<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>"A 15-year-old Icelandic
girl has won the right to use the name given her by her mother, after a
court battle against the authorities.</div><p>Blaer Bjarkardottir will now be able to use her first name, which means "light breeze", officially.</p><p>Icelandic authorities had objected, saying it was not a proper feminine name.</p><p>The country has very strict laws on names which must fit Icelandic grammar and pronunciation rules". </p><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21280101">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21280101</a></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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