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Not really. It's a patronymic. Some Slavic countries also use them, in addition to family names. > E.g. her passport will have that value under "Surname". Ice
by cyberax 2y ago
Not really. It's a patronymic. Some Slavic countries also use them, in addition to family names.
> E.g. her passport will have that value under "Surname".
Icelandic passports don't have a separate field for "Surname": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_passport#/media/File:Icelandic_Passport_(2019)_-_Biodata_page.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_passport#/media/File...
- kgwgk 2y ago> Icelandic passports don't have a separate field for "Surname" I may be missing your point but there is a "Surname" field in that photo, just above "Given names".
- taejo 2y agoMoreover, in a later picture on the page you can see an example showing a -dóttir name in that field (I had wondered if perhaps it was only used for people who happened to have a "real" surname as opposed to a patronymic, e.g. foreign-born citizens) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_passport#/media/File%3AISLpassportdatapage.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_passport#/media/Fi...
- cyberax 2y agoFacepalm. I don't know how I missed that.