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December 2018
6 December 2018
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää! Trevlig självständighetsdag! Happy Independence Day, Finland! Let's celebrate with some nice Finnish names!
3 December 2018
Added some K-names today: Klarry, Klarise, Kjærstin, Kjirsti, Kjellrund, Kjellgunn, Kjelfrid, Kjeldrun, Kirvill, Kellaug, Klarius, Klarens, Kjærulf, Kjetill, Kjelfred, Kjelmar, Kethil, Kendt
November 2018
20 November 2018
Two new names added to the List of approved Icelandic names (and five rejected):
Female name: Reyla
Male name: Mortan
October 2018
20 October 2018
Four new names added to the List of approved Icelandic names (and two rejected):
Female names: Abel, Binna
Male names: Lindi, Milli
6 October 2018
Lots of new names added to the List of approved Icelandic names:
Female names: Lilley, Avía, Hædý, Álfmey, Sumarlín, Júlí, Sál, Helgey, Avelin, Avelín, Franzisca, Zíta, Lella
Male names: Dengsi, Bylur, Mateó, Kristó, Kubbur, Dorri, Hrafnþór, Petter, Eykam, Lionel, Friðríkur, Berti, Ram, Dittó, Diego, Ernest
September 2018
16 September 2018
Another fantastic book for our library:
16 September 2018
We learned (and added) something interesting about the name Mekkín and thought we'd give you some more nice female Icelandic M-names today:
9 September 2018
Look what we found: Nordic Names mentioned as a reference in a new German book about given names!
August 2018
July 2018
7 July 2018
2 female names (Ínes, Rökkurdís) added to the List of approved Icelandic names. Sigríður rejected as a male given name.
June 2018
30 June 2018
Some great new books for our bibliography!
17 June 2018
Til hamingju með daginn! Happy Iceland National Day!
15 June 2018
Do you want to know what the names of the Icelandic Football Team members mean? Have a look at the list!
6 June 2018
Happy Swedish National Day!
May 2018
17 May 2018
1 May 2018
Hyvää Vappua! Glad Valborg! Glada Vappen!
April 2018
27 April 2018
4 female names (Arntinna, Araminta, Emely, Ísdögg) added to the List of approved Icelandic names.
21 April 2018
These names were very popular in Norway 
100 years ago. Some of them are still (or again) popular today.
15 April 2018
4 female names (Alparós, Dóróthe, Nancy, Ýlfa) and 6 male names (Bambus, Levý, Líus, Lóni, Lúis, Tóti) added to the List of approved Icelandic names.
1 April 2018
God påske! Gleðiligar páskir! Hyvää pääsiäistä! Poorskimi pilluarits! Gleðilega páska! Buorit Beassážat! Glad påsk!
March 2018
23 March 2018
Have a nice 'Nordic Day' today!
4 March 2018
These names were very popular in Sweden 100 years ago. Some of them are still (or again) popular today.
February 2018
24 February 2018
Three female names (Guðna, Íselín, Ljóney) and four male names (Brimþór, Geimar, Maríon, Sólúlfur) added to the List of approved Icelandic names. Two female names (Alex, Zelda) and four male names (Andrej, Lind, Theo, Zion) rejected.
17 February 2018
We are collecting the names of the Nordic Olympic medalists on a special name list for you here:
6 February 2018
Happy Sami National Day!
January 2018
27 January 2018
Here are some names, which were typically used about 20-25 years ago:
7 January 2018
Here are some names used in Sønderjylland (in the very south of Denmark and the very north of Germany).
2 January 2018
Have a look at this interesting selection of names with a J as a second letter following a consonant.
1 January 2018
Godt Nytår! · Gott Nýggjár! · Onnellista Uutta Vuotta! · Ukiortaami Pilluaritsi! · Gleðilegt Nýtt Ár! · Godt Nyttår! · Buorre Ođđa Jahki! · Gott Nytt År!
