Their weirdness/uniqueness is actually caused by a few things:

-proceeds to mention that Icelandic names are allowed by scholar-

Jeez, that is quite interesting. Here in 'Murica, there was someone named Abcde (Ab-see-da). In her years of working as a nurse, my mother has run into several "A-shol-Ah"s (spelled a**hole) and Sh-Th-Aed's (spelled Sh**head).

Of course, in highschool I had the pleasure of meeting Phallic Johnson.

I wish I was making this up...

Second: We don't have family names. Since we were so few that migrated from the Nordic countries, it became confusing as basically everyone was a "Smith". It became very confusing. Also, we had a lot of viking heroes, that went by their first name, and their "deed name" usually became their "true" last name. Let's say Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k (his name could have been +ümundason but he killed a dragon, while wading through the dragon's poison in custom triple bear pelt pants, Lo+¦ = Woolly, Br+¦k = pants.)

Their weirdness/uniqueness is actually caused by a few things:

First: We don't allow children to be named "foreign" names, every name needs to have some sort of documented heritage or fit into the conjugation rules of the language. So because we have a "J+¦n", you can't be named "John". Every year, a group of scholars "allow" a few new names through, that abide to those rules. So, Kieran might be added because of some celtic heritage of one guy, that can track his ancestors back many generations. At least 8 Kierans must exist in official birth records, going back as far as possible, meaning all the way back to the earliest clerical documents, as old as 1.200 AD.

Second: We don't have family names. Since we were so few that migrated from the Nordic countries, it became confusing as basically everyone was a "Smith". It became very confusing. Also, we had a lot of viking heroes, that went by their first name, and their "deed name" usually became their "true" last name. Let's say Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k (his name could have been +ümundason but he killed a dragon, while wading through the dragon's poison in custom triple bear pelt pants, Lo+¦ = Woolly, Br+¦k = pants.)

So, people could not keep up with this, and also, children wanted to be recognized by their hero father, usually. The son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k wouldn't by Karkur Lo+¦br+¦k, he didn't wear those pants, so he becames the next best thing, the son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k or Karkur Ragnarsson.

Long story short, all children have the last name "fathers"+"son", and for daughters "fathers"+"daughter".

So I am Snorri, son of +ürni, i.e. Snorri +ürnason. But because we are also proud of our ancestors, my dad named me Snorri after his dad, so he is +ürni Snorrason, and his dad named him after his dad, so my great grandpa is also Snorri +ürnason, my namesak, which we call a "full namesake". So my extended family/kin can also recognize the connection quickly when they hear that particular name.

Hope everyone learned something today!

Their weirdness/uniqueness is actually caused by a few things:

Thank goodness you are not a man of the Imperium. All I can say is - "GREEN IZ BEST"

My daughter is traditionally Snorrad+¦ttir, the daughter of Snorri, but a conjugative possessive "a" instead of the "i"

However, all Icelanders have the right to change their names to reflect the mother as well or both parents, so my name could legally be

Snorri +ürnason

Snorri +ürnason J+¦h+¦nnuson

Snorri J+¦h+¦nnuson

i.e. my mom and dad are J+¦hanna and +ürni

Hope everyone learned something today!

Their weirdness/uniqueness is actually caused by a few things:

First: We don't allow children to be named "foreign" names, every name needs to have some sort of documented heritage or fit into the conjugation rules of the language. So because we have a "J+¦n", you can't be named "John". Every year, a group of scholars "allow" a few new names through, that abide to those rules. So, Kieran might be added because of some celtic heritage of one guy, that can track his ancestors back many generations. At least 8 Kierans must exist in official birth records, going back as far as possible, meaning all the way back to the earliest clerical documents, as old as 1.200 AD.

Second: We don't have family names. Since we were so few that migrated from the Nordic countries, it became confusing as basically everyone was a "Smith". It became very confusing. Also, we had a lot of viking heroes, that went by their first name, and their "deed name" usually became their "true" last name. Let's say Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k (his name could have been +ümundason but he killed a dragon, while wading through the dragon's poison in custom triple bear pelt pants, Lo+¦ = Woolly, Br+¦k = pants.)

So, people could not keep up with this, and also, children wanted to be recognized by their hero father, usually. The son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k wouldn't by Karkur Lo+¦br+¦k, he didn't wear those pants, so he becames the next best thing, the son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k or Karkur Ragnarsson.

Long story short, all children have the last name "fathers"+"son", and for daughters "fathers"+"daughter".

So I am Snorri, son of +ürni, i.e. Snorri +ürnason. But because we are also proud of our ancestors, my dad named me Snorri after his dad, so he is +ürni Snorrason, and his dad named him after his dad, so my great grandpa is also Snorri +ürnason, my namesak, which we call a "full namesake". So my extended family/kin can also recognize the connection quickly when they hear that particular name.

Hope everyone learned something today!

Their weirdness/uniqueness is actually caused by a few things:

First: We don't allow children to be named "foreign" names, every name needs to have some sort of documented heritage or fit into the conjugation rules of the language. So because we have a "J+¦n", you can't be named "John". Every year, a group of scholars "allow" a few new names through, that abide to those rules. So, Kieran might be added because of some celtic heritage of one guy, that can track his ancestors back many generations. At least 8 Kierans must exist in official birth records, going back as far as possible, meaning all the way back to the earliest clerical documents, as old as 1.200 AD.

Second: We don't have family names. Since we were so few that migrated from the Nordic countries, it became confusing as basically everyone was a "Smith". It became very confusing. Also, we had a lot of viking heroes, that went by their first name, and their "deed name" usually became their "true" last name. Let's say Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k (his name could have been +ümundason but he killed a dragon, while wading through the dragon's poison in custom triple bear pelt pants, Lo+¦ = Woolly, Br+¦k = pants.)

So, people could not keep up with this, and also, children wanted to be recognized by their hero father, usually. The son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k wouldn't by Karkur Lo+¦br+¦k, he didn't wear those pants, so he becames the next best thing, the son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k or Karkur Ragnarsson.

Long story short, all children have the last name "fathers"+"son", and for daughters "fathers"+"daughter".

So I am Snorri, son of +ürni, i.e. Snorri +ürnason. But because we are also proud of our ancestors, my dad named me Snorri after his dad, so he is +ürni Snorrason, and his dad named him after his dad, so my great grandpa is also Snorri +ürnason, my namesak, which we call a "full namesake". So my extended family/kin can also recognize the connection quickly when they hear that particular name.

Hope everyone learned something today!

Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k

Hope everyone learned something today!

Their weirdness/uniqueness is actually caused by a few things:

First: We don't allow children to be named "foreign" names, every name needs to have some sort of documented heritage or fit into the conjugation rules of the language. So because we have a "J+¦n", you can't be named "John". Every year, a group of scholars "allow" a few new names through, that abide to those rules. So, Kieran might be added because of some celtic heritage of one guy, that can track his ancestors back many generations. At least 8 Kierans must exist in official birth records, going back as far as possible, meaning all the way back to the earliest clerical documents, as old as 1.200 AD.

Second: We don't have family names. Since we were so few that migrated from the Nordic countries, it became confusing as basically everyone was a "Smith". It became very confusing. Also, we had a lot of viking heroes, that went by their first name, and their "deed name" usually became their "true" last name. Let's say Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k (his name could have been +ümundason but he killed a dragon, while wading through the dragon's poison in custom triple bear pelt pants, Lo+¦ = Woolly, Br+¦k = pants.)

So, people could not keep up with this, and also, children wanted to be recognized by their hero father, usually. The son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k wouldn't by Karkur Lo+¦br+¦k, he didn't wear those pants, so he becames the next best thing, the son of Ragnar Lo+¦br+¦k or Karkur Ragnarsson.

Long story short, all children have the last name "fathers"+"son", and for daughters "fathers"+"daughter".

So I am Snorri, son of +ürni, i.e. Snorri +ürnason. But because we are also proud of our ancestors, my dad named me Snorri after his dad, so he is +ürni Snorrason, and his dad named him after his dad, so my great grandpa is also Snorri +ürnason, my namesak, which we call a "full namesake". So my extended family/kin can also recognize the connection quickly when they hear that particular name.

Hope everyone learned something today!

Off course it gets much more complicated in terms of dating because of the naming system not having family names as such.

Luckily, the Icelanders being quite a progressive bunch, thought that there should be an app for that.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24304415