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What is your name? in 36 languages
Asking someone their name is a polite opening in nearly every culture, but the formal and informal forms differ.
| Language | In its own writing | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| SpanishLatin | ¿Cómo te llamas? | |
| FrenchLatin | Comment tu t'appelles ? | |
| ItalianLatin | Come ti chiami? | |
| PortugueseLatin | Qual é o seu nome? | |
| RomanianLatin | Cum te cheamă? | |
| GermanLatin | Wie heißt du? | |
| DutchLatin | Hoe heet je? | |
| SwedishLatin | Vad heter du? | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål)Latin | Hva heter du? | |
| DanishLatin | Hvad hedder du? | |
| WelshLatin | Beth ydy dy enw di? | |
| PolishLatin | Jak masz na imię? | |
| CzechLatin | Jak se jmenuješ? | |
| HungarianLatin | Mi a neved? | |
| FinnishLatin | Mikä sinun nimesi on? | |
| GreekGreek | Πώς σε λένε; | Pos se lene? |
| TurkishLatin | Adın ne? | |
| RussianCyrillic | Как тебя зовут? | Kak tebya zovut? |
| UkrainianCyrillic | Як тебе звати? | Yak tebe zvaty? |
| Arabic (Modern Standard)Arabic script | ما اسمك؟ | ma ismuk? |
| HebrewHebrew | איך קוראים לך? | eich kor'im lecha? |
| Persian (Farsi)Arabic script | اسم شما چیست؟ | esm-e shoma chist? |
| HindiDevanagari | आपका नाम क्या है? | aapka naam kya hai? |
| BengaliBengali | আপনার নাম কী? | apnar nam ki? |
| UrduArabic script | آپ کا نام کیا ہے؟ | aap ka naam kya hai? |
| TamilTamil | உங்கள் பெயர் என்ன? | ungal peyar enna? |
| Mandarin Chinese (Simplified)Chinese characters (Simplified) | 你叫什么名字？ | nǐ jiào shén me míng zì? |
| JapaneseJapanese (kanji and kana) | お名前は何ですか？ | o namae wa nan desu ka? |
| KoreanHangul | 이름이 뭐예요? | ireumi mwoyeyo? |
| ThaiThai | คุณชื่ออะไร | khun chue arai |
| VietnameseLatin | Bạn tên là gì? | |
| IndonesianLatin | Siapa namamu? | |
| Tagalog (Filipino)Latin | Ano ang pangalan mo? | |
| SwahiliLatin | Jina lako nani? | |
| ZuluLatin | Ungubani igama lakho? | |
| AfrikaansLatin | Wat is jou naam? |
Romanisation is a guide to the sounds. The speaker button appears only when your device has a voice for that language; computer voices may not sound like a native speaker. Phrases are cross-checked against independent sources but still await a native-speaker review.
About "What is your name?"
Languages with a formal and informal you, such as French, German, Spanish, Russian and Hindi, use different question forms. Japanese often avoids the word "you" and asks お名前は?, meaning "your name?".
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Use the polite form with older people and strangers. Many speakers will switch to the informal form themselves once they are comfortable.
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How do you say "What is your name?" in different languages?
There are 36 languages on this page. For example: ¿Cómo te llamas? (Spanish), Comment tu t'appelles ? (French), Come ti chiami? (Italian), Qual é o seu nome? (Portuguese), Cum te cheamă? (Romanian).
Are these translations checked?
Each phrase is written by us and published only when at least two independent sources agree. Native-speaker review is still to come; phrases that could not be confirmed twice are left out.