my name is

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

my name is

1. 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 ...လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။ (kywantau ...luihkaupatai||) (male speaker), ကျွန်မ ...လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။ (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: 我わが叫さけべ…… (ngo⁵ giu³ ...)

  Hokkien: 我わが叫さけべ做…… (góa kiò-chòe ... / góa kiò-chò ...), 我わが號ごう做……／我わが号ごう做…… (góa hō-chòe ... / góa hō-chò ...), 我わが名めい做…… (góa miâ-chòe ...), 我わが兮名な是これ…… (góa ê miâ sī ... / góa ê miâ sǐ ...)

  Mandarin: 我わが叫さけべ…… (wǒ jiào ...), 我わが的てき名字みょうじ是これ…… (wǒ de míngzi shì ...)

  Wu: 我わが叫さけべ……

• 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: τたうοおみくろん όνομά μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん 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: 私わたしは……です (わたしは……です, watashi wa ... desu), 名前なまえは……です (なまえは……です, namae wa ... desu), ……といいます (... to iimasu), ……と申もうします (... 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: 我わがんねー……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: ผมชื่อ...ครับ (pǒm chʉ̂ʉ ... kráp) (male speaker), ดิฉันชื่อ...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-