my name is

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

my name is

A common way to identify oneself.

Related terms

what is your name?

Translations

a way to identify oneself

Abkhaz: ... сыхьӡуп (... səxʲdzupʼ)
Afrikaans: my naam is (af)
Albanian: unë quhem..., më quajnë...
Alutiiq: atqa ...
American Sign Language: MY + NAME + (fingerspell name)
Amharic: የኔ ስም ... ነው (yäne səm ... näw)
Apache:
Jicarilla: shíí ... shíízhii
Arabic: اِسْمِي ... (ismī ...)
Egyptian Arabic: اسمي ... (ismī ...)
Armenian: անունս... է (anuns... ē)
Assamese: মোৰ নাম ... (mür nam ...)
Asturian: llámome ... el mio nome ye ...
Azerbaijani: mənim adım ...
Basque: ... dut izena
Belarusian: мяне́ клі́чуць ... (mjanjé klíčucʹ ...)
Bengali: আমার নাম ... (amar nam ...)
Bikol Central: ako si
Bookan: ngaran ku poyo i ...
Bulgarian: ка́звам се ... (kázvam se ...), мое́то и́ме е ... (moéto íme e ...), аз съм ... (az sǎm ...)
Burmese: ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် ...ပါ။ (kywantau. namany ...pa||) (male speaker), ကျွန်မ နာမည် ...ပါ။ (kywanma. namany ...pa||) (female speaker), ကျွန်တော် ...လို ခေါ်ပါ တယ်။ (kywantau ...luihkaupatai||) (male speaker), ကျွန်မ ...လို ခေါ်ပါ တယ်။ (kywanma. ...luihkaupatai||) (female speaker)
Catalan: em dic, em diuen
Chechen: сан цӏе ... ю (san cʼe ... ju)
Cherokee: ... ᏓᏆᏙᎠ (... daquadoa)
Chichewa: dzina langa ndi ...
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我叫…… (ngo⁵ giu³ ...)

Hokkien: 我叫做…… (góa kiò-chòe ... / góa kiò-chò ...), 我號做……／我号做…… (góa hō-chòe ... / góa hō-chò ...), 我名做…… (góa miâ-chòe ...), 我兮名是…… (góa ê miâ sī ... / góa ê miâ sǐ ...)

Mandarin: 我叫…… (wǒ jiào ...), 我的名字是…… (wǒ de míngzi shì ...)

Wu: 我叫……
Choctaw: sa-hohchifo yat...
Comox: kʷətᶿnan
Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ... ⲡⲉ. (pekran ... pe.)
Corsican: mi chjamu
Czech: jmenuji se ...
Danish: jeg hedder ... (da)
Dena'ina: sh'izhi ... hdilan
Dutch: ik heet..., mijn naam is...
Esperanto: mia nomo estas, mi nomiĝas
Estonian: minu nimi on ...
Faroese: eg eiti
Finnish: nimeni on ...
French: je m’appelle ..., mon nom est ...
Galician: chámome ...
Garifuna: an ... nínibai
Georgian: ჩემი სახელია... (čemi saxelia...), მე მქვია ... (me mkvia ...)
German: ich heiße ..., mein Name ist ...
Greek: το όνομά μου είναι (to ónomá mou eínai)
Gujarati: મારુ નામ ... છે (māru nām ... che)
Hawaiian: ʻo ... koʻu inoa
Hebrew: (informally) ...קוראים לי (kor'im li ...) (They call me ...), (polite, uncommon) ...שמי (shmi ...) (My name is ...)
Hindi: मेरा नाम ... है (merā nām ... hai)
Hungarian: …(-nak/-nek) hívnak (literally “They call me ...”), a nevem …
Icelandic: ég heiti
Ido: me nomesas...
Ilocano: siak ket
Indonesian: nama saya
Ingrian: minnua kutsutaa …
Irish: is mise ...
Italian: mi chiamo ..., il mio nome è ...
Japanese: 私は……です (わたしは……です, watashi wa ... desu), 名前は……です (なまえは……です, namae wa ... desu), ……といいます (... to iimasu), ……と申します (... to mōshimasu) (very formal)
Jingpho: ngai na mying gaw ... re, ngai na shaga mying gaw ... re, nye mying gaw ... re
Kalmyk: мини нерн ... (mini nern ...)
Kannada: ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ... (nanna hesaru ...)
Kapampangan: aku i ..., yaku i ... pala, i ... pala, ... pala ing lagyu ku
Kazakh: менің атым ... (menıñ atym ...)
Khmer: ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ... (khñom chmŭəh ...)
Komi-Zyrian: менам нимӧй... (menam ńimöj...)
Korean: 저는 ...이라고 합니다 (jeo-neun ...irago hamnida), 저는 ...입니다 (jeo-neun ...imnida), 제 이름은 ...입니다 (je ireum-eun ...imnida), 제 이름은 ...예요 (je ireum-eun ...yeyo) (name ending in a vowel), 제 이름은 ...이에요 (je ireum-eun ...ieyo) (name ending in a consonant), 내 이름은 ...야 (nae ireum-eun ...ya) (casual)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ناوم ... ە (nawm ... e)
Lakota: ... emáčiyapi
Lao: ຂ້ອຍຊື່... (khǭi sư̄...)
Latin: mihi nōmen ... est, me vocor, mihi vocor
Latvian: mani sauc (lv)
Limburgish: ich heit...
Lithuanian: mano vardas ...
Low German:
German Low German: ik heet ..., mien Naam is ...
Luxembourgish: Ech heeschen..., Mäin Numm ass...
Macanese: iou chomâ...
Macedonian: се викам (se vikam), моето име е... (moeto ime e...), јас сум... (jas sum...)
Malay: nama saya ialah..., nama saya...
Maltese: jisimni...
Maori: ko ... ahau, ko … taku ingoa
Marathi: माझं नाव ... आहे (mājha nāv ... āhe)
Marshallese: eta in...
Mòcheno: i hoas me ...
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: миний нэр ... (minii ner ...)
Navajo: yinishyé
Nepali: मेरो नाम ... हो (mero nām ... ho)
Ngazidja Comorian: mi uparwa...
Nootka: ʔukłaasiš ...
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} ам намум... (am namum...)
Northern Sami: mū namma lea
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jeg heter ..., mitt navn er ...

Nynorsk: eg heiter ..., mitt namn er ...
Occitan: me dison ..., me soni ..., m'apèli ...
Ojibwe: ... nindizhinikaaz
Okinawan: 我んねー……やいびーん (わんねー……やいびーん, wan nee ... yaibiin)
Old English: iċ hātte ...
Old Norse: ek heit
Ossetian: мӕ ном хуыйны ... (mæ nom x°yjny ...)
Palauan: a ngklek a...
Pashto: زما نوم ... دى
Persian: اِسْمِ مَن ... اَسْت (esm-e man ... ast) (formal), اِسْمَم ...ـِه (esmam ...-e) (informal)
Polish: mam na imię ... (+first name), nazywam się ... (+first name and surname)
Portuguese: chamo-me ..., (Brazil) me chamo ..., meu nome é ...
Potawatomi: ... ndezhnekas
Punjabi: ਮੇਰਾ ਨਾਂ ... ਹੈ / میرا ناں ... ہَے (merā nāṉ ... hai)
Quechua: please add this translation if you can
Romani: mirro nav si...
Romanian: mă numesc ..., numele meu este ..., pe mine mă cheamă ...
Russian: меня́ зову́т ... (menjá zovút ...), моё и́мя ... (mojó ímja ...) (less common), я ... (ru) (ja ...)
Samoan: o (sm) lou igoa o (sm)
Sanskrit: मम नाम ... (mama nāma ...)
Semai: muh eng ...
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зовем се, ја сам, моје име је, име ми је

Roman: zovem se (sh), ja sam, moje ime je, ime mi je
Sinhalese: මගේ නම... (magē nama...)
Slovak: volám sa ...
Slovene: ime mi je ...
Snohomish: ...ti dsdaʔ (male speaker), ...tsi dsdaʔ (female speaker)
Southern Altai: мениҥ адым... (meniŋ adïm...)
Spanish: me llamo ..., mi nombre es ...
Swahili: jina langu ni, naitwa
Swedish: jag heter ..., mitt namn är ...
Sylheti: ꠝꠞ ꠘꠣꠝ ... (mor nam ...)
Tagalog: ako si
Tajik: номи ман... (nom-i man...)
Tamil: என் பெயர்... (eṉ peyar...)
Tatar: минем исемем ... (minem isemem ...)
Telugu: నా పేరు (nā pēru)
Tetum: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ผม ชื่อ...ครับ (pǒm chʉ̂ʉ ... kráp) (male speaker), ดิฉัน ชื่อ...ค่ะ (dì-chǎn chʉ̂ʉ ... kâ) (female speaker)
Tok Pisin: nem bilong mi i...
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: adım (tr), ben (tr), benim adım, benim ismim, ismim
Turkmen: meniň adym ...
Tuvan: мээң адым... (meeñ adım...)
Udmurt: мынам нимы... (mynam ńimy...)
Ukrainian: мене́ зва́ти ... (mené zváty ...)
Urdu: میرا نام ... ہَے (merā nām ... hai)
Uzbek: mening ismim ...
Vietnamese: tên tôi là ... (tôi varies according to audience), tôi tên là ...
Welsh: ... ydw i, .... ydy f'enw i
West Coast Bajau: oron ku ...
West Frisian: ik hjit, myn namme is ...
Wiradjuri: Yuwin ngadhi...
Xhosa: igama lam ngu ...
Yiddish: איך הייס... (ikh heys...), מײַן נאָמען איז ... (mayn nomen iz ...)
Yucatec Maya: in kʼaabaʼeʼ ...
Yup'ik: wiinga atqa ...
Zulu: igama lami ngu-