Nordic Names Blog - New Icelandic Names 2020-12

6 January 2021
10 names were submitted to the Icelandic naming committee for approval. In December 2020, 7 of them were approved and 3 rejected:

Female Names

• Aleksandra: This variant spelling of Alexandra was rejected. The spelling Alexandra is allowed in Iceland.
• Lárenzína: This is a creative spelling of Lárensína, an Icelandic female form of Laurenz, derived from Laurentius. It was approved.
• Melasól: This Icelandic vocabulary word for 'Arctic poppy' was approved. It is not on the picture because it was published belated.
• Toby: This name was rejected for the second time now. It had been rejected on 8 July 2009 once before, but
• Tóbý: was confirmed as the proper spelling in Iceland again. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Tobias.

Male Names

• Emanuel: This Hebrew name (variant form of Immanuel) was approved.
• Frederik: This Low German form of the German name Friedrich was approved. Previously, only the forms Friðrik and Friðríkur were allowed.
• Lárenz: This Icelandic spelling of Laurenz was approved
• Tíberíus: This Icelandic spelling of Tiberius was approved
• Zebastian: This creative spelling of Sebastian was rejected. In Iceland, only the spellings Sebastian and Sebastían are allowed to use at the moment

See also

For more information and new Icelandic names of other months see Icelandic Approved Names.