Guðmundsdóttir is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning ''daughter of

Guðmundur Guðmundur (), sometimes rendered as Gudmundur, is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur. The Icelandic surname Guðmundsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. Guðmundsdóttir is a patronymic s ...

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Icelandic name Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) o ...

s, the name is not strictly a surname, but a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

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Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, and eccentric public per ...

Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965), full name of Icelandic art-pop musician Björk * Fríða Dís Guðmundsdóttir (born 1987), Icelandic musician and blues singer * Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir (born 1940), Icelandic politician, government minister, member of the Althing (1989–2007) * Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855), Icelandic poet * Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir (born 1995), Icelandic football player

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