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96. Follow-up: Icelandic girl Blaer wins right to use given name

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:20 AM

Feb 2013

"I'm very happy," Blaer said after the ruling.

"I'm glad this is over. Now I expect I'll have to get new identity papers. Finally, I'll have the name Blaer in my passport."

Reykjavik District Court's decision overturns an earlier rejection of the name by Icelandic authorities.

Until now, Blaer Bjarkardottir had been identified simply as "Girl" in communications with officials.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21280101

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Icelandic girl fights government over right to use her name; only ‘approved’ names allowed [View all] Recursion Jan 2013 OP

Halldor Laxness? jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

Sounds like a character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or The Hunger Games yurbud Jan 2013 #22

I'm waiting for Bjork to weigh in... raging_moderate Jan 2013 #41

Silly name, amazing writer. Codeine Jan 2013 #45

Foreign countries have different naming patterns than the US. Imagine that. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #67

They should have a law against funny names jberryhill Jan 2013 #73

I think this is true in the Netherlands as well mainer Jan 2013 #2

Cnut dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3

Bah! That's what scholars and priests were for--doing the writing. Kings didn't have to be literate- Moonwalk Jan 2013 #6

dipsydoodle Diclotican Jan 2013 #12

Yes but that was then - a thousand years ago. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #14

dipsydoodle Diclotican Jan 2013 #18

For some reason my stepdad liked calling me Knut (Canute in English)... Odin2005 Jan 2013 #78

Odin2005 Diclotican Jan 2013 #82

Bwahaha! We will never outgrow such humor. freshwest Jan 2013 #17

Speaking as a person who suffered bitterly from such ridicule... TygrBright Jan 2013 #5

I can't believe that your parents named you Bright Orrex Jan 2013 #7

My wife had a friend whose family name was Button. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #13

Yowza. Orrex Jan 2013 #16

Better than if their last name had been necklace... Pachamama Jan 2013 #42

lol dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #43

I feel bad for all the Michael Hunts and Henry Beavers. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #79

The first is the Porkies classic dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #80

Along with the less often ridiculed Michael Torres Kennah Jan 2013 #92

My first and last names are very common. krispos42 Jan 2013 #15

I'm at the opposite end with my own name Posteritatis Jan 2013 #68

Well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton kentauros Jan 2013 #85

And France nt LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #39

If only Asswipe Johnson had that sort of protection jberryhill Jan 2013 #46

+ 1 cyberswede Jan 2013 #55

this was really interesting to me d_r Jan 2013 #4

If such a law were passed, they try to use it to impeach Obama Orrex Jan 2013 #8

I bet you could survey a thousand and get wildly different answers AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #35

Track, Tripp, Mitt, Tagg....those Republicans have some bogus sounding monikers... nt MADem Jan 2013 #60

Blaer isn't a bad name Marthe48 Jan 2013 #9

Back when I was substitute teaching... Recursion Jan 2013 #10

We are unique Marthe48 Jan 2013 #11

Most likely an urban legend Nine Jan 2013 #64

I even forgot where I heard it Marthe48 Jan 2013 #66

Sounds like a good system marshall Jan 2013 #19

Let's not constrain others to live within the confines of narrow minds nt Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #23

True, what business is it of ours to criticize iceland's culture marshall Jan 2013 #90

I'm sorry; that's a very bigoted thing to say TXDem72 Jan 2013 #61

Presumably they speak Icelandic marshall Jan 2013 #83

I was referring to the schoolteacher n/t TXDem72 Jan 2013 #88

The Phoenix family named their children River, Rain, Joaquin, Summer and Liberty. freshwest Jan 2013 #20

One of the kids at my son's montessori school is named for a Mass Effect 3 character... AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #36

Not Grunt, Legion or Harbinger, I hope. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #72

Hawai'i novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka writes of kids named "Maverick" and "Tareyton" among others KamaAina Jan 2013 #48

I am all too often horrified or just astonished at the parents SheilaT Jan 2013 #21

maybe the really just wanted to tell the gov't to go f* itself Shivering Jemmy Jan 2013 #51

Nah, they'd just assumed the name wasn't a problem Posteritatis Jan 2013 #69

Strange that Blaer is unapproved in Iceland IveWornAHundredPants Jan 2013 #24

Naetelae, Jö, and Töøtyi, you mean? (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #25

Names are fluid in our family. hunter Jan 2013 #26

Go to a Catholic wedding. Meet 20 girls named Marie and 20 boys named Paul. Recursion Jan 2013 #27

Yep, I've been to Catholic weddings... hunter Jan 2013 #28

Try doing geneaology on those 20 girls revolution breeze Jan 2013 #62

And half the Pauls have a brother named Peter... Posteritatis Jan 2013 #70

One huge enormous problem with someone being known SheilaT Jan 2013 #59

First names in Iceland are important. Your first name is your kids last name. Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #29

Icelanders do not have family names Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #33

dottir oberle Jan 2013 #95

I recall the DU meltdown over the kid whose first and middle names were Adolph Hitler Fumesucker Jan 2013 #30

It wouldn't have really saved him. JoeyT Jan 2013 #40

I suppose I was really thinking of the whole society being different with such a law Fumesucker Jan 2013 #50

Uniqueness is good marions ghost Jan 2013 #47

So you subscribe to the "Boy Named Sue" theory, eh? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #49

Ha ha marions ghost Jan 2013 #53

At least after WWII, Italy restriced names given to newborn question everything Jan 2013 #58

So they aren't especially transgender friendly in Iceland? MadrasT Jan 2013 #31

Actually they are famous for their support for the GBTL community. Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #34

A co-worker with last name of Rhoades named his kids Rocky and Sandy.... peacebird Jan 2013 #32

Remember little 3-year old Adolf Hitler? Shrek Jan 2013 #37

That situation is a tiny bit different. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #71

Alaska needs a law like that Enrique Jan 2013 #38

Not just there. Igel Jan 2013 #44

Really? How is important? BadGimp Jan 2013 #52

Then alert, for Christ's sake. Recursion Jan 2013 #57

I'm a victim of birth-name popularity syndrome. HeiressofBickworth Jan 2013 #54

Who says you have to wait till you turn 18??? happyslug Jan 2013 #65

Um, and the tax and licensing authorities take your word for it? jberryhill Jan 2013 #74

By law they have to happyslug Jan 2013 #86

Just out of curiosity... jberryhill Jan 2013 #87

I have cited this law for over 25 years in my practice happyslug Jan 2013 #89

Iceland is one of the most homogeneous countries in the world Hekate Jan 2013 #56

An interesting custom in my ex's family revolution breeze Jan 2013 #63

Sounds like MIL is the one who's too simple. Good for you for hanging strong! nt JudyM Feb 2013 #97

I'm not opposed to their rule Blasphemer Jan 2013 #75

Every semester I can expect some "Brittanys" on my rosters ashling Jan 2013 #76

What's "Moon Unit" in Icelandic? aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #77

Tungl Eining (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #81

I don't mind infinite variants and unique names... OswegoAtheist Jan 2013 #84

Sounds like a good idea. Undismayed Jan 2013 #91

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is NOT amused! Kennah Jan 2013 #93

Krystal Ball on MSNBC Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #94

Follow-up: Icelandic girl Blaer wins right to use given name muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #96