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ESL / EFL Lesson Activity- "Girl" the Girl

A teenager from Iceland has no name because her name, Blaer, is not on the , or registry, of Icelandic names. In Iceland, parents have to their children from this government registry. Other countries, such as Germany and Denmark, also parents to choose names from a registry. The Icelandic list has 1,712 male names and 1,853 names. This means 15-year-old Blaer Bjarkardottir is known as “girl” on official documents as her certificate and passport.

Blaer’s mother, Bjork, her daughter Blaer because she knew that the name was in the list 1973. However it was off before Blaer was . Blaer’s mother is suing the government. Bjork said: "It seems like a human to be able to name your child what you want, if it doesn't harm your child in any way.” There are other when parents couldn’t name their children what they wanted. Children in Iceland cannot be names that with “c” because there is no “c” in the Icelandic alphabet.