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Icelandic Girls Can't be Called Harriet, Govt Tells Family- Authorities reluctant to renew passport of Harriet, 10, as name is not on approved list of 3,565 (smithsonianmag.com)

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[–]dfmz 641 ポイント642 ポイント

As much as I agree with courts refusing some creepy, historically challenging or outright stupid names, this is taking the preservation of Icelandic national identity a little too far, especially considering the children are citizens of two different countries.

[–]trastermole -44 ポイント-43 ポイント

Said like a person who has never lived in Iceland. If you know much about their culture, you would understand why this is needed and supported by the huge majority of the population there.

[–]askur 56 ポイント57 ポイント

This is considered stupid and unnecessary by mostly everyone here. Almost every year this institution reaches the news because of whimsical decisions on what names are and are not allowed. Almost every year nobody cares, except the people who get told what they can or cannot name their children, by the state.

Source: 28 years of living in Iceland.

[–]Tylzen 5 ポイント6 ポイント

~3.500 names aren't that many.

I think our list of approved female names are about 10.000 here in Denmark

[–]WittiestScreenName 2 ポイント3 ポイント

What name did you get?

[–]Hjortur95 1 ポイント2 ポイント

Probably Askur or Áskell judging by his username

Source: my name is my username too

[–]gudlogi 30 ポイント31 ポイント

It's not supported by a huge majority of us. This law is considered an ancient relic of a system where the political/ruling class needed to 1) control most - if not all - aspects of our lives and 2) needed to create cozy jobs for the political/ruling class's friends and families.

I can't find any link at the moment but IIRC about 2/3 of us Icelanders want this law repealed and the special department that sifts through names to be disbanded.

[–]dfmz 27 ポイント28 ポイント

You have a point, but there's a problem with your logic: if what you say is true and a huge majority supports the law (and thus can be assumed to spontaneously name their children with Icelandic names), then the vast majority of Icelandic kids carry on the traditional naming tradition with little to no risk to said national identity. That would mean that the law isn't really necessary, wouldn't it?

[–]Dwnvtngthdmms 18 ポイント19 ポイント

Is the culture there super weak or almost non-existent or something?

[–]demostravius 6 ポイント7 ポイント

Cultural strength is based almost entirely on simplicity and population size. Iceland is a small nation, of course it's culture will suffer in a world of globalisation.

[–]JeffTheJourno 6 ポイント7 ポイント

Like every tiny culture in the first world, increasing globalization is slowly disintegrating it as more Icelanders learn English, live in other parts of the world, intermarry, etc...

[–]bjt23 -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Boo hoo you guys don't have traditional holidays, food, or sports over there?

[–]Kuges 2 ポイント3 ポイント

They have this

[–]bjt23 1 ポイント2 ポイント

That looks like a strong healthy culture that isn't going anywhere anytime soon no matter how many people there get named Harriet.

[–]baddroid 1 ポイント2 ポイント

We could easily make it so they're not allowed to leave and not allowed to marry out. Sort all their problems out.

Iceland for the Icelanders: we just impose a 50 km limit and sink any boats and aircraft attempting to leave.