Common child names in Iceland, 2023 – Nancy’s Child Names

Final 12 months, the island nation of Iceland welcomed over 4,200 infants.

What have been the most well-liked names amongst these infants? Emilía and Birnir.

Beneath are Iceland’s prime 50+ woman names and prime 50+ boy names of 2023. (Please word that I created these two gendered units of rankings from the one non-gendered set of rankings that Iceland launched.)

Woman names

1. Emilía, 23 child women
2. Sara, 22
3. Aþena, 21 (3-way tie)
4. Embla, 21 (3-way tie)
5. Sóley, 21 (3-way tie)
6. Emma, 20
7. Katla, 19
8. Eva, 18 (4-way tie)
9. Lilja, 18 (4-way tie)
10. Una, 18 (4-way tie)
11. Viktoría, 18 (4-way tie)
12. Anna, 16 (3-way tie)
13. Bríet, 16 (3-way tie)
14. Hekla, 16 (3-way tie) – impressed by Hekla, the identify of one among Iceland’s most energetic volcanoes.
15. Matthildur, 15 (tie)
16. Salka, 15 (tie)
17. Birta, 14 (3-way tie)
18. Hafdís, 14 (3-way tie)
19. Katrín, 14 (3-way tie)
20. Andrea, 13 (3-way tie)
21. Freyja, 13 (3-way tie)
22. Natalía, 13 (3-way tie)
23. Íris, 12 (4-way tie)
24. Iðunn, 12 (4-way tie)
25. Kristín, 12 (4-way tie)
26. Móeiður, 12 (4-way tie)
27. Ástrós, 11 (5-way tie)
28. Fanney, 11 (5-way tie) – trendy coinage created from parts that means “snowdrift” and “island.”
29. Hrafntinna, 11 (5-way tie)
30. Saga, 11 (5-way tie)
31. Ylfa, 11 (5-way tie)
32. Elín, 10 (5-way tie)
33. Heiðdís, 10 (5-way tie)
34. Hildur, 10 (5-way tie)
35. Júlía, 10 (5-way tie)
36. Laufey, 10 (5-way tie)
37. Amelía, 9 (12-way tie)
38. Aría, 9 (12-way tie)
39. Dagbjört, 9 (12-way tie)
40. Glódís, 9 (12-way tie) – trendy coinage created from parts that means “to shine” and “goddess.”
41. Helena, 9 (12-way tie)
42. Ísabella, 9 (12-way tie)
43. Karítas, 9 (12-way tie)
44. Klara, 9 (12-way tie)
45. Máney, 9 (12-way tie)
46. María, 9 (12-way tie)
47. Sigrún, 9 (12-way tie)
48. Sóldís, 9 (12-way tie)
49. Alexandra, 8 (9-way tie)
50. Edda, 8 (9-way tie)
51. Eldey, 8 (9-way tie)
52. Harpa, 8 (9-way tie)
53. Írena, 8 (9-way tie)
54. Margrét, 8 (9-way tie)
55. Rakel, 8 (9-way tie)
56. Ronja, 8 (9-way tie)
57. Þórdís, 8 (9-way tie)

Boy names

1. Birnir, 30 child boys
2. Emil, 28
3. Elmar, 25 (tie)
4. Jón, 25 (tie)
5. Óliver 24
6. Aron, 23
7. Viktor, 22
8. Jökull, 21
9. Alexander, 20
10. Atlas, 19
11. Gunnar, 18
12. Baldur, 17 (tie)
13. Mikael, 17 (tie)
14. Breki, 16 (3-way tie) – derived from an Previous Norse phrase that means “breaker.”
15. Styrmir, 16 (3-way tie)
16. Theodór, 16 (3-way tie)
17. Arnar, 15 (3-way tie)
18. Kári, 15 (3-way tie)
19. Óðinn, 15 (3-way tie)
20. Baltasar, 14 (3-way tie)
21. Elías, 14 (3-way tie)
22. Huginn, 14 (3-way tie)
23. Daníel, 13 (4-way tie)
24. Hilmir, 13 (4-way tie)
25. Ísak, 13 (4-way tie)
26. Úlfur, 13 (4-way tie)
27. Gabríel, 12 (4-way tie)
28. Guðmundur, 12 (4-way tie)
29. Ólafur, 12 (4-way tie)
30. Tómas, 12 (4-way tie)
31. Ari, 11 (11-way tie)
32. Benedikt, 11 (11-way tie)
33. Benjamín, 11 (11-way tie)
34. Björn, 11 (11-way tie)
35. Brynjar, 11 (11-way tie)
36. Dagur, 11 (11-way tie)
37. Erik, 11 (11-way tie)
38. Kristján, 11 (11-way tie)
39. Kristófer, 11 (11-way tie)
40. Matthías, 11 (11-way tie)
41. Sigurður, 11 (11-way tie)
42. Anton, 10 (7-way tie)
43. Atli, 10 (7-way tie)
44. Ágúst, 10 (7-way tie)
45. Hinrik, 10 (7-way tie)
46. Jóhann, 10 (7-way tie)
47. Magnús, 10 (7-way tie)
48. Stefán, 10 (7-way tie)
49. Adam, 9 (8-way tie)
50. Bergur, 9 (8-way tie)
51. Birkir, 9 (8-way tie)
52. Leó, 9 (8-way tie)
53. Máni, 9 (8-way tie)
54. Óskar, 9 (8-way tie)
55. Stormur, 9 (8-way tie)
56. Tristan, 9 (8-way tie)

Fascinating names from outdoors the highest 50 embody…

• Rökkvi (masculine identify, given to eight infants), which can imply “twilight.”
• Kolbrá (fem., 5 infants), a contemporary coinage created from parts that means “black, darkish” and “eyelash.”
• Hrafnkatla (fem., 3 infants), the female type of Hrafnkell, which is made up of parts that means “raven” and “cauldron.”
• Tindur (masc., 3 infants), derived from an Previous Norse phrase that means “spike,” “tooth,” “mountain peak.”
• Þráinn (masc., 3 infants), primarily based on an Previous Norse phrase that means “obstinacy.”
• Krummi (masc., 2 infants), which might imply both “bent, crooked” or “raven.”

And what in regards to the single-use names?

Over 980 names have been bestowed simply as soon as in Iceland final 12 months. Right here’s a sampling of Iceland’s distinctive child names of 2023:

Apolonia, Broteva, Dofri, Esjar, Friðþjófur, Gígja, Gíslason, Hlín, Indriði, Jóvin, Kjalar, Myrkár, Náttey, Ösp, Potential, Röskva, Spói, Torfi, Undína, Völundur, Yndís, Zebbý

Listed below are simplified definitions for a number of of the above…

• Friðþjófur (masc.), made up of parts that means “peace” and “thief”
  • A reputation meaning “peace thief” appears very applicable for a new child child. 🙂
• Gígja (fem.), that means “fiddle.”
• Ösp (fem.), that means “aspen tree.”
• Röskva (fem.), that means “vigorous,” “courageous.”
• Spói (masc.), from the Icelandic phrase spói, which refers back to the whimbrel (a sort of hen).

Gíslason — a surname that was probably used as a masculine forename (provided that -son ending) — could have been impressed by Icelandic soccer participant Rúrik Gíslason.

I didn’t submit about Iceland’s prime child names of 2022, however listed here are Iceland’s 2021 rankings.

Sources: Vinsælustu nöfnin 2023 – Þjóðskrá, Births – Statistics Iceland, Nordic Names, Wiktionary

Picture: Tailored from Flag of Iceland (public area)

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