Iceland Naming Committee Approves Jane and Dennis PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Iceland Review   
Monday, 16 May 2011 03:00

The Icelandic Committee on Human Names has decided that the names Dennis and Jane will be added to the human name registry. Sixteen Icelandic women already bare the name Jane.

Iceland Naming Committee Approves Jane and Dennis

From now on, Icelandic boys can be named Dennis and Annarr. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.

The committee has also reversed its decision in January when the name Annarr was rejected, mbl.is reports.

The committee concluded that the name does fulfill conditions on tradition and spelling. It was mentioned in this form in Snorra-Edda.

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