Soren -- honest thoughts and middle name suggestions

[willoughwillow]

Wanted to get some honest thoughts on this name and thoughts on middle names.. open to out there word names and more classic names as long as it has a good flow!

I really like it but don’t think I’d use it as it’s quite distinctively Scandi and not quite as cross-cultural as some other choices.

Stellan? Torin? Both have a similar vibe IMO but slightly more mainstream.

Just makes me think of Soreen malt loaf bars, sorry

I have friends with a son called Soren. No Danish/Scandi connection, they just like it. A bit odd at first but now it's just his name.

Automatically think of Soren Lorenson but not a bad thing.
I like it.

I actually really like it. First heard it during Olympics fencing Soren Thompson.

I like it. I think it's pronounced Surn though rather than Soren Lawrencen on Charlie and Lola if that affects your decision.

@GammyLeg

Malt loaf

My first thought too.

I assumed it was a girl's name too (but then I'd pronounce it to rhyme with Lauren) and it screams malt loaf to me.

I like it but I'm Scottish and suspect it's maybe more common here? I like it for DD had she been a boy.

My husband's Danish and I really like the nane Søren but wouldn't inflict a child born and living in the UK with a name containing æ, å or ø. Swapping an ø for an o is no different to swapping an o for an i or similar to a Dane, i.e. makes it a completely different word.

The ones I've known have rhymed with Lauren.

I quite like it. There was one in my baby group 19 years ago. I do prefer both Torin and Corin though.
Soren Charles
Soren Thomas
Soren William
Soren Theodore
Soren Alexander

Lovely - knew a really nice Danish lad with that name

I would expect it to be Søren but I do like it, especially if you have Scandinavian links

I love it. But our son has quite an unusual scandi name.

We aren’t Scandinavian and have no connections if that helps.

Soren is a lovely name imo (although it may sometimes be mispronounced in the UK if that matters- as "sore -un or "soh- ren" rather than the more correct "sur-ren")- but unless you are Scandi/have a Scandi surname I'd use something more popular and classic/traditional "English" for his middle name - Thomas, James, Edward, Alexander, Charles etc type names would sound good imo.

I also thought Soren Lorenson but that's not a bad association.

I see Soren and I think Søren spelt wrong and said wrong.

Having said that Søren is a wonderful name and I have never met a Søren who is not a great human being. (my dd 3 has the feminine Søren for her mn) but I really do not like it spelled Soren

Definitely getting popular in Scotland. I know three little ones in our small town, all pronounced "Sorren". Sounds really good with a Scottish accent I think.

Malt loaf.

It's a very nice Scandinavian name.

I don't see the association with the malt loaf at all, it's spelled differently and sounds very different.

I like it.

I love it but would go with the ø. Nobody makes a fuss about Zoës (or maybe they do??)

My first thought was Søren Alexander, and two other posters have also suggested that, so I think it’s a winner.

I’m Swedish and I think it’s cruel to name a kid in Sweden this, sorry.
I’m forever spelling my surname, you will constantly be reminding people how to pronounce, spell it and discuss origin. Do you think your child, supposedly born and raised in U.K., will enjoy that?
I have a cousin called Åsa - same thing, wowwww the amount of hassle and questioning. I wanted to name my daughter Linnea for reference but didn’t because people kept “tasting” the name here, asking loads of questions and even saying “linear, like a ruler?” 😢
Horrible when that happens to your favourite name and people find it comical.