Most countries of the world have alternative names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all nations, countries and sovereign states.
This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real" or "correct" name of any country is or was. Countries are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by the current official name and then variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in..."?.
Bosnia-Erzegovina (Italian), Bosznia és Hercegovina (Hungarian), Bósnia-Herzegovina (Portuguese), Bośnia i Hercegowina (Polish), Bosnia y Herzegovina (Spanish), Bosnie-Herzégovine (French), Bosnien und Herzegowina or Bosnien-Herzegowina (German)
An Fhrainc (Irish), Ffrainc (Welsh), França (Portuguese), France (French), Francia (Italian, Spanish), Franciaország (Hungarian), Francie (Czech), Francio (Esperanto), Francja (Polish), Francuska (Croatian), Frankreich (German), Frankrig (Danish), Frankrijk (Dutch), Frankrike (Swedish), Prankūzija (Lithuanian), Ranska (Finnish)
Alemanha (Portuguese), Alemania (Spanish), Allemagne (French), Almānīya (Arabic), An Ghearmáin (Irish), Deutschland (German), Duitsland (Dutch), Germania (Italian, Latin), Germanio (Esperanto), Německo (Czech), Németország (Hungarian), Niemcy (Polish), Njemačka (Croatian), Saksa (Finnish), Tyskland (Danish, Swedish), Vokietija (Lithuanian), Yr Almaen (Welsh)
Éire (Irish), Ierland (Dutch), Irland (German), Irlanda (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Irlande (French), Irlandia (Polish), Írország (Hungarian), Iwerddon (Welsh) Note: The country has been partitioned between two states: Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Moldavia (Italian, and former English), Moldavia or Moldova (Spanish), Moldavie (French), Mołdawia or Mołdowa (Polish), Moldawien (German), Moldova (Hungarian), Moldova or Moldávia (Portuguese)
Serbia e Montenegro (Italian), Serbia i Czarnogóra (Polish), Serbia y Montenegro (Spanish), Serbie-et-Monténégro (French), Serbien und Montenegro (German), Sérvia e Montenegro (Portuguese), Szerbia és Montenegró (Hungarian)
An Ríocht Aontaithe (Irish), Egyesült Királyság (Hungarian), Regno Unito (Italian), Reino Unido (Portuguese, Spanish), Royaume-Uni (French), Vereinigtes Königreich (German), Zjednoczone Królestwo (Polish)
An Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn mu Thuath (Scottish Gaelic), Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord (Italian), Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte (Portuguese), Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (Spanish), Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann (Irish), Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (French), Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon (Welsh), Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland (Scots/Lallans), Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland (German), Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej (Polish)
Estados Unidos (Portuguese, Spanish), États-Unis (French), Na Stáit Aontaithe (Irish), Stany Zjednoczone (Polish), Stati Uniti (Italian), Vereinigte Staaten (German)
Estados Unidos da América (Portuguese), Estados Unidos de América (Spanish), États-Unis d'Amérique (French), Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki (Polish), Stati Uniti d'America (Italian), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (German)