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==Family names==
==Family names==
Traditionally, many Icelandic family names specify the person as being either male or female using the suffixes -son ("son") or -dóttir ("daughter"). Some nonbinary people change their surname to end in -bur or -barn, meaning "offspring" or "child". Alternatively, they may choose to drop the suffix altogether (for example, "Steinars" instead of "Steinarsson"/"Steinarsdóttir"/"Steinarsbur"). Currently, changing to a gender-neutral family name is only allowed for people who have their gender registered as "X".<ref name="Becker">{{Cite web |title=From Iceland — What's In A Name? Nonbinary People In Iceland Finding Their Voice |last=Becker |first=Linda |work=The Reykjavik Grapevine |date=17 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://grapevine.is/news/2021/05/17/whats-in-a-name-nonbinary-people-in-iceland-finding-their-voice/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128195703/https://grapevine.is/news/2021/05/17/whats-in-a-name-nonbinary-people-in-iceland-finding-their-voice/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
Traditionally, many Icelandic family names specify the person as being either male or female using the suffixes -son ("son") or -dóttir ("daughter"). Some nonbinary people change their surname to end in -bur or -barn, meaning "offspring" or "child". Alternatively, they may choose to drop the suffix altogether (for example, "Steinars" instead of "Steinarsson"/"Steinarsdóttir"/"Steinarsbur"). Currently, changing to a gender-neutral family name is only allowed for people who have their gender registered as "X".<ref name="Becker">{{Cite web |title=From Iceland — What's In A Name? Nonbinary People In Iceland Finding Their Voice |last=Becker |first=Linda |work=The Reykjavik Grapevine |date=17 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |url= https://grapevine.is/news/2021/05/17/whats-in-a-name-nonbinary-people-in-iceland-finding-their-voice/}}</ref>


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