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The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedishsyren(“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.
Siren is the 1020th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 848 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
(Greekmythology,mythology) a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them.