Nordic Names Blog - New Icelandic Names 2022-07/08

4 September 2022
In July 2022, 1 given name (Marino) was submitted to the Icelandic naming committee for approval. It was approved.

In August 2022, 15 given names were submitted to the Icelandic naming committee for approval. All of them were approved:

Female Names

Emelí: This Icelandic spelling of Emeli was approved.
Gunna: This Nordic name has been used in all the other Nordic countries for a very long time. In Iceland it had already been used as an Icelandic horse name and was now approved as a name for humans as well.
Heró: This Icelandic spelling of Hero was approved.
Hild: Previously only the variants Hildur and Hilda were allowed to use in Iceland. Now Hild was approved as well.
Ílena: This Icelandic spelling of Ilena was approved.
Menja: This Old Norse name means 'slave' and appears in the Norse mythology. It was approved to be used as a given name now in Iceland as well.
Lárentína: This name is an Icelandic spelling of Laurentina. It was approved.
Myríam: This Icelandic spelling of Myriam was approved.
Snæfrost: This new combination of SNÆ and FROST was approved as a given name for all genders.

Celin m: This name of unknown origin and meaning was approved to be used as a male name in Iceland. In the other Nordic countries it is a female name (a variant form of Celine).
Iðar: This Icelandic form of Idar was approved.
Marino: This Roman younger form of the Latin name Marinus was approved to be used in Iceland now as well.
Marþór: This new combination of MARR and ÞOR was approved.
Salvadór: This is an Icelandic spelling of the Spanish name Salvador and it was approved to be used in Iceland spelled like this.
Sigurhörður: This new combination of SIG and HÖRD was approved.
Snæfrost: This new combination of SNÆ and FROST was approved as a given name for all genders.
Týri: This variant form of the Norse god name Týr was approved as a given name in Iceland now.