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HelpIcelandic Names (part 2)
Hi !!!
I'm reading a great book by J.K. Stefánsson.
The past time I wrote names from chapter 1 http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4905141
Thank you for all comments espwcially Caprice who helped me to know pronounciations and meanings ^^
Now I do the same with chapter two...
Jónas (m)
Hannes (m)
Bára (f)
Johannes (m)
Hallgrímur (m)
Magnus (m)
Guđmundur (m)
Þorgrímur (m)
Bjorgvin (m)
Hnođri (m)
Finnur (m)
Ásgrím (m)
Anna (f)
Sigriđur (f)
Einsi (m)
Selja (f)
Gréta (f)
Jonni (m)
WDYTO these names?
Do you know something about them (pronounciation, meaning, elements trend..)?
I'm reading a great book by J.K. Stefánsson.
The past time I wrote names from chapter 1 http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4905141
Thank you for all comments espwcially Caprice who helped me to know pronounciations and meanings ^^
Now I do the same with chapter two...
Jónas (m)
Hannes (m)
Bára (f)
Johannes (m)
Hallgrímur (m)
Magnus (m)
Guđmundur (m)
Þorgrímur (m)
Bjorgvin (m)
Hnođri (m)
Finnur (m)
Ásgrím (m)
Anna (f)
Sigriđur (f)
Einsi (m)
Selja (f)
Gréta (f)
Jonni (m)
WDYTO these names?
Do you know something about them (pronounciation, meaning, elements trend..)?
This message was edited 3/8/2018, 6:58 AM
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Jónas - YOU-nas
Bára - BAW-ra, "wave"
Hallgrímur - HULL-gree-muhr, "rock mask"
Magnus - MUG-nus
Guđmundur - GOODH-mun-duhr. See Gudmund
Þorgrímur - THOUR-gree-muhr, "Thor's helmet; Thor's mask"
Bjorgvin - BYURG-veen, "helping friend"
Hnođri - should be pronounced h-nODH-ree, no idea what it means
Ásgrím - OWS-grim, "masked god"
Sigriđur - SIG-ree-dhur, see Sigrid
Einsi - AYN-see, I would guess this is a nn for Einar or similar
Selja - SEL-ya may be a variant of Cecilia
Jonni - probably a nn for Jóhan or similar
Bára - BAW-ra, "wave"
Hallgrímur - HULL-gree-muhr, "rock mask"
Magnus - MUG-nus
Guđmundur - GOODH-mun-duhr. See Gudmund
Þorgrímur - THOUR-gree-muhr, "Thor's helmet; Thor's mask"
Bjorgvin - BYURG-veen, "helping friend"
Hnođri - should be pronounced h-nODH-ree, no idea what it means
Ásgrím - OWS-grim, "masked god"
Sigriđur - SIG-ree-dhur, see Sigrid
Einsi - AYN-see, I would guess this is a nn for Einar or similar
Selja - SEL-ya may be a variant of Cecilia
Jonni - probably a nn for Jóhan or similar
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Magnus, Einsi and Ásgrím are pretty nice.
Selja is cute as well and sounds like the Norwegian word for "the Salix caprea" (a tree).
This site might be helpful: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Icelandic/Alphabet_and_Pronunciation
Selja is cute as well and sounds like the Norwegian word for "the Salix caprea" (a tree).
This site might be helpful: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Icelandic/Alphabet_and_Pronunciation
This message was edited 3/9/2018, 1:46 AM
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Li guarderò domani! :)
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