My son is in high school and is going to be an exchange student in Sweden next year.

Our family background is Swedish. His first name is a typical American name, but his middle name is Swedish, and our last name is Swedish.

For example, John Sture Andersson.

Nobody calls him Sture in the US; people can’t pronounce it. But he has been asking Swedish people who he’s met (so far, as part of the exchange program process) to call him Sture.

Is that weird; if he asks people in Sweden to call him Sture, will Swedes make fun of him or think that his request is bizarre, since he is called John in the US? And is the name “Sture” a nice name?

Thanks.

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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/CraftAccomplished784 at 2024-03-27 13:08:14+00:00.

  • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBSvenska
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    6 months ago

    ProffesorSpitfire at 2024-03-27 14:34:40+00:00 ID: kwsxe9s

    If he introduces himself as Sture and request to be called Sture, people will call him Sture, nobody will think that’s strange. It’s actually not that uncommon to use a name that’s really your second or third name.

    As for the name Sture, I’m not entirely sure what you mean by ”nice name”? Assuming your son is around 20, it will be a fairly uncommon and perhaps a bit old-fashioned name in his age group. It’s a typical boomer name, not dissimilar from Ronald or Dorothy in the US I believe. Although I expect it has just had or is just about to have a renaissance. Names typically get fashionable again after around 60-70 years.