Godt Nytår! Onnellista Uutta Vuotta! Gleðilegt Nýtt Ár! Gott Nýggjár! Godt Nyttår! Gott Nytt År! Ukiortaami Pilluaritsi!
Due to the Corona Pandemic, this Christmas was different than usual. Enjoy the last week of 2020 and have a look at our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline!
God Jul - Iloista Joulua - Glædelig Jul - Gleðilig Jól - Gleðileg Jól - Juullimi Pilluarit - Buorrit Juovllat!
A busy week comes to an end. Lots of end-of-the-year projects at work, some final Christmas preparations at home and organising the renovation of our new house. Enjoy the weekend and have a look at our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline!
As every year, I took a December week off from work in order to get all the Christmas preparations done without any stress. Hope you had a nice week, too! Have a look at our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline!
48,000 names!
4 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Nathaníel, Nikolaj, Sófía, Sotti) and 2 names were rejected (Lilith, Regin).
We hope you had a nice first week of December. Have a look at our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline!
Happy Independence Day, Finland!
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!
Trevlig självständighetsdag!
Have a look at our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline - and have a wonderful first Advent!
Most days were grey and rainy here this week so the few sunny hours were much appreciated. Have a look at our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline!
Another beautiful November Sunday and time for our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
Since we introduced the rating tool for names early last year, a lot of our visitors have been rating thousands of names here on the website. So this week we checked the statistics - and look what an interesting mixture of lovely and interesting names we've got here!
It's getting darker in Northern Europe now, so planning for our new cosy and hyggelig home is really fun! It's time again for our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
11 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Armandó, Eydór, Íkarus, Kaín, Manuela, Mylla, Regn f, Regn m, Sirí, Theó, Theodor) and 4 names were rejected (Armando, Kain, Lord, Odin).
It is already November and time again for our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
Iceland is known for very strict naming laws but that does not mean that things are not changing at all. Have a look at our blog article Unisex Names in Iceland
A busy week comes to an end and it's time for our weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
It's Sunday again and time for the Nordic Names Diary - a weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
It's Sunday again and time for the Nordic Names Diary - a weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
It's Sunday and we started with our new Nordic Names Diary - a weekly report about what's been going on online and offline! Have a look!
9 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Agok, Dyljá, James, Klettur, Leonel, Morten, Ragný, Sofia, Virgil) and 2 names were rejected (Ivy, Theadór).
A "new" runestone was discovered in Sweden a few days ago. It contains three Old Norse names: Gerðarr, SigdiarfR and ØygærðR:
13 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Andres, Elían, Franka, Gáki, Heiður, Josefina, Mári, Miró, Nathalia, Sólhrafn, Sólskríkja, Súddi, Svaný) and 3 names were rejected (Candice, Kaya, Nathalía).
3 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Döggvi, Keli, Melódía) and 3 names were rejected (Baltazar, Dahlía, Manuela).
9 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Álfa, Dídí, Gára, Isadora, Ísobel, Myrkvar, Salvador, Steinbogi and Taríel).
Kalaallit Nunaat, Pilluaritsi! Happy National Day, Greenland!
Midsummer 2020 - stay safe!
Til hamingju með daginn! Happy Iceland National Day!
Today is World Wind Day. So here are some wind names for you!
9 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Agney, Blíður, Háski, Kat, Lennon, Palli, Rose, Teó and Toggi) and 2 names rejected (Bianca and Sigríðurjóna)
Gard, Gearral, Geir, Pasi, Rurik, Vera, Veronika and Vigand can celebrate their name days today. Learn more about the history of Nordic name days here!
Looking at the endings of the current female top 50 statistics lists, it is quite obvious that a-endings are by far the most popular ones.
Happy Syttende Mai!
5 names were added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Aldan, Finni, Krákur, Lein and Nátthrafn) and 4 names rejected (Brettingz, Dylan, Rosemarie and Theo)
On the occasion of this week's World Book Day, we would like to tell you something about the fantastic books we used (and still use) to create this website.
God påske! Gleðiligar páskir! Hyvää pääsiäistä! Poorskimi pilluarits! Gleðilega páska! Buorit Beassážat! Glad påsk!
A lot of Biblical and Saints’ boys’ names are in a nosedive in Denmark at the moment. If you look at the statistics of the last 10 years, a certain type of name is declining strongly: Boys’ names from the Bible and Saints’ names:
Some of Saturn's moons have got Nordic names. They are taken from the Norse mythology. Learn about the moons and about their names here:
Names are typically distributed differently within the regions of a country. For Sweden, we have now performed an analysis, based on peoples' places of birth in the 19th century.
11 names added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Art, Artemis, Bergúlfur, Haftýr, Halli, Hilja, Jeanne, Malin, Sigvard, Stormey and Ymur) and 2 names rejected (Grey and Vanítas)
Greenlandic given names are often quite long and look very exotic to foreigners. Once you recognize the different suffixes, the names become much easier to understand. Have a look!
Autumn and winter are typical storm seasons in the Nordic countries. Heavy storms are blowing outside while hygge, mys and sauna become more and more important! For some years now, heavy storms have been named in the Nordic countries. Have a look at our collection of those names:
6 names added to the List of approved Icelandic names (Birmir, Hafalda, Hrafnsunna, Ivar, River, Ullur) and 4 names rejected (Bened, Hannalísa, Lúsífer, Theó)
Have a look at the top 10 page visits of 2019: Jörgen Runa Michael Freyja Flóki Ragna Jørgen Torvi Caspian Astrid Wolf Amma Ægir Saga Mika Anna Magnus Kaja Ragnar Ylva
Happy New Year!