what is your name

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what is your name?

Used to ask the name of a person.
- 1854, Gustave Chouquet, Easy Conversations in French‎, page 9:
  What is your name? — My name is Mary. — A pretty name. — It is my mother's name. — Indeed!

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what's your name?

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what is your name?

Abkhaz: иухьӡузеи? (iwxʲdzuzej?), ибыхьӡузеи? (ibəxʲdzuzej?)
Afar: kú migáq íyyay
Afrikaans: wat is jou naam? (af)
Albanian: si quheni? (formal), si quhesh? (informal)
American Sign Language: NAME + YOU?
Amharic: ስምህ፡ማን፡ነው (səməh man näw) (to a male), ስምሽ፡ማን፡ነው (səməš man näw) (to a female)
Apache:
Western Apache: daahúoye
Arabic: (to a male) مَا ٱسْمُكَ؟ (mā smuka?), (to a female) مَا ٱسْمُكِ؟ (mā smuki?)
Egyptian Arabic: (to a male) اسمك ايه؟ (ismak ē?), (to a female) اسمك ايه؟ (ismik ē?)

Iraqi Arabic: (to a male) شسمك؟ (šismek?), (to a female) شسمچ؟ (šismič?)

Moroccan Arabic: شنو اسميتك؟ (šnu smiyytek, šnu smiyytak) (to a male), شنو اسميتك؟ (šnu smiyytki, šnu smiyyetki) (to a female), شنو سماك الله؟ (šnu sammāk ellāh) (to a male), شنو سماك الله؟ (šnu sammāki llāh) (to a female)

North Levantine Arabic: (to a male) شو اسمك؟ (šū ismak?), (to a female) شو اسمك؟ (šū ismik?), (to a male) أيش اسمك؟ (ʔēš ismak?), (to a female) أيش اسمك؟ (ʔēš ismik?)
Armenian: անունդ ի՞նչ է (anund i^?nčʻ ē) (informal), ի՞նչ է Ձեր անունը (i^?nčʻ ē Jer anunə) (formal)
Asturian: cómo te llames
Azerbaijani: adınız nədir? (formal), adın nə? (informal)
Basque: nola izena duzu?, zein da zure izena?
Belarusian: як цябе́ клі́чуць? (jak cjabjé klíčucʹ?) (informal), як вас заву́ць? (jak vas zavúcʹ?) (formal)
Bengali: (formal) আপনার নাম কী? (apnar nam ki?), (familiar) তোমার নাম কী? (bn) (tōmar nam ki?), (informal) তোর নাম কী? (tōr nam ki?)
Bikol Central: ano tabi an pangaran mo (formal) ano an pangaran mo (formal)
Bookan: asai ngaran mu?
Bulgarian: как се ка́зваш? (kak se kázvaš?) (informal), как се ка́звате? (kak se kázvate?) (formal)
Burmese: ခင်ဗျား နာမည် ဘယ်လို ခေါ်သ လဲ။ (hkangbya: namany bhailui hkausa.lai:||) (said by a man), ရှင် နာမည် ဘယ်လို ခေါ်သ လဲ။ (hrang namany bhailui hkausa.lai:||) (said by a woman)
Catalan: com et dius? (informal), com es diu? (formal), com et diuen? (informal), com li diuen? (formal)
Cebuano: kinsa imong pangalan, unsa imong ngalan
Chechen: хьан цӏе хӏу ю? (ḥʳan cʼe hu ju?)
Cherokee: ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (gado detsadoa?)
Chichewa: dzina lanu ndani?
Chinese:
Cantonese: 你叫咩名呀？ (nei⁵ giu³ me¹ meng^4-2 aa³?)

Hokkien: 你叫啥物名？ (Lí kiò siáⁿ-mi̍h miâ?)

Mandarin: 你叫什麼名字？／你叫什么名字？ (nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?) (informal), 你怎麼稱呼？／你怎么称呼？ (nǐ zěnme chēnghu?), 您貴姓？／您贵姓？ (nín guìxìng?) (formal, polite, used when asking for family name)

Wu: 儂叫啥名字啊？／侬叫啥名字啊？
Choctaw: chi-hohchifo yat naⁿta?
Chuvash: сана мӗнле ҫенӗҫе? (sana mĕnle ś̬enĕś̬e?)
Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ? (nim pe pekran?) (Bohairic)
Crimean Tatar: adıñız ne? (formal), adıñ ne? (informal)
Czech: jak se jmenuješ? (informal), jak se jmenujete? (formal)
Danish: hvad hedder du? (da) (formal), hvad hedder De? (rare, very formal)
Dutch: hoe heet u? (formal), hoe heet jij? (informal), wat is uw naam? (formal), wat is je naam? (informal), wat is jouw naam? (informal)
Esperanto: kio estas via nomo?, kiel vi nomiĝas?
Estonian: mis su nimi on? (informal), kuidas teie nimi on? (formal)
Extremaduran: ¿cómu se llama usté? (formal), ¿cómu te llamas? (informal)
Faroese: hvussu eita tygum? (very formal), hvussu eitur tú? (informal)
Finnish: mikä teidän nimenne on? (formal), mikä sinun nimesi on? (casual)
French: comment vous appelez-vous ? (formal), comment t’appelles-tu ? (casual), quel est votre nom ? (formal), quel est ton nom ? (informal)
Galician: como se chama?
Georgian: რა გქვიათ? (ra gkviat?), რა გქვია? (ra gkvia?)
German: wie heißen Sie? (formal), wie heißt du? (casual), was ist Ihr Name? (formal), was ist dein Name? (informal)
Greek: πώς σε λένε; (pós se léne?)
Gujarati: તમારુ નામ શું છે ? (tamāru nām śũ che ?) (formal), તારુ નામ શું છે ? (tāru nām śũ che ?) (casual)
Hawaiian: ʻo wai kou inoa?
Hebrew: מה שמך? (má shim'khá?) איך קוראים לך? (éykh kor'ím l'khá?) (to a man), מה שמך? (má sh'mékh?) איך קוראים לך? (éykh kor'ím lákh?) (to a woman)
Hiligaynon: ano imo ngalan?
Hindi: आपका नाम क्या है? (āpkā nām kyā hai?) (formal), तुम्हारा नाम क्या है? (tumhārā nām kyā hai?) (casual), तेरा नाम क्या है? (terā nām kyā hai?) (informal, possibly offensive)
Hungarian: hogy hívják? (formal), hogy hívnak? (informal)
Icelandic: hvað heitir þú? (formal), hvað heitirðu? (informal)
Ido: quale vu nomesas?
Indonesian: Siapa namamu?, (colloquial) Siapa namanya?
Ingrian: kuin sinnua kutsutaa
Irish: cén t-ainm atá ort? (Connacht), cad is ainm duit? (Musnter), c'ainm atá ort (Ulster)
Italian: come si chiama? (formal), come ti chiami? (casual), qual è il tuo nome? (casual), qual è il suo nome? (formal)
Ivatan: angu ngaran mo?
Japanese: お名前は何ですか (おなまえはなんですか, o-namae wa nan desu ka?), お名前は？ (おなまえは？, o-namae wa?) (informal)
Jeju: 일름이 무신거우꽈? (illeumi musin'geoukkwa?) (polite), 느 일름 무시거? (neu illeum musigeo?) (very casual)
Jingpho: na a mying hpa ta?
Kannada: ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರೇನು? (nimma hesarēnu?) (formal), ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರೇನು? (ninna hesarēnu?) (casual)
Kapampangan: nanu ya ing lagyu mu, nanu kang lagyu
Karachay-Balkar: атынг къалайды сени? (atıñ qalaydı seni?)
Kazakh: сіздің атыңыз кім? (sızdıñ atyñyz kım?)
Khakas: синің адың кем? (sinìñ adıñ kem?), адың синің кемдір? (adıñ sinìñ kemdìr?)
Khmer: ឈ្មោះ អី? (chmŭəh ʼəy?), ឈ្មោះ អ្វី? (chmŭəh ʼaʼvəy?), តើ អ្នក ឈ្មោះ អ្វី? (taə nĕək chmŭəh ʼaʼvəy?)
Korean: 성함이 어떻게 되세요? (seongham-i eotteoke doeseyo?) (formal), 이름이 무엇입니까? (ireum-i mueos-imnikka?), 이름이 뭐예요? (ireum-i mwo-yeyo?), 너 이름이 뭐니? (neo ireum-i mwo-ni?) (casual, to a younger person)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ناوت چیە؟ (nawt çye?) ناوی تۆ چیە؟ (nawî to çye?)
Kyrgyz: сенин атың ким? (senin atıŋ kim?)
Lakota: táku eníčiyapi he?
Lao: ເຈົ້າຊື່ຫຍັງ (chao sư̄ nyang)
Latin: quod nomen tibi est?
Laz: მუ გჯოხონს? (mu gcoxons?)
Low German:
German Low German: woans heet Se? (formal), woans heetst du? (informal), wo heet Se? (formal), wo heetst du? (informal), wat is Ehr Naam? (formal), wat is dien Naam? (informal)
Luhya: please add this translation if you can
Lule Sami: mij la duv namma
Macedonian: како се викаш? (kako se vikaš?) (informal), како се викате? (kako se vikate?) (formal)
Malay: siapa nama anda? (formal), siapa nama kamu? (informal), siapa nama awak? (casual)
Malayalam: എന്താണ് നിന്റെ പേര്? (entāṇŭ ninṟe pērŭ?)
Maori: ko wai tō ingoa?
Mapudungun: iney pingeymi am
Marathi: आपले नाव काय? (āple nāv kāy?), तुझं नाव काय आहे? (tujha nāv kāy āhe?), तुमचं नाव काय आहे? (tumca nāv kāy āhe?), तुझं नाव काय? (tujha nāv kāy?), तुमचं नाव काय? (tumca nāv kāy?)
Marshallese: Etam̧?
Mòcheno: bia hoast ir? (polite)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: таны нэр хэн бэ? (tany ner xen be?)
Navajo: daash yinílyé?, haash yinílyé?
Nepali: तिम्रो नाम के हो? (timro nām ke ho?)
Ngazidja Comorian: we uparwa nɗo ?
Northern Sami: mii dū namma lea?
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hva heter du?

Nynorsk: kva heter du?
Occitan: cossí vos dison ?, cossí vos sonatz ?
Ojibwe: aaniin ezhinikaazoyan?
Old English: hū hǣtst þū?, hū hāttest þū?
Old Tupi: marãpe nde rera?
Ossetian: дӕ ном куыд у? (dæ nom k°yd u?), дӕ ном цы хуыйны? (dæ nom cy x°yjny?)
Pashto: ستا نون څه؟
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اِسْمِ شُما چیسْت؟ (esm-e šomâ čist?), اِسْمِت چِیِه؟ (esmet čiye?) (informal)
Polish: jak się nazywasz? (informal), jak masz na imię? (informal), jak się Pan nazywa? (formal, to a man), jak się Pani nazywa? (formal, to a woman), jak ma Pan na imię? (formal, to a man), jak ma Pani na imię? (formal, to a woman)
Portuguese: qual é o teu nome?, qual é o seu nome? (Brazil), como te chamas?, como você se chama? (Brazil)
Potawatomi: ni je ezh ne kas yen?
Punjabi: ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā nām kī hai?) (polite), ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਹੈ? (terā nām kī hai?) (informal)
Romani: savo si tiro nav? (informal), savo si tumaro nav? (formal)
Romanian: cum vă numiți? (formal), cum te numești? (informal), cum te cheamă? (informal)
Russian: как тебя́ зову́т (kak tebjá zovút)? (informal), как вас зову́т (kak vas zovút)? (formal)
Samoan: ʻo ai lou igoa?
Sanskrit: भवतः नाम किम्? (bhavataḥ nāma kim?) (formal), तव नाम किम्? (tava nāma kim?) (casual)
Scottish Gaelic: dè 'n t-ainm a tha ort? (informal), dè 'n t-ainm a tha oirbh? (formal)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: како се зовеш? (informal), како се зовете? (formal)

Roman: kako se zoveš? (informal), kako se zovete? (formal)
Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ නම මොකක්ද? (oyāgē nama mokakda?)
Slovak: ako sa voláš? (informal), ako sa voláte? (formal)
Slovene: kako ti je ime? (informal), kako vam je ime? (formal)
Sotho: lebitso la hao u mang? (family name), fane ea hao ke mang? (given name)
Spanish: ¿cómo se llama usted? (formal), ¿cómo te llamas? (casual), ¿cuál es su nombre?, ¿cuál es tu nombre?
Svan: მა̈ჲ ჯაჟხა? (mäy ǯažxa?)
Swahili: jina lako nani?
Swedish: vad heter du? (informal), vad är ditt namn? (formal), vad är Ert namn? (very formal)
Tagalog: ano po ang pangalan nila? (formal), ano ang pangalan mo? (informal)
Tajik: номи шумо чист? (nomi šumo čist?), исми шумо чист? (ismi šumo čist?)
Tamil: உங்க பெயர் என்ன? (uṅka peyar eṉṉa?)
Tatar: синең исемең ничек? (sineñ isemeñ niçek?) (informal), сезнең исемегез ничек? (sezneñ isemegez niçek?) (formal)
Telugu: మీ పేరు ఏమిటి (mī pēru ēmiṭi), నీ పేరు ఏమిటి (nī pēru ēmiṭi)
Tetum: please add this translation if you can
Thai: คุณชื่ออะไรครับ (kun chʉ̂ʉ à-rai kráp) (male speaker), คุณชื่ออะไรคะ (kun chʉ̂ʉ à-rai ká) (female speaker)
Tibetan: ཁྱེད་རང་གི་མཚན་ལ་ག་རེ་ཞུ་གི་ཡོད། (khyed rang gi mtshan la ga re zhu gi yod) (honorific), ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་མིང་ལ་ག་རེ་ཟེར་གྱི་ཡོད། (khyod kyi ming la ga re zer gyi yod) (non-honorific, used for children, animals, etc)
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish:
adın ne? / adın nedir? (informal)

ismin ne? / ismin nedir? (informal)

adınız ne? / adınız nedir? (formal)

isminiz ne? / isminiz nedir? (formal)
Turkmen: ading nama?
Tuvan: адыңар кымыл? (adıñar kımıl?) (formal), адың кымыл? (adıñ kımıl?) (informal)
Ukrainian: як вас зва́ти? (jak vas zváty?) (formal), як тебе́ зва́ти? (jak tebé zváty?) (informal), як вас зову́ть? (jak vas zovútʹ?) (formal), як тебе́ зову́ть? (jak tebé zovútʹ?) (informal)
Urdu: آپ کا نام کْیا ہَے؟ (āp kā nām kyā hai?) (polite), آپ کا کْیا نام ہَے؟ (āp kā kyā nām hai?) (alternative), تُمْہارا نام کْیا ہَے؟ (tumhārā nām kyā hai?) (impolite)
Uzbek: Ismingiz nima? (formal), Isming nima? (informal)
Vietnamese:
tên bạn là gì? (informal, but not casual; a general-purpose version; use with caution), tên anh là gì? (to a male who is the same age as the speaker), tên bà là gì? (formal; to a female who is older than the speaker), tên chị là gì? (informal; to a female who is the same age as or younger than the speaker), tên của con là gì? (from an adult to a child), tên em là gì? (to a female who is the same age as the speaker, or to a person who is younger than the speaker (such as a child)), tên mày là gì? (informal, even rude or insulting; to a person younger than the speaker, or to a person held in low esteem; use with caution), tên ông là gì? (formal; to a male who is older than the speaker)
Welsh: beth yw'ch enw chi? (formal), beth yw dy enw di? (informal)
West Coast Bajau: sian oron nu?
West Frisian: hoe hjitte jo? (formal), hoe hjitst do? (informal)
Xhosa: ngubani igama lakho?
Yiddish: וואָס איז אייער נאָמען? (vos iz eyer nomen?), וואָס איז דייַן נאָמען? (vos iz dayn nomen?) (informal)
Yoruba: kí ni orúkọ yín? (polite), kí ni orúkọ rẹ? (casual, used with younger people only)
Yucatec Maya: bix a k’àaba’?
Yup'ik: kituuga atren?
Zulu: ngubani igama lakho?

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