Brian Shanahan Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Just passed through my head there a minute ago. Do Icelandic regen sons follow the naming scheme from IRL? For example if I, as a hypothetical Icelandic national, have a son in the game does his surname become Briansson? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 No, the game doesn't code for it. Also, the traditional Icelandic naming scheme is gradually becoming replaced with the Western one- Eidur Gudjohnsen's father was Arnór Gudjohnsen, for example, not Gudjohn Briansson- so there isn't really a need to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Pity about that, in both respects. It was a nice tradition while it lasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Definitely. They still sort the phone book by first name though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 No, the game doesn't code for it. Also, the traditional Icelandic naming scheme is gradually becoming replaced with the Western one- Eidur Gudjohnsen's father was Arnór Gudjohnsen, for example, not Gudjohn Briansson- so there isn't really a need to. I dont really know where you got that from, we still use (Father's name)-son for naming, and sometimes the mother's name. But there is a tradition to have only about 3 name for females and males born in the family and name every child with one of those 3 names, example in my family Torfi, Ólafur and Guðmundur is used for most males born. But this tradition is fading away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I dont really know where you got that from, we still use (Father's name)-son for naming, and sometimes the mother's name. So it's still being used, yay! (I like things like this little uniquenesses). I'm guessing father for sons, and mother for daughters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 So it's still being used, yay! (I like things like this little uniquenesses). I'm guessing father for sons, and mother for daughters. No its not like that The child [male or female] is almost always named after the father's first name. But if a child is born outside of a relationship and the father wont be in the child's life he is named after the mother. Because the last name is basically saying: for males "Brians's son" when it's Briansson. Or for females "Briand's Daughter" when its Briansdóttir Example: so if Jude had a son with no father in the picture, she would name him John Judesson. Or Sara Judesdóttir if she had a girl. FM fact: There are two female staffs in FM11, just look up "dóttir" and all the hits with that are females, since only females can get the "dóttir" end in their name. And one of them is not defined as a female in game I'm bad at explaining but I hope it helps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
endtime Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I used to get male regens with the surname "Jonsdottir" in old FMs. I think it's been fixed since then though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I used to get male regens with the surname "Jonsdottir" in old FMs. I think it's been fixed since then though Yeah I searched "dottir" in my FM10 and found like 7 Jónsdóttir names. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks Tyler. Nice to know the actual mechanics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I dont really know where you got that from, we still use (Father's name)-son for naming, and sometimes the mother's name. I know your traditional one is still prevalent, but I know of a few cases where that doesn't exist (as I said, the most famous Icelander doesn't follow that scheme). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I know your traditional one is still prevalent, but I know of a few cases where that doesn't exist (as I said, the most famous Icelander doesn't follow that scheme). Yeah some families do use the same last name for all of the people born in it. But many of them dont come from Iceland, such as Kjærnested, Hermansen and as you pointed out, Gudjohnsen. And some families name all the children with the same middle name, called "family names" example: Laxdal, Laufdal, Bergland ect. And unofficially they use it as a last name, but by law the last name cannot be a "family name" so they have x-sson in their name but never use it. But its not being "replaced" but more like an inside family tradition. Looking at Eiður's family tree, his great grandfather also has the name ending with Guðjohnsen So its 1941: Eiður Guðjohnsen 1961: Arnór Guðjohnsen 1978: Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen I honestly dont know why they are allowed to use that as a last name though. Edit: Its an accepted family name by the state, thats why they can use it as a last name. I always learn something new Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.