If I have a daughter someday in my life, I am going to name her Hrafnhildur.

@CAMacKenzie

9 жыл бұрын

And if your wife has other ideas?

@leifurthorleifs9869

9 жыл бұрын

Colin MacKenzie He could divorce her and adopt a baby girl?

@CAMacKenzie

9 жыл бұрын

Leifur Thorleifs Kind of extreme! The name I've always liked, (though, being the cooperative sort, I'd have to ask to my wife about it, assuming she were still young enough to have kids, which she's not) isn't on this list. Erik the Red ( Eiríkr Þorvaldsson) had a daughter named Freydís. Is that a name still used in Icelandic?

@leifurthorleifs9869

9 жыл бұрын

Colin MacKenzie Yes i admit, kind of extreme, something i would not dream of doing and especially not if i had been married to a woman like Freydis the daughter of Eirík, i would be dead ;) And yes, Freydís is still in use, and also Þórdís, Snædís, Vigdís, Hrafndís Sædís. Eydís, Jódís, Hólmdís, Védís, Ásdís, Hjördís, Heiðdís, Árdís, Hlédís, Arndís, Svandís ... Did you know that the old Scottish name Torquil is a Icelandic (old norse) origin of the name Þorgill ? ( Thors arrow )

@bubble8898

7 жыл бұрын

Colin MacKenzie yes it is used in iceland in icelandic and I know alot of guys named Eiríkur😊

What strikes me is that with almost no exception in all those names the first vowel will always have a long and pronounced emphasis. I'm Dutch, being a common Germanic language like icelandic many names are familiar and pronounciation is similar but we never emphasize the first vowel that hard like icelandics do.

@annatraustadottir4387

4 жыл бұрын

In Icelandic there is always a strong emphasis on the first syllable, always.

Imagine having all these cool names available and you're still called Karen.

@karenkaralilly2940

3 жыл бұрын

Ég skil ekki. Karen er fallegt nafn á Norðurlöndum.

@Azzzz73

2 жыл бұрын

@@karenkaralilly2940 It’s still Karen

@helaka

Жыл бұрын

@@Azzzz73 and still beautiful.

I really love how icelandic and finnish sound like elvish from lotr :)

@ariah1276

6 жыл бұрын

Elvish was actually influenced by Finnish, Latin, Greek, and German.

@aurevoiralex

5 жыл бұрын

It's actually the other way around. Tolkien was a linguist, and he invented all LOTR languages from either Finnish, Icelandic, or Welsh.

As someone with a budding interest in languages I love hearing these words. Please keep uploading :)

As a Russian I laugh at English-speakers trying to pronounce rolling Rs.

@amybendel247

10 жыл бұрын

I can roll my tongue sooo easy!

@CAMacKenzie

9 жыл бұрын

Living in Los Angeles, it has been very helpful to me--almost necessary--to learn Spanish, which requires learning both the trilled r and the flapped r, treated as separate sounds.

@m.xnt_

7 жыл бұрын

when you're spanish and you can pronounce both the 'th' and the 'rrrrrr' :'v

@aac6942

4 жыл бұрын

hasta un argentino puede, boludos

@yakko7710

4 жыл бұрын

The only R I can pronounce is the rolling Rs

I will! Thank you for watching and commenting :)

My name is Sólveig - it's a pretty common name! :)

@leiaorgana0910

4 жыл бұрын

My name is Solveig!!! I’m from germany and so happy that there is someone else with that name🥰🥰🥰

@francoisdaureville323

Жыл бұрын

​@@The-Icelandic-Katniss-Everdeen it is in iceland

Awesome, thanks

Quite a mouthful and I may take a year to learn the places.

Lilja is a wonderful name :)

you're awesome!! Keep the videos coming please! Subscribed :)

No björk?

@Starkardur

6 жыл бұрын

Björk is not that common as a first name but very common as a middle name in Iceland.

@bjrkmima

4 жыл бұрын

That's my name!

@flippert0

3 жыл бұрын

I think, this name is more common in Sweden, no?

I always found it odd that so many female names end in -ur considering that's generally a masculine ending (or a feminine plural, which wouldn't make sense either).

Love love love the name Kolbrún! I must ask, on a website that shows all Nordic names, I saw a name that is/was supposedly common in Iceland called Eigrét. I was wondering if Eigrét happened to be popular in Iceland?

@Starkardur

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know anyone with that name, come to think of it, I have never heard that name before. LMFAO.

I met a girl called Solveig from Iceland once. She was beautiful. I was just listening to Grieg's Solveig's song and it reminded me.

Im so sorry for the comment again, but Usually when i think of female names, examples like "Jessica","Diane","Carol","Jasmine","Amanda" or "Karen" comes to mind. It just fascinates me how diverse names can be around the world. It truly is great world i havent explored yet. Lovely names

@francoisdaureville323

Жыл бұрын

Those names are english names none of those names except maybe diane are common for example in my country france most woman here are called lea genevive jeanne, etc...

No way, that's awesome! :D

No problem! A little suggestion, maybe you should make a video about the Icelandic slangs that the younger generation uses. Like "sko" for example haha I'm teaching myself Icelandic and would be cool to get some tips from you!

My friend (Inga) said my name would be Lilja in Icelandic!!

@megginanderson8613

10 жыл бұрын

Cool

"Bryndís" in spanish means "cheers" :'v It is spelled "brindis"

My name is Sigríđur. A few moments ago, a man on Facebook told me his wife started doing the F.A.S.T test when he tried to pronounce my name out loud 😂😂😂😂 I sent him this video, I hope it was helpful haha.

Hell yes Sara at #29 and they even pronounce it like mine is, most people see Sara and say Sarah and it drives me mad

Its quite easy for indonesian tounge to pronounce this

Gosh Icelandic is such a cute sounding language lol

carol, jessica, ashley, lorraine, diana???? i will name my daughther ragnheidur

Number 22!

Elín and Jóna ftw!!! My name is elín jóna!!

Hahah :D yeah it's both!

I like 'Thorunn' very much

Yea, and by the way there was a Hungarian band called Edda too :D

@holly4560

3 жыл бұрын

yess!!!

I love the Norwegian girl name "Johanne" and also "Tuva"

i am indonesian and my hubby is icelander, and i really love ''lilja'' name

Shouldn't Guðrún be pronounced Goo-th-run? Because the symbol ð is a "th" sound???

@Starkardur

4 жыл бұрын

Why would it pronounced Goo-Th-run? It's Guðrún. Not Gúúþrunn.

Sólveig is a nice name. Does it mean something? If so, it must have something to do with sun.

@Tintenfischchen

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, 'sol' means sun (or 'home', 'hall'... depending on the language^^) and 'vig' means strength or braveness. So you can translate Sólveig to 'sun fighter' or simply 'fighter'! It's a nice name with a great meaning =) My second name is Snaedis which means 'snow-queen', but many people don't know how to pronounce and spell it... I like it as a second name, but I'm happy it's not my first name, because it's very uncommon outside of Iceland (and I don't live in Iceland anymore) ;)

@CAMacKenzie

9 жыл бұрын

According to Wikipedia (and I can't really know how reliable that is) it means either Daughter of the Sun or Sun's Path.

Where's my name Alda? :(

@Azharalikhatu

6 жыл бұрын

Alda Magnúsdóttir nice name

@holly4560

3 жыл бұрын

ohmyy u have a very beautiful name!

Nice vote :з

How do you pronounce Ellen in icelandic?

@KristinThora

10 жыл бұрын

Ellen

0:46

Lol, there is a name like Edda? I thought it was a book :D

What I noticed is, that 'ng' is not just pronounced as the nasal [ŋ], but still has a audible 'g' or 'k' part, so it's [ŋk] (e.g. in 'Inga'). In German or English the 'ng' is nasal only most of the times (compare it for example to 'to sing' in English or 'singen' in German)

Ég really númer 19

*19 comes up* It's my name!

Bjork?

@bjrkmima

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was gonna be there too :(

@liljabjorkgumundsdottir8831

2 жыл бұрын

Björk is common as a second name not as a first name.

My fav female name is Heida.

What about Hrefna? I thought it was a common name.

@Starkardur

6 жыл бұрын

NOT REALLY

@MGVK2277

4 жыл бұрын

Hrafna is a youtuber, shes icelandic, but a name like that doesnt exist

Cool names even though a few looked like a cat walked over the keyboard.. 🤘

Bjork

@Tintenfischchen

10 жыл бұрын

It's Björk, with 'ö'! ;)

@bjrkmima

4 жыл бұрын

Hey!

Guðrún.... most common -.- damn it

@CAMacKenzie

9 жыл бұрын

You don't like Guðrún? Seems to me a lovely name.

@InfintyBell

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you x3

@Dori6584

5 жыл бұрын

The name is pretty. Also, HELLO ARMY!!! :DDD

My name :D

@user-jb2de2tz4i

9 ай бұрын

Hlo

What My name My name is Cindy And then In Iceland It is...

Number 23 is the name of Stefan Karl's wife

Laughs in freyja

Is "Mörgæs" a girl's name? There is this female youtuber "morges"...

@Starkardur

4 жыл бұрын

it means Penguin. I don't think Mörgæs is her actual name.

Mines is Linda but my Real name Is Kyung Mi

I just felt in love with Icelandic girls! That’s it I’m gonna move to Iceland one day and I intend to get married with one Icelandic girl!❤

afh ekki rebekka

my name is Edda, my mother is icelandic

@jennamarcus4283

7 жыл бұрын

Did you grow up there?

@JohnDoe-om5yo

6 жыл бұрын

EEsmeralda Fala português?

***** Hæ

omg... that gonna be so difficult to pronounce

who's from in iceland here?can I get ur facebook?please i love iceland female

Karen is mad

Iceland is a great country with a beautiful culture. Please don't join the EU - they will try to change that! Love from England...

@hafsteinngumannsson7532

7 жыл бұрын

+Lmahdi Benmhammed “Al Maknassi” Attalibo i support you with the last one, im from iceland

@aldamagnusdottir9645

7 жыл бұрын

But of course, and we're all blondes with a blue eyes and wearing horned helmets and axes..... sure..... ;P

@howardroark3670

6 жыл бұрын

gwd109 Countries are leaving the EU because it is a tyrannical form of nondemocratic governance. The mask is now off of the EU. They are not fooling anyone anymore.