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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 masculine given names (117 P) N. ... Pages in category "Scandinavian masculine given names" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total.
Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes.According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first name and patronym disambiguation is required.
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.
Geir is a masculine name commonly given in Norway and Iceland. It is derived from Old Norse geirr "spear", a common name element in Germanic names in general, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (whence also Old High German gêr, Old English gâr, Gothic gaisu). [1] The popularity of the given name peaked in Norway during the 1950s to 1980s, with above ...
The Old Norse name Kjartan was a shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish: Muirchertach, the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish Mael Curcaigh, "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. [1] The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to Muircheartach, anglicised as Murtagh. [2] Kjartan may ...
The English given name Dustin is derived from a surname which in origin has been derived in turn from the Norman name Tustin, variant form of Turstin, Tostain, Toutain, etc. themselves from Old Norse given name Þorsteinn. As a modern given name, Thorsten and Torsten also see some popularity in the English-speaking world and in German-speaking ...
Pages in category "Icelandic given names" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. ! Icelandic Naming Committee