
Clara
Rebecca
Alma
Ella
Olivia
Sara/Sarah
Lily
Elsie
Alice
Julia will be pronounced differently in Sweden

I don't see Ingrid as any harsher than Sigrid tbh.

I really like Astrid but see you have ruled that out.

There was a thread the other day about Saga and in all honesty I agree with your DH: it isn't ideal in English. A saga usually connotes a complicated and somewhat boring story ( or at least long) and isn't normally used in a positive way.