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

    tipsens at 2024-03-27 14:57:55+00:00 ID: kwt2hps

    I also wants to add that it’s not that uncommon with teenagers who changes their name on regular basis. They have a “boring” name lika Anna and then one day they calls themselves Anastasia or Alexis or something. And they say “My name is Alexis now” and people usually answers “ok”. And that’s that.

    They seldom really change their name officially bc that costs money and it’s harder to do. They also often change back to their old name after a while :)