Annika...Sibling question
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Annika...Sibling question
| Sun, 03-11-2007 - 3:04am |
I have a little bit of a problem - I LOVE the name Annika for a girl. I have since I was little and saw it on Pippi Longstocking, actually. As a matter of fact, it was our girl name choice when we were pregnant with our son. That's the problem, unfortunately. He was born pre Annika Sorenstrom (sp?) the golfer (well, before I'd heard of her anyway). And his name is...Soren. We also aren't even Danish. Is it weird to have an Annika and a Soren? We have other names chosen, but I keep coming back to this one.
Thoughts are appreciated!

I don't think that would be too odd. It sounds funny, but the birth order helps a bit ... since you'd tend to introduce them as Soren and Annika, in the order they were born, the connection isn't that obvious, even to someone familiar with her.
Also, this wouldn't strike me as nearly as strange as, say, sibs James and Madison (though I'm sure there are millions out there who've apparently never even made that association LOL). Mainly because while Madison is a familiar ln that's gotten popular recently, you didn't use the actual full surname Sorenstam. Only the given name Soren.
For example, my Uncle Jack named his only son Michael, and not once have I thought they were going for a Michael Jackson theme.
I actually think Soren and Annika are wonderful for siblings. You might also consider the Anika spelling, if you want to further distance the names from the golf pro. ;)
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I have heard of the golfer but I think both names are fine together, just as long as you don't name your next child Strom.
There is no problem because