icelandic names

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Anders

Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends S

Kjartan

19th century, borrowed from Icelandic Kjartan. From Old Norse Kjartan, shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish Muirchertach (literally “mariner”), from muir (“sea”) + certach…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

icelandic names

Anders

Kjartan

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