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| Iceland Monitor
| Mon 21 Dec 2015
| 13.15 GMT
| Modified
13 May 2016
12.31
Margrét and Aron are Iceland's most popular names
Popular Icelandic baby names have an international ring about them. Mbl.is/ Eggert Jóhannesson
Aron was the most popular name for baby boys in 2014 followed by Alexander and Viktor, and the most popular girls'names were Margrét, Anna and Emma.
The most popular middle name for boys was Þór, followed by Hrafn and Freyr. The most popular middle name for girls was María, followed by Rós and Ósk.
Most Icelanders have a middle name. At the beginning of 2015 the three most common name combinations for men were Jón Þór, Gunnar Þór and Jón Ingi. For women, the most common name combinations were Anna María, Anna Margrét and Anna Kristín.
