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Icelandic 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..)?

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I like: Anna
Sigriđur
Bára
Selja Johannes
Hallgrímur
Magnus
Þorgrímur (would this be anglicized as Thorgrim?)
Finnur
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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
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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

This message was edited 3/9/2018, 1:46 AM

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Li guarderò domani! :)
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