Hi! We’re considering [name_m]Soren[/name_m] for a boy.
I’m wanting to spell it without an accent on the ‘o’ and pronounce it ‘Sorren’ (rhymes with warren). Would you consider that a valid pronunciation, or does it just read as incorrect? I’m aware that it’s not pronounced that way in Scandinavian countries and I don’t want to do the equivalent of pronouncing [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] like see-ob-hahn.
I think it sounds fine.
I pronounce [name_m]Soren[/name_m] like [name_m]Warren[/name_m], but that’s because the only person I know with that name pronounces it that way. I wasn’t even aware it was said differently.
I also pronounce it like [name_m]Warren[/name_m] and don’t know any other way…
I’d pronounce it how you would and that’s the only way I’ve heard it pronounced
I’ve only ever heard it pronounced that way. Unless you live in Scandinavia, I don’t see it being a problem.
Thanks all.
I’ve been looking up pronunciations for a while now and I was feeling uncertain. I’ve seen lots of people from [name_u]America[/name_u] (we’re Australian) say they’d pronounce it SORE-en, and I think the accent over the ‘o’ makes it more like SU-ren.
It’s good to know there are other people who’d pronounce it the way I had in mind! That’s what I’d always thought it was before I got too far down the rabbit hole looking it up 
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i pronounce it and personally prefer [name_m]Sören[/name_m] pronunciation but i think [name_m]Soren[/name_m]/Warren would be more intuitive in Australia, and so i don’t think there’d be a problem with it 
I actually like both, but my husband only likes [name_m]Soren[/name_m]/Warren.
aw haha, its a really cool name regardless 
It’s a great name and I think the “rhymes with [name_m]Warren[/name_m]” pronunciation is perfectly legitimate outside of Scandinavia, where the ø letter doesn’t exist.
The authentic pronunciation is very handsome but realistically, most [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers will pronounce it your way or SORE-un, so it’s good that that’s what you’re aiming for!
I doubt many people outside of Scandinavia would pronounce it the Scandinavian way. It would be a bit like expecting native [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers to pronounce [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] or [name_f]Alice[/name_f] the Italian way instead of the [name_f]English[/name_f] way. You would have to correct people all the time.
I would read [name_m]Soren[/name_m] as SORE-un, rather than rhyming with [name_m]Warren[/name_m]. But maybe that’s an accent thing?
The only [name_m]Soren[/name_m] I’ve known pronounced it like SORE-un, which, in my American accent, rhymes with [name_m]Warren[/name_m]. I vaguely know that sur-en is the “correct” pronunciation but that would sound odd here.
Oh I LOVE [name_m]Soren[/name_m]! I automatically pronounce it like [name_m]Warren[/name_m]. And even if someone were to pronounce it su-ren, I think it’d be a really easy correction to remember
Best of luck! 
I don’t pronounce it the way you do, but wouldn’t be surprised to meet someone who did pronounce it like that (especially in an [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking country).
I know a Søren and a [name_m]Soren[/name_m], from Denmark and [name_f]Canada[/name_f] respectively. The former pronounces it SUR-en, of course, but the boy from [name_f]Canada[/name_f] says SORE-un. Both ways sound fine to me, and in a non-Scandinavian country, SORE-un is how the majority of people will pronounce it anyways. So I think you’re fin to use SORE-un.
Also, I think [name_m]Soren[/name_m] is a very handsome name!
I think it’s valid and totally usable! I love it said and spelt that way. [name_m]Soren[/name_m] is a great choice!
In the US, I’ve know a couple Sorens, and they pronounced it Seer-en, I believe. I prefer the pronunciation you have suggested better, [name_m]Soren[/name_m] rhyming with [name_m]Warren[/name_m], but idk, I think it would give a negative impression to have a name pronounced incorrectly in the language it’s from.