Originally Posted by Durham Viper:
“Not if you're a man. They don't have family surnames in Iceland. Instead, they take the father's first name then add -son for male children or -dottir for females. So a family of 4 ( father, mother, son & daughter ) will have 4 different surnames as wives don't take their husband's surname”
“Not if you're a man. They don't have family surnames in Iceland. Instead, they take the father's first name then add -son for male children or -dottir for females. So a family of 4 ( father, mother, son & daughter ) will have 4 different surnames as wives don't take their husband's surname”
Indeed.
Dóttir- daughter.
Son- son.
