Soren is the English spelling of the Danish and Norwegian Søren, which comes from the Latin Severinus and means "stern" or "serious". The philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is its most famous bearer, and in the United States the name has a gentle, bookish Scandinavian appeal. Soren has been in the US top 1000 since 2003, spent years in the 500s and reaches number 464 in 2025, its best rank so far.