Someone find me a surname

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I want a new surname. I'm divorced and my exh said he doesn't want me using his name.
Thinking about it for a a couple of years I don't want to use it so I'd like a new one.
I'd like a Swedish surname and it has to start with a W as I have a personalised car number plate 🙈
Preferable 2 or 3 syllables and pronunciation would help.

I've googled and got some in my list.

Anyone got any fun suggestions?

Since 2017 a Swedish person can indeed pick “Wahlgren” if they want - or any other surname borne by at least 2,000 people in Sweden - because such surnames are deemed common enough that they don’t imply an association witn any particular family.

How interesting this is becoming. I'm thoroughly enjoying this.

Thank you @BaronessBomburst . I've had a really dull day and your comment really cheered me up

Wallander - then read the books and watch the series.

Not heard of this show, but just looked it up - here you go, OP:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallander_(British_TV_series)

grassy bank, pasture
Etymology of Wallander
The Swedish surname Wallander is an ornamental name from the Swedish words "wall and vall", meaning "grassy bank, pasture or grazing ground", perhaps adopted in some cases as a topographic name by "someone who lived by a grassy bank".

However, I do want to steer you back to Torbjorn! 😃⛈🐻

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Do you have shared children with your current surname? If so, I would be arguing that you are keeping your children's surname - it just happens to be the same as his

We do but they are adults and young adults now and don't have any issue with my changing. They know what he said to me re his surname too.

Have just had a fun 10 minutes using a pronunciation tool.

Is it Spain or Portugal where Nova means 'won't go'?
I recall a programme on marketing bloopers where it was used as an example of failing to check that a brand name works overseas before you launch an expensive marketing campaign.
The Vauxhall Nova team failed to check and naturally enough a car called 'vauxhall won't go' is a tough sell. 🤣🤣

Love Thunderbear but think you should have the front to use it in English.

Catmon Thunderbear had a certain ring to it.

Not Swedish nor is OH but I wonder if I can convince him to at least double barrell when we get married, wasn't planning on changing my name otherwise!

I've been having the same thoughts.. my dad died just after I was one, all that side of the family are either dead or married with different names so I feel a bit disconnected to it

I am thinking of going with my mam's maiden name though, it's Irish but not difficult Irish 😆My son is of course named after his dad's family so it won't be difficult to change passports etc or anything, just mine

I hope you find one you like

It's not Swedish but I like Wilde as a surname if you are looking for one beginning with a "W".

I like the link to being wild and carefree post-divorce, and is easily recognisable thanks to Oscar Wilde.

I feel like this thread might be a bit of a joke, but in case it's not, are you sure you want a Swedish name when you haven't lived there and don't know the language?

You would possibly run into problems with people not being able to spell or pronounce it, and you'd likely get a lot of questions about how you got the name (are you Swedish, are you married to a Swede, etc).

@Sakura7 OP already said her biological father is/was Swedish.

From a quick Google it seems that Wolf is surname that quite a few people have in Sweden, although it is much more common in Germany.

It does have the benefit of being easy to spell!

Unless people keep asking, with or without the e!

Yes but I got from her posts that she doesn't know him or even know his name? So it's giving a great deal of respect/acknowledgement to someone who hasn't been in her life at all?

It's personal choice of course, but if it were me I think I'd go for a brand new name I loved, with no restrictions on origin or initials.

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That's true! I forgot about the version with the "e".

You are correct that I don't know him. Sadly my mum died when I was very young so I couldn't find out about him. I've always felt a bit rootless so was looking for something that would belong to me ( ie my heritage rather than the person if you see what I mean )

Pronounced Vanker in Swedish.

Since this is a thread about a Swedish name, the biggest car branding failure every has to have been the Honda Jazz, which was going to be launched as the "Honda Fitta". They had printed marketing materials and everything - in Sweden the slogan was "the Fitta, small on the outside but roomy on the inside".
Yeah, you've guessed it, in Swedish Fitta is the vulgar word for the female private parts. Basically the c-word. Also turned out it wasn't a great name to use in much of Southern Europe either, for other reasons. So it became the Honda Jazz in Europe and the Fit in other parts of the world.