Iceland teen known legally as 'girl' fights for right to name

[KungKras]

pezus said:

KungKras said:
But it was used to name a female character in litterature, right?

If Icelanders followed Laxness' way of writing, Icelandic would be an entirely different beast today . He wrote how he liked and didn't follow grammatical rules that much (even though he was a great writer), it just was his style.

I see.

Are all words either masculine or feminine in Icelandic, like in french? So everyone who hear the name will automatically think it's masculine?

I do think the meaning of the word is suitable for a feminine name though.