Thread: The girls names

WOW...is THAT more complicated than anything I know of in naming our children over here. I'm not speaking for everyone, but when we picked out names we picked them out by thinking "yea, I like that one". LOL LOL!
We have our last name...which is typically the father's last name. In my case I married my husband with the last name Miller. From marriage I am now Jennifer Miller. Our children have his last name. I know that some married women like to keep their maiden name and its usually listed right before her married name. So instead of my name being Jennifer Miller, it would be Jennifer Picklo Miller as Picklo is my maiden name - or the name I recieved from my father when he married my mother. If I would have decided to do this when we got married then our children would have the name Picklo Miller....but I didn't like the way that sounded so I opted to just drop my maiden name.

I guess I would say to have your daughter's names in whatever fashion you and your Dh feel comfortable with. I think that your daughter's names sound very exotic and beautiful...this could be because they sound different to my ear. I'm sure whatever why you decide to have the names it will be just great.

I totally understand how you feel. I've never particularly like double barrelled surnames, but my girls have one, as I so desperately wanted my name in there. And now that I'm a single mum, I'm so glad I fought for it. So my girls have a right mouthful of a name, and a lot to learn to write, but it was important to me.

How would you go about changing it at this stage?

Women dont change their names with marriage here. Like i said everyone has their fathers first name and then son or dóttir at the end. So my dps name is Jón Þór Benediktsson (because his dad is called Benedikt) I have no problem with this I would just like them to have something like me and something on the passport that shows they are my daughters.

Liv im not sure how we would change it we would just contact some office and find out what we need to do. Elín needs a new passport late next year so i would rather we sort it out sooner rather than later.

If it were me, I would honestly stick your surname (Wilkinson) in there. Coming from a divorced family, I always felt a little "left out" that I didn't share the same surname as my mother, brother and stepfather. Although, it doesn't bother me now (obviously, because I am married and took my husband's name), it did use to bother me when I was younger. Why does your husband have a problem with you sticking your surname in there? Good luck deciding hon!!

He doesnt have a problem with it as long as Jónsdóttir isnt removed.

Im a bit worried they would be teased at school if i give them wilkinson because then its like they are boys (the son of wilkin) and i think then they names are too long. Jónþór would not add wilkinson to his name but if we can agree on a "family" name then he would see about adding it to his and me mine.

I would add your name Rachel to be honest,it is part of their heritage,I think it will look nice for them to have some English and some Icelandic and it adds a bit of you in there too!!

I know you say you can choose a family name but then that has no connection to anything if that makes sense!?!? At least Wilkinson gives them a connection to your side of the family.

That sounds so complicated over there,I would end up too confused and if there are poular surnames the phone directory must be a nightmare lol!!!

vicky, surnames are really not used here. Everyone is addressed just with their first name, there is no use of Mr. This and Miss.That. Because of the way these last names are given, nearly every Icelander can retrace there heritage back to the beginning.

I know what you are saying about a new name having no connection to me but its it the same when a woman takes the mans name. She takes HIS family name nothing that is connected to her. It would be like this if me and dp took a family name and gave it too the girls. All of us would have the same name somewhere. eg (if we had Mar)
Jón Þór Mar Benediktsson
Rachel Mar Wilkinson
Elín Bára Mar Jónsdóttir
Kaja Líf Mar Jónsdóttir

It would feel like we had a connection, me and Jónþór not just me and the girls.

I would either do your surname in there or I do like the idea of the family name! If you aren't going to take his name when you marry then I think a family name would be a good idea. That way the girls are not only tied to you but to the whole family. I think that would be a nice gesture for your unity as a family.