🇮🇸 Iceland

Names must be compatible with Icelandic grammar

Names must be declinable in Icelandic's four grammatical cases and use only letters in the Icelandic alphabet.

Official naming committee reviews new names

The Mannanafnanefnd (Personal Names Committee) approves or rejects names not already on the approved list.

Patronymic/matronymic system for surnames

Iceland uses patronymics (father's name + son/dottir) rather than family surnames.

No names that could cause embarrassment

Names deemed likely to cause the bearer difficulty or ridicule are rejected.