Most popular Icelandic names for babies in 2020 announced
Registers Iceland has recently published data on the most popular names for babies in Iceland during 2020. For girls, there were two names that reache...
Wild-girl Life, gets her name approved
“It was a relieved to finally have my name recognized”, says Villimey Líf after finally receiving a positive verdict from the “human name committee” o...
The Cases of Gnarr, Skaði and Blær – The Name Committee, A follow-up
Following a recent report from Icenews about Mannanafnanefnd, the Personal Name Committee and the Icelandic naming system, here are some examples of w...
Introducing the Human Name Committee
If you follow Icelandic news you will once in a while come across reports of names declined or names approved by what is known as Mannanafnanefnd, a j...
A Nation on a First Name Basis – The Icelandic Naming System Explained
It is worth mentioning that if you look up a name in the phone book in Iceland you look by first name. The whole culture is on a first name basis. Stu...