In Iceland banned the name Andrew : In the World : Vladim

Very popular among the Slavic peoples of the Greek name Andreas was banned by the government of Iceland. It was not able to get into the official register of names that are allowed to give children in Iceland. Request related to his introduction in the special national register was rejected in connection with the decision of the Icelandic state Committee for personal names.

Should start here with the fact that the population of the country is extremely small, only 335 thousand people, because the government pays special attention to the preservation of the purity of the language. Most foreign words, including many proper names are not directly borrow, and try to invest in a new form, conforming to the norms and rules of the language.

In Iceland the names of newborns choose to be exclusively approved by the state Committee list, which creates some difficulties for the move to live in a country of foreigners. An exception may be made only if the father and mother born in Iceland of the child are not citizens of the country.

Andrey was dismissed because of his writing. The end of “Andrej” does not conform to the Icelandic language. In conclusion, the Committee notes that the transfer of the necessary sound the spelling of the name would you like Andrey or Andrei.