Icelandic Top 50 for 2014

General Name Discussion
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Yes, 2014. The Icelandic stats people always release this information so late that it is already pretty out of date and they were particularly slow this year (/last year), but still I thought some people might be interested to have a look! Compare to 2013 here. Lots of ties again of course due to low population :wink:

Girls

  1. Margrét
  2. [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Emma[/name_f]
  4. ”sabella
  5. [name_f]Eva[/name_f]
    6-8. Hekla, [name_m]Krist[/name_m]Ă­n, [name_m]Viktor[/name_m]Ă­a
    9-10. [name_m]Emil[/name_m]Ă­a, KatrĂ­n
  6. Freyja
    12-14. [name_f]Birta[/name_f], JĂșlĂ­a, [name_f]Sara[/name_f]
  7. SĂłley
    16-19. AnĂ­ta, [name_f]Helga[/name_f], Katla, [name_f]Mar[/name_f]Ă­a
  8. GuĂ°rĂșn
  9. [name_f]El[/name_f]Ă­sabet
    22-24. [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], ”ris, Þórdís
    25-28. [name_f]El[/name_f]ín, Ingibjörg, [name_f]Lilja[/name_f], [name_f]Rakel[/name_f]
  10. JĂłhanna
    30-31. Embla, SigrĂșn
    32-34. [name_u]Andrea[/name_u], [name_f]Linda[/name_f], Salka
    35-41. Harpa, [name_f]Helena[/name_f], Hrafntinna, [name_f]Klara[/name_f], [name_f]Saga[/name_f], Steinunn, Unnur
    42-47. AuĂ°ur, AĂŸena, [name_f]Fanney[/name_f], [name_f]Hanna[/name_f], IĂ°unn, [name_f]Ronja[/name_f]
    48-53. AmelĂ­a, Arna, Hrafnhildur, [name_f]Karen[/name_f], SnĂŠdĂ­s, VigdĂ­s

Boys

  1. [name_m]Aron[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
  4. KristjĂĄn
  5. JĂłn
    6-7. GuĂ°mundur, [name_m]Krist[/name_m]Ăłfer
    8-9. [name_m]Gunnar[/name_m], Ólafur
    10-12. [name_m]Benedikt[/name_m], Dagur, [name_m]Emil[/name_m]
    13-14. Óliver, Sigurður
    15-17. Arnar, Bjarki, [name_m]Dan[/name_m]Ă­el
  6. KĂĄri
    19-21. [name_f]Andri[/name_f], MagnĂșs, RĂłbert
    22-23. Jóhann, Jökull
    24-28. [name_m]Baltasar[/name_m], [name_m]Einar[/name_m], GabrĂ­el, [name_m]Mikael[/name_m], StefĂĄn
    29-30. MatthĂ­as, TĂłmas
    31-35. ”sgeir, Baldur, Birkir, Davíð, Hilmar
    36-37. Elvar, ”sak
    38-41. ”rni, Björn, Haukur, Styrmir
    42-50. [name_m]Anton[/name_m], [name_u]Ari[/name_u], BenjamĂ­n, EyĂŸĂłr, Frosti, [name_m]Kacper[/name_m], Óskar, [name_m]Sindri[/name_m], TheĂłdĂłr

Very interesting to see the first ‘illegal’ name to make it to the top 50 ([name_m]Kacper[/name_m])! I assume this is from the Polish community. It is not illegal for foreign-born Icelandic residents to give their children any name they like from their culture, so I only mean ‘illegal’ in the sense that it is not from the approved list.

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Yaaay! I’m surprised to see MargrĂ©t is so high. It’s just not one that I would have expected to see hit first place. Although, a lot of the top names do have a high usability factor since they are so international and classic. Also, I love ÞórdĂ­s just because I think the Þ is such a fun letter.

Loving [name_m]Baltasar[/name_m], [name_m]Einar[/name_m], Baldur, Elvar, Styrmir, and [name_m]Sindri[/name_m]. Yay for those Nordic -r ending boy names! Frosti made me smile just because I can’t help but picture a bunch of baby snowmen. EyĂŸĂłr is an interesting choice, and I like it better once I heard the forvo pronunciation instead of how I had it in my head; I though eyethor which would sound like eye sore.

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Thanks for posting! Very interesting list!

Þórdís - how is this pronounced?
AuĂ°ur - same question :slight_smile:

I love: Freyja, AnĂ­ta, [name_f]Klara[/name_f], [name_f]Ronja[/name_f]

Yay for [name_m]Benedikt[/name_m]!

Loving: [name_m]Baltasar[/name_m] & MatthĂ­as

Frosti- I agree with you ottertails. It’s totally cute, but would never work here. Like being called Smoothie.

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Ottertails - Yeah, I was also a bit surprised about MargrĂ©t, although I know of a few little MargrĂ©ts. Mostly because it jumped up so many places! It is my [name_f]MIL[/name_f]'s name and my bf is also named the Icelandic masculine version (after her). We would probably have used it for Freyja’s middle name if it didn’t sound so bad with her patronymic. I like the Þ names also - sadly they’re a bit of a hassle outside Iceland and the Faroes.

Frosti is one of the funniest Icelandic names for English-speakers, for sure. Besides the snowman thing, there is also a breakfast cereal in the UK called Frosties (I think they are called Frosted Flakes in the US?) so it always makes me laugh. It would have been totally unusable for us, although if I put all that aside I think it is quite a sweet name.

Kala_Way - Good to see some love for Freyja :wink: It’s popular but it’s a good one. I haven’t met another baby Freyja yet, but once ours gets into daycare, nursery, school, activity clubs etc I am sure we will find a few. [name_f]Ronja[/name_f] I find very interesting to see, because it has got so popular really fast. If you didn’t know, she is a (very cool) [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] Lindgren character who would be an awesome namesake. I think it’s a really great name. I love [name_m]Baltasar[/name_m], Matthías and [name_m]Benedikt[/name_m] too!

Þórdís is like THORE-deese (see Forvo because the first bit is a bit hard to explain: link)
Auður is very tricky for non-Icelandic-speakers. Au is like Ɠ in [name_m]French[/name_m] (as in Ɠil) and the sound isn’t in English at all. You say the vowel sound in sir and then ee in quick succession to make a diphthong. ” is like th in that. Again, probably easier just to listen: link. One of my SILs is named Auður :slight_smile:

Forvo is usually great when you want to know how to pronounce something (not just names). I highly recommend it for future reference!

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As a [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] myself, it’s fun to see a variation at the top of a national popularity list! It’s also great to see [name_m]Baltasar[/name_m] (variation of my son’s middle name) and the Polish [name_m]Kacper[/name_m] in the top fifty. I just love the [name_f]Magi[/name_f] names! (No [name_m]Melchior[/name_m], though
)

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Thanks very much!
A few of [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] Lindgren’s books have been on my to be read list for way too long! I should pick up the one with [name_f]Ronja[/name_f].

Thanks for the pronunciation help!
I was thinking Þórdís might be like the Danish Hjþrdis, like on the show [name_f]Rita[/name_f] :slight_smile:
You’re right about Auður, my American brain can’t make much of that sound combination. It looks beautiful though!

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Yay for a [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] variant being top somewhere.

Icelandic people have great taste!

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Thank you for posting this! There are so many names here that are on our short list, especially the boys’ names :stuck_out_tongue:

[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]Ă­a
Freyja
SĂłley
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
”ris
JĂłhanna
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Klara[/name_f] ([name_f]Clara[/name_f])
[name_f]Saga[/name_f]
[name_f]Ronja[/name_f]
AmelĂ­a

[name_m]Aron[/name_m]
[name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
Ólafur ([name_m]Olav[/name_m])
[name_m]Benedikt[/name_m]
Óliver
Sigurður – We are considering [name_m]Sigurd[/name_m] for a son, after my father. I also love Sigur Rós
MagnĂșs
RĂłbert
GabrĂ­el
[name_m]Mikael[/name_m]
MatthĂ­as
Baldur – SO’s favourite boy name
Björn
Haukur (Hauk)
TheĂłdĂłr

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Daphodil - Haha wow, you guys should move to Iceland, you’d fit right in :wink: We share a lot of favourites then! I generally find the Icelandic charts very pleasing, there are always a load of names I love. Of course that’s bad if you like rare names, but I’m not so bothered.

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What’s the Icelandic male version of MargrĂ©t, if you don’t mind me asking? It’s definitely intriguing since I have a [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] I’d like to honor.