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| Iceland Monitor
| Thu 22 Sep 2016
| 14.07 GMT
Angelina passes with the Icelandic naming committee
Girls in Iceland can now be called Angelina, but Brad would undoubtedly be a no-no. Photo/ AFP
Iceland’s famous naming committee, the committee responsible for ruling on permissible Icelandic first names, has voted yes on the girl's name Angelina.
Angelina, although a foreign name, can be conjugated according to Icelandic grammar.
Other names accepted include Eilíf, Hofdís, Luna and Tildra.
The boys name Eyjar also got accepted.
