How to say “name” in 52 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Malayalam, where പേര് is the 52nd most used word.
- Afrikaans naam #161
- Albanian emrin #267
- Arabic اسم #321
- Armenian հանուն in the name of, in behalf of #296
- Basque izena #113
- Bengali নাম #93
- Bosnian ime #192
- Bulgarian име name, appellation #321
- Catalan nom #222
- Chinese 名字 #61
- Croatian ime #195
- Czech jméno #338
- Danish navn #230
- Dutch naam #241
- English named To give a name to #1,149
- Esperanto nomo #223
- Estonian nimi #212
- Finnish nimi #399
- French nom #201
- Galician tes The name of the Latin script letter T/t #104
- Georgian სახელი #245
- German heißt to have a name; to be named; to be called;… #298
- Greek όνομα #266
- Hindi नाम #170
- Hungarian név #1,281
- Icelandic kalla to call, name, refer to #323
- Indonesian nama #233
- Italian nome #257
- Korean 이름 name; full name #384
- Latvian vārdu #280
- Lithuanian vardas #205
- Macedonian име #197
- Malay nama #167
- Malayalam പേര് #52
- Norwegian heter To be called; to have as a name #221
- Persian اسم #147
- Polish imię name; given name #355
- Portuguese nome #201
- Romanian numele #205
- Russian имя personal name, first name, Christian name,… #299
- Serbian ime #198
- Slovak meno #201
- Slovenian ime #116
- Spanish nombre #215
- Swedish heter to be called; to have as one's name, to hight #212
- Tagalog pangalan #132
- Tamil பெயர் name, designation, epithet, identity #121
- Telugu పేరు #68
- Turkish a The name of the Latin script letter A/a #101
- Ukrainian називати to name, to call #1,799
- Urdu نام #98
- Vietnamese họ family name; surname #58
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.