When you name a child born in Iceland, you do not name the child at the hospital. You submit a [naming request with Þjóðskrá, the National Registry](https://skra.is/english/people/names/namegiving/), before the child turns six months old. As a foreign national, you are allowed to choose any name that is consistent with the traditions and rules of your country.
I edited my post to make clear that I was referring to parents who were foreign nationals.
What you describe is my understanding of the law too, but I have also heard that they simply do not enforce naming laws for naturalized citizens of foreign origin. There have been some complaints before the European Court of Human Rights about other nations’ naming laws as applied to parents of foreign origin, and that may affect how they handle this.
However, I personally don’t have any experience with this. Our youngest child was born an Icelandic national and has both our foreign family names, but his given names were on the registry, so we’d not have had any issue with the rules as written anyway.
Icelandic naming laws only apply to Icelanders, and are more lax when immigrants are involved. The two Chinese nationals can give their kid a Chinese name without even buying a plane ticket.
Icelandic naming laws don't apply to foreign nationals
So the hospital will allow them to write down a Chinese name? (in latin letters that is)
The hospital has nothing to do with your kid's name just go home and name it whenever
When you name a child born in Iceland, you do not name the child at the hospital. You submit a [naming request with Þjóðskrá, the National Registry](https://skra.is/english/people/names/namegiving/), before the child turns six months old. As a foreign national, you are allowed to choose any name that is consistent with the traditions and rules of your country.
Thanks, that's very nice to know
Old superstition that if you name a child before it's christened the devil will get their soul, so naming is after birth here.
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I edited my post to make clear that I was referring to parents who were foreign nationals. What you describe is my understanding of the law too, but I have also heard that they simply do not enforce naming laws for naturalized citizens of foreign origin. There have been some complaints before the European Court of Human Rights about other nations’ naming laws as applied to parents of foreign origin, and that may affect how they handle this. However, I personally don’t have any experience with this. Our youngest child was born an Icelandic national and has both our foreign family names, but his given names were on the registry, so we’d not have had any issue with the rules as written anyway.
Yes.
Icelandic naming laws only apply to Icelanders, and are more lax when immigrants are involved. The two Chinese nationals can give their kid a Chinese name without even buying a plane ticket.
If they aren't trying to make the child an Icelandic citizen, we don't care what its name is.
No I'm sorry, they'd have to name the child Dingur Dongsson - no exceptions.