Once the settlers had arrived and started their lived here they started making new names.

Traditional icelandic boy names. Derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr meaning ancestors relic Ólafur is a popular Icelandic male name that has garnered global interest in the last few years thanks in particular to the success of Icelandic-Danish artist Ólafur Eliasson. Páll son of Jón son of Mattías. The original names in Iceland were those of the Nordic people.

Áki means ancestor or father and. Ólafurs last name will not be Einarsson like his fathers. Find out more in the annual name statistics tables.

Some classic names for boys that are not used as often as they used to be include Philip Francis Harry and Hugh. Some of the most popular boys name during the year were. These are the most popular boys names in Iceland for 2015.

The title means steward and it comes from the Old Norse language like many Icelandic male names. Common Icelandic names for boys 1. Most classic boy names have ranked highly for more than a century and have been widely used for hundreds of years.

Icelandic version of Michael meaning who is. The original settlers had names you can still see today such as Ingólfur male Björn male Auður female and Hallveig female. It will become Jónsson indicating that Ólafur is the son of Jón Jóns son.

Icelandic Boy Names The most popular boys names in Iceland during 2018 were an exciting mix of traditional Icelandic masculine names and Nordicfied Western names like Aaron and Alexander. Officially the children were called Drengur boy and Stúlka girl but when the time came to renew Harriets passport in 2014 the naming committee said they needed an Icelandic legal name. Names like Andrea female Viktoria female Leo Male Gabriel male are now typical names in Iceland.