My parents actually named my sister Eyjafjallajokull.
ROFL. Great. Hilarious. First good laugh of the day. Thanks.
“my sister Eyjafjallajokull.”
Was she bitten by a moose?
Why then not in english:
Eyja-fjalla-jökull
islands-mountains-glacier
The name basically means it is the glacier on top of Eyjafjöll, which is the name of the mountain range, which incidentally means mountains of islands. I am not sure though where the name comes from, but at settlement the lowlands in the south of Iceland were far less than today (having been extended by flooding and rivers carrying mud) and some of the mountains may have been islands at the time. Also the Vestmann-islands are south of them.
I hope your sister is happy with her name, it is a beutiful one ;)
“My parents actually named my sister Eyjafjallajokull.”
My middle name is “Eyjafjallajokull!”