Icelandic court says teenager can keep her name.

Iceland is quirky. See: Bjork, fermented fish, little actual ice comparative to name.

Icelandic law requires names for new babies adhere to Icelandic grammar and punctuation rules, including gender basics. These baby name rules also apply to the Icelandic alphabet, which doesn't include the letter C found commonly in many western languages. Want to name your baby girl Christina? Ain't happening.

What about Blaer for a newborn girl? Seems vowel-centric enough for Iceland, as if it's missing a consonant somewhere in the middle. Should be great! But, nooo. Icelandic law says the name Blaer is against the law, as it takes on the masculine grammatical form in the Icelandic language.

It became a banned name for baby girls.

This was all a headache for Bjork Eidstottir (less musically screamy than the Bjork you're thinking of), a renegade mother in Iceland who has no appreciation for laws or grammatical rules. She named her daughter Blaer fifteen years ago--back when Bill Clinton was president, yo!--but Icelandic officials said the name Blaer wasn't on the rolls of officially approved monnikers. So Bjork Eidstottir sued the Icelandic government to name her daughter what she wants.

After years and years and years of haggling--a time during which Blaer officially went by the name 'Girl' on Icelandic governmental forms--Bjork Eidstottir won. She's now allowed to name her daughter a word not officially on Icelandic naming rolls.

Girl is now Blaer.

Cue the musical capping to this whole shenanigan:

photo: AP