Sören
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name derived from Latin Severinus.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sören (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sören has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 13 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,508 |
| 2000 | 7,490 |
| 2001 | 7,482 |
| 2002 | 7,473 |
| 2003 | 7,503 |
| 2004 | 7,490 |
| 2005 | 7,438 |
| 2006 | 7,411 |
| 2007 | 7,353 |
| 2008 | 7,310 |
| 2009 | 7,232 |
| 2010 | 7,155 |
| 2011 | 7,083 |
| 2012 | 6,982 |
| 2013 | 6,907 |
| 2014 | 6,814 |
| 2015 | 6,712 |
| 2016 | 6,591 |
| 2017 | 6,503 |
| 2018 | 6,388 |
| 2019 | 6,273 |
| 2020 | 6,136 |
Sören in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sören.Hi! My name is Sören.
- Sören bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Sören lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Sören i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sören this afternoon.
- Sörens mamma är lärare.Sören's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sörens mamma is Sören's mum.
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Questions about Sören
How do you pronounce Sören in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Sören from a native speaker's recording. Ö is like the vowel in 'bird', said with rounded lips.
What does the name Sören mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name derived from Latin Severinus.
How popular is Sören in Sweden?
13 babies were named Sören in 2022. In 2020, 6,136 people in Sweden had Sören as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.