Even Google translate couldn't pronounce her name. It only tells me her names means: Thuridur Bjorg Bergen daughter
So it's like Thuridur Bjorg, daughter of Bergen?
As far as I know, "dottir" is "daughter" - so, Thuridur Bjorg, daughter of Bjorgvin (or Bjorgvins), I guess? :think:
Yep, that's how traditional Scandinavian names work. Rather than having a family name that stretches back generations, your surname is actually a reference to the name of your father.
The suffix "-dóttir" means "daughter of", just like the suffix "-son" means "son of".
For example, the full name of EVERYBODY's favourite Icelandic singer ( :sarcasm: ) is Björk Guðmundsdóttir, i.e. Björk, daughter of Guðmund.
I don't know anything about Björk's family, so to show what her brothers' surname would be, I will use somebody else who had a father with the same first name. The late Icelandic ski jumper Ari Guðmundsson, who was Ari, son of Guðmund.
Returning to skating, and another Icelandic skater who was competing in Juniors last season is Júlía Grétarsdóttir.
I can't actually find any male skaters from Iceland.
Incidentally, I just looked up the name BJORGVINSSON, and there is an alpine skiier called Björgvin Björgvinsson, who was Iceland's flagbearer in Vancouver.
Of course, like using the female suffix "-ová" in Czech names, some families are not following the traditional rules any more. The tradition is so common in Iceland that I can't think of women from Iceland that don't follow it, so I will move to Sweden and bring up TV presented Ulrika Jonsson.
Now, I don't know about you, but I find it VERY strange when I come across a female Scandinavian with a male suffix to her name. But, at the end of the day, it's up to the family how they want to do things. My worry would be that the poor girl would get badly bullied when she was at school for having a "male surname".
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. Satoko's is a very worthwhile one, IMO.
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