Soren/Conrad

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For a boy? My two favourites, DH not sure about either. What do people think?

Both nice, but prefer Conrad as it has a more pleasant meaning.

Both nice, both very different, so you would need to look at the baby to see what suited best.

I love Soren - mainly because of a love of scandi tv dramas and Soren Lorenson.

Conrad is lovely. Soren - malt loaf.

Siren seems very girly but Conrads fab

They're both lovely, strong names. Magnus has a similar feel and is a corker too!

Love Soren

Anjou can't do Magnus (tho I love it, and would have worked well with my maiden name) as our married name starts with an S

And never thought of Soreen! Love malt loaf.

Soren sounds like a girl's name to me.

Soren is a brilliant name.

Both lovely. Conrad would edge past Soren for me.

I see Soren and I'm thinking you "meant" Soeren, Sören or Søren.

So personally I'd go for Conrad as that's spelled correctly.

I think most people would pronounce 'Soren' correctly, Donkey, even without the ö or ø. Even if you've never heard the name before, it's pretty obvious how it sounds.

I know what you mean about needing to go with the surname, OP. If my DSs were girls, Blythe would've been my top choice. Our surname begins with a 'J' though, so the initials meant I couldn't use it.

Soren was on my original shortlist but I wondered if (slightly daft) people would associate/mispronounce as 'Sauron' due to the popularity of LOTR? I tend to over analyse though,so perhaps this wouldn't be the case.

Anyway, Conrad is awesome. Nn's 'Con' or 'Rad' are pretty cool too IMO.

Dolomites no - I didn't mean it with the Scandinavian orthography. I meant Soren.

Anjou I hadn't even considered Sauron!!

Conrad. But I am biased.

Love both.

Love Soren, not so keen on Conrad. What are your thoughts on Stellan? I think its even nicer than Soren

Soren always makes me think it's a girl's name

I love Soren, DD would have been Soren (like that, not Sören or Søren) and pronounced like Soren Lorenson. But now we live in Sweden and I don't really like the Swedish pronunciation as much, so I'm not sure on it for our next child.

Well, it might just be me, tightropes! Maybe nobody would make the connection to Sauron. Like I say, I over think everything when it comes to names!

Eskino, that's a good shout. I have a Stellan.

Soren, but I am biased

Conrad is my all time favourite boys name! Makes me think of handsome American businessmen.

I love Soren but I want to pronounce is 's-oren' rather than the traditional 'sore-en'.

How would you lot pronounce it?

Both are lovely