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A simple family tree showing the Icelandic patronymic naming system. Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland.Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage.
Pages in category "Icelandic masculine given names" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Icelandic feminine given names (72 P) Icelandic masculine given names (115 P) Pages in category "Icelandic given names" This category contains only the following page.
Björg or Bjørg is a feminine given name of Old Norse origin: bjǫrg ‘protection. [1] It is in use in Scandinavian countries, including Sweden, Norway and Iceland meaning "help, salvation." [2] It is a popular middle name for girls born in Iceland. [3] It was very common in Norway just before World War II, but it later lost its popularity in ...
Passport of Blær Bjarkardóttir Rúnarsdóttir, using Stúlka (Icelandic for "girl") in place of her real given name. The committee refused to allow Blær Bjarkardóttir Rúnarsdóttir (born 1997) to be registered under the name given to her as a baby, on the grounds that the masculine noun blær ("gentle breeze" in Icelandic) could be used only as a man's name.
Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Icelandic names" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Sóley (Icelandic: [ˈsouːl.eiː]) is a feminine given name of Icelandic origin meaning buttercup. [1] The name is also in use in the Faroe Islands.The name is a diminutive for the Faroese name Sólja, also meaning buttercup, or a combination of the Germanic name elements sol, meaning sun, and ey, meaning island.
Many names have been used to refer to Iceland in the Icelandic language. These names include colloquial, formal, and poetic forms: Eylenda [ˈeiːˌlɛnta], fem. – island, that is to say Iceland [citation needed] Stephan G. Stephansson Fjarst í eilífðar útsæ vakir eylendan þín. Far in the eternal yonder sea your island wakes. [citation ...