Søren Forename

18,391st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 50,384 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Søren Forename User-submission:

(Danish, Norwegian) The name Søren derived from Latin severus, meaning 'severe' or 'strict'.

Søren Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark-48,6101:11612
Norway
100%
7691:6,674710
Greenland-3891:14514
Germany-1031:938,6207,552
Sweden
100%
971:101,6284,340
Estonia
100%
681:19,3441,653
United States-451:8,056,37786,883
Faroe Islands
100%
311:1,585345
Switzerland-291:283,2245,698
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
England-241:2,316,78827,983
Ireland-191:244,3964,129
China-171:80,356,22263,797
Belgium-151:766,00310,349
Netherlands
100%
131:1,300,16020,012
France-101:6,647,03424,227
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
Thailand-91:7,785,090119,233
Spain-91:5,169,99615,759
Singapore-81:785,88213,409
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Australia-51:2,731,52422,009
Indonesia-41:64,490,917960,943
Russia-41:36,058,42683,389
Poland-41:9,506,7785,827
Austria-41:2,128,55010,134
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
South Africa-41:13,633,162197,070
Finland
86%
 
31:1,827,72814,078
Scotland-31:1,783,45514,297
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Czechia
100%
21:5,328,0818,108
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Luxembourg-21:282,0243,520
Croatia-21:2,108,53815,895
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Tanzania-21:26,394,16073,301
Greece-21:5,467,27417,678
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Philippines-11:106,009,477690,015
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800

The alternate forms: Sren (3,485) are calculated separately.

Søren (35) may also be a surname.

Søren Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Danish, Norwegian) The name Søren derived from Latin severus, meaning 'severe' or 'strict'.

- deleted-173293

Søren Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sren963,485/
Sørenn912/
Sørren911/
Ssøren911/
Sørn895/
Sreng8011,447/
Sreen806,794/
Shren801,916/
Sraen80174/
Sroen8084/
Jøren8038/
Sørin8023/
Srđen8013/
Srien8010/
Srent803/
Dsren802/
Hsren802/
Sreun802/
Srehn801/
Scren801/
Sëren801/
Sruen801/
Sresn801/
Srend801/
Srn752,343/
Shreen7312,323/
Shrien73674/
Screen7363/
Shreng7323/
Jsreen738/
Hsreng737/
Schren736/
Jørren735/
Sørina733/
Sreesn733/
Shroen732/
Jørend732/
Srzeen731/
Shrren731/
Sreemn731/
Sreeng731/
Srenne731/
Srreen731/
Srrend731/
Shraen731/
Jørn6719,618/
Srin673,562/
Cren67532/
Srem67320/
Sryn67200/
Jren6799/
Schreen6728/
Shrn676/
Shrreen675/
Srne674/
Srng674/
Zren674/
Sreenth674/
Xren674/
Shrenne673/
Shzreen673/
Shreeng672/
Scrn672/
Dsrn672/
Srrn671/
Sh'reen671/
Shrrenn671/
Schrenk671/
Sjrn671/
Srhn671/
Srnd671/
Srnt671/
Ssrn671/
Srnc671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Søren