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Originally Posted by whswhs
...So I have Bengta Gannet (Scandinavian)
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The Northern germanic languages are sometimes quite similar, but Icelandic names differ quite a lot from other Scandinavian names. Bengta is a quite uncommon female name, originating from Benedicta in Latin. Gannet does not sound like a Scandinavian name to me at all, but I might be wrong. (I am a Dane born in Sweden, now with dual Swedish and Danish citizenships, for the record)
On the topic of names: a rather prolific swedish RPG author once named the chief of a clan or tribe after... an Icecream (Sw. "Storstruten"). =)