what is your name

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what is your name?

What is your name?
- 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 is your name?

Abkhaz: иу́хьӡузеи? (iúx̍ʒuzei?), ибы́хьӡузеи? (ibə́x̍ʒuzei?)
Afrikaans: wat is jou naam? (af)
Albanian: si quheni? (formal), si quhesh? (informal)
American Sign Language: NAME + YOU?
Amharic: ስምህ ማን ነው (səmh man näw) (to a male), ስምሽ ማን ነው (səmš man näw) (to a female)
Arabic: (to a male) مَا اِسْمُكَ؟‎ (mā ismuka?), (to a female) مَا اِسْمُكِ؟‎ (mā ismuki?)
Egyptian Arabic: (to a male) اِسْمَك أَيْه؟‎ (ismak ēh?), (to a male) اِسْمِك أَيْه؟‎ (ismik ēh?)

Iraqi Arabic: (to a male) شِسْمِك؟‎ (šismek?), (to a female) شِسْمِچ؟‎ (šismič?)

North Levantine Arabic: (to a male) شُو اِسْمَك؟‎ (šū ismak?), (to a female) شُو اِسْمِك؟‎ (šū ismik?), (to a male) أَيْش اِسْمَك؟‎ (ʾēš ismak?), (to a female) أَيْش اِسْمِك؟‎ (ʾēš ismik?)
Armenian: անունդ ի՞նչ է (anund i^?nčʿ ē) (informal), ի՞նչ է Ձեր անունը (i^?nčʿ 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 কি? (apnar nam ki?), (informal) তোমার নাম কি? (tomar nam ki?)
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 imung pangalan?, unsa imung ngalan?
Chechen: хьан цӏе хӏу ю? (ḥan c̣e hu ju?)
Cherokee: ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (gado detsadoa?)
Chichewa: dzina lanu ndani?
Chinese:
Mandarin: (informal) 你叫什麼名字？, 你叫什么名字？ (Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?), 你怎麼稱呼？, 你怎么称呼？ (Nǐ zěnme chēnghu?), (formal; "What is your honourable family name?") 您貴姓？, 您贵姓？ (Nín guìxìng?)
Choctaw: chi-hohchifo yat naⁿta?
Chuvash: сана мӗнле ҫенӗҫе? (sana mĕnle śenĕśe?)
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 shimkhá?) (to a man), מה שמך?‎ (má sh'mékh?) (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?
Italian: come si chiama? (formal), come ti chiami? (casual), qual è il tuo nome? (casual), qual è il suo nome? (formal)
Japanese: あなたのお名前は何ですか？ (anata no o-namae wa nan desu ka?), お名前は？ (o-namae wa?) (informal)
Jingpho: na a mying hpa ta?
Kannada: ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹೆಸರೇನು? (nimma hesarēnu?) (formal), ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರೇನು? (ninna hesarēnu?) (casual)
Karachay-Balkar: атынг къалайды сени (atıng qalaydı seni?)
Kazakh: сіздің атыңыз кім? (sizdiñ atıñız kim?)
Khakas: синің адың кем? (siníñ adıñ kem?), адың синің кемдір? (adıñ siníñ kemdír?)
Khmer: ឈ្មោះអី? (chmʊəh əy), ឈ្មោះអ្វី? (chmʊəh əvəy), តើអ្នកឈ្មោះអ្វី? (taə neak chmʊəh ’vəy)
Korean: 성함이 어떻게 되세요? (Seonghami eotteoke doeseyo?) (formal), 이름이 무엇입니까? (Ireumi mueosimnikka?), 이름이 뭐예요? (Ireumi mwoyeyo?), 너 이름이 뭐니? (Neo ireumi mwoni?) (casual, to a younger person)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ناوت چیه‌؟‎ (nawit çiye?) ناوی تۆ چیه‌؟‎ (nawi to çiye?)
Kyrgyz: сенин атың ким? (senin atıñ kim?)
Lakota: táku eníčiyapi he?
Lao: ເຈົ້າຊື່ຫຍັງ (chao sư̄ nyang)
Latin: quod nomen tibi est?
Laz: მუ გჯოხონს? (mu gǯoxons?)
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: ка́ко се ви́каш? (káko se víkaš?) (informal), ка́ко се ви́кате? (káko se víkate?) (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?)
Marshallese: Etam̧?
Mongolian: таны нэр хэн бэ? (tany ner hen be?)
Navajo: daash yinílyé?, haash yinílyé?
Ngazidja Comorian: we uparwa nɗo ? (we uparwa ndo ?)
Northern Sami: mii dū namma lea?
Norwegian: hva heter du?
Occitan: cossí vos dison ?, cossí vos sonatz ?
Ojibwe: aaniin ezhinikaazoyan?
Ossetian: дӕ ном куыд у? (dæ nom k°yd u?), дӕ ном цы хуыйны? (dæ nom cy x°yjny?)
Persian: اسم شما چیست؟‎ (ism-e šomâ čist?)
Polish: jak się nazywasz? (formal), jak masz na imię? (informal)
Portuguese: qual é o teu nome?, como te chamas?
Potawatomi: ni je ezh ne kas yen?
Punjabi: ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā nām kī hae?) (polite), ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਹੈ? (terā nām kī hae?) (informal)
Romanian: cum vă numiți? (formal)
Russian: как тебя́ зову́т? (kak tebjá zovút?) (informal), как вас зову́т? (kak vas zovút?) (formal)
Sanskrit: भवतः नाम किम्? (bhavataḥ nāma kim?) (formal), तव नाम किम्? (tava nāma kim?) (casual)
Samoan: ʻo ai lou igoa?
Scottish Gaelic: dè 'n t-ainm a tha ort? (informal), dè 'n t-ainm a tha oirbh? (formal)
Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ නම මොකක්ද? (oyāgē nama mokakda?)
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), anong 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)
Thai: คุณชื่ออะไรครับ (kun chʉ̂ʉ à-rai kráp) (male speaker), คุณชื่ออะไรคะ (kun chʉ̂ʉ à-rai ká) (female speaker)
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? (adıŋar kımıl?) (formal), адың кымыл? (adıŋ kımıl?) (informal)
Ukrainian: (formal) як вас зва́ти? (jak vas zváty?), (informal) як тебе́ зва́ти? (jak tebé zváty?)
Urdu: آپ کا نام کیا ھے؟‎ (āp kā nām kyā hai?) (formal)
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

(All these translations literally mean "Name belonging to you is what?")
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)
Yucatec Maya: bix a k’àaba’?
Yup'ik: kituuga atren?
Zulu: ngubani igama lakho?

what is your name

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