My Name in Different Languages: 100+ Scripts and Writing Systems

Ever wondered how your name looks in Japanese Katakana, Arabic calligraphy, Egyptian hieroglyphs or Elvish Tengwar? Pick a language or script below — each page writes your name in that script with a pronunciation guide and cultural notes, free and instant.

Translation vs. Transliteration: What's the Difference?

Translating a name by meaning often produces something unrecognizable. That's why names cross languages by transliteration instead: the sounds of your name are matched to the closest equivalents in the target writing system, so a local speaker can read and pronounce it naturally. Your name stays your name — it just wears a new script.

Want an Authentic Local Name Instead?

If you'd rather have a genuine name that a native speaker would actually use — not just your own name written in another script — try our name converters, which create culturally authentic names for dozens of languages and cultures.