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Iceland has a fun system for last names. You last name is your fathers (or rarely, your mothers) name plus a 'son' or 'dottir' at the end. https://en.wikipedi
by nkristoffersen 8y ago
Iceland has a fun system for last names.
You last name is your fathers (or rarely, your mothers) name plus a 'son' or 'dottir' at the end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name
- flak48 8y agoSuch a suffix based on the father's name is called a patronymic, and is not just Icelandic, but seen throughout the world, mostly Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic In Russia and other Slavic nations, the -ich patronymic is used: >> a man named Ivan with a father named Nikolay would be known as Ivan Nikolayevich or "Ivan, son of Nikolay"