Your name in Esperanto – names translated

Q: What is John in Esperanto?

The traditional Esperanto form of John is Johano. A man named John can also keep his name as John – both are correct.

Q: How do I say "my name is" in Esperanto?

Say Mia nomo estas Ana. or Mi nomiĝas Ana. – "My name is Ana." / "I am called Ana." Both are correct, and the name can be your own or its Esperanto form. More greetings are on the basic phrases page.

Q: How do I write my name with Esperanto letters?

Write each sound with one Esperanto letter, as in Joŝiko (from Yosiko), replacing letters Esperanto lacks, such as w, y, q and x, with the sounds they stand for. The alternative is to keep the original spelling, or a full adaptation with -o, like Elizabeto for Elisabeth.

Most Esperanto speakers simply keep their own name – Ana, Tomasz, Keiko – and spell it the way it is written in their language. Many common names also have a traditional Esperanto form, built like any Esperanto noun with the ending -o: Johano (John), Petro (Peter), Aleksandro (Alexander). Use the list below to find yours.

English	Esperanto
Abbas	Abaso	male
Abraham	Abrahamo	male
Achilles	Aĥilo	male
Adalbert	Adalberto	male
Adam	Adamo	male
Adolf, Adolph	Adolfo	male
Adrian	Adriano	male
Aeneas	Eneo	male
Alan, Allan	Alano	male
Albert	Alberto	male
Alexander	Aleksandro	male
Alexis, Alexius	Aleksio	male
Alfred	Alfredo	male
Alphonse, Alfonse	Alfonso	male
Amadeus	Amadeo	male
Ambrose	Ambrozio	male
Amir	Amiro	male
Anastasius	Anastazio	male
Anatoli	Anatolo	male
Andrew	Andreo	male
Andronicus	Androniko	male
Anikó	Aniko	female
Ann, Anna, Anne	Anno	female
Anselm	Anselmo	male
Anthony	Antono	male
Anthony, Antony	Antonio	male
Antonia	Antonino	female
Antoninus	Antoneno	male
Aristotle	Aristotelo	male
Arnold	Arnoldo	male
Arnulf	Arnulfo	male
Arthur	Arturo	male
August, Augustus	Aŭgusto	male
Augustine	Aŭgusteno	male
Aurelian	Aŭreliano	male
Baldwin	Baldueno	male
Balthazar, Balthasar	Baltazaro	male
Barnabas	Barnabo	male
Bartholomew	Bartolomeo	male
Basil	Bazilo	male
Bastian	Bastiano	male
Bastian	Bastjano	male
Beatrice	Beatrico	female
Benedict	Benedikto	male
Benjamin	Benjameno	male
Berenice	Berenico	female
Berenice	Bereniko	female
Bernard	Bernardo	male
Bertha	Berto	female
Bertil	Bertilo	male
Bertrand	Bertrando	male
Blaise	Blazio	male
Bolesław, Boleslav	Boleslavo	male
Bonaventure	Bonaventuro	male
Boniface	Bonifaco	male
Boris	Boriso	male
Bruno	Bruno	male
Caesar	Cezaro	male
Caius, Gaius	Gajo	male
Camille, Camilla	Kamilo	male
Caroline, Carolyn, Charlotte	Karolino	female
Casimir	Kazimiro	male
Celestin, Celestine	Celesteno	male
Charles, Carl, Carlo	Karlo	male
Charles, Carl, Carlo	Karolo	male
Christian	Kristiano	male
Christopher	Kristoforo	male
Claire, Clair, Clare	Klaro	female
Claude	Klaŭdo	male
Claudius	Klaŭdio	male
Clement	Klemento	male
Conrad, Konrad	Konrado	male
Constantin, Constantine	Konstanteno	male
Cornelius	Kornelio	male
Cyprian	Cipriano	male
Cyril	Cirilo	male
Dagobert	Dagoberto	male
Damian, Damien	Damiano	male
Daniel	Danielo	male
David	Davido	male
Demetrius, Dimitri	Demetrio	male
Diana	Diano	female
Diego	Diego	male
Dionysius, Dennis	Dionizio	male
Dioscorus	Dioskuro	male
Dominic	Dominiko	male
Donald	Donaldo	male
Dorothy, Dorothea, Dorotheus	Doroteo	female / male
Dunja	Dunjo	female
Edgar	Edgaro	male
Edmund	Edmundo	male
Edward	Eduardo	male
Edward	Edvardo	male
Edwin	Edvino	male
Eleonore	Eleonoro	female
Elias	Elio	male
Eliza	Elizo	female
Elizabeth	Elizabeto	female
Emil, Emile	Emilo	male
Emiliano, Emilian	Emiliano	male
Emily, Emilia	Emilio	female
Eric, Erik	Eriko	male
Ernest	Ernesto	male
Ernestine	Ernestino	female
Ernestine	Ernenjo	female
Ernestine	Ernjo	female
Eudocia	Eŭdokio	female
Eudoxia	Eŭdoksio	female
Eugene	Eŭgeno	male
Eusebius	Eŭzebio	male
Eusebius	Eŭzebo	male
Evelyn	Evelino	female
Fabian	Fabiano	male
Fabio, Fabius	Fabio	male
Felix	Felikso	male
Ferdinand	Ferdinando	male
Fernando, Ferdinand	Fernando	male
Florian	Floriano	male
Fortunatus	Fortunato	male
Francis	Francisko	male
Frederick	Frederiko	male
Gabriel	Gabrielo	male
Gaspar, Caspar, Jasper	Gasparo	male
Gaston	Gastono	male
Genghis, Chinggis	Ĉingiso	male
Genghis, Chinggis	Ĝingiso	male
George	Georgo	male
Gerald	Ĝeraldo	male
Gerard	Gerardo	male
Gertrude	Gertrudo	female
Gervase, Gervais	Gervazo	male
Gilbert	Gilberto	male
Godfrey, Geoffrey	Godfredo	male
Gonzalo	Gonzalo	male
Gregory	Gregorio	male
Guntram, Gontran	Gontrano	male
Gustav	Gustavo	male
Hadrian	Hadriano	male
Harold	Haroldo	male
Hassan	Hasano	male
Hector	Hektoro	male
Hedwig	Hedvigo	female
Hedwig	Jadvigo	female
Helen	Heleno	female
Henrietta	Henrieto	female
Henry	Henriko	male
Hercules	Herkulo	male
Hermagoras	Hermagoro	male
Herman	Hermano	male
Hermes	Hermeso	male
Hippolytus	Hipolito	male
Horace, Horatio	Horacio	male
Hubert	Huberto	male
Hugh, Hugo	Hugo	male
Humbert, Humberto	Humberto	male
Humphrey	Onufrio	male
Hussein, Hussain	Husejno	male
Ignatius	Ignaco	male
Ilse	Ilzo	female
Immanuel, Emmanuel	Emanuelo	male
Innocent	Inocento	male
Irenaeus	Ireneo	male
Isaac	Isaako	male
Isaac	Izaako	male
Isidore	Izidoro	male
Ivo	Ivo	male
Jacob, James	Jakobo	male
Jason	Jazono	male
Jerome	Hieronimo	male
Joachim, Joaquin	Joakimo	male
Joanne, Joan, Joanna	Johanino	female
John	Johano	male
Joseph	Jozefo	male
Joseph	Josefo	male
Josephine	Jozefino	female
Julia	Juliino	female
Julius, Jules	Julio	male
Justin	Justeno	male
Justinian	Justiniano	male
Kenneth	Keneto	male
Ladislav, Laszlo	Ladislao	male
Laertes	Laerto	male
Laius	Lajo	male
Laura	Laŭro	female
Laurence, Lawrence	Laŭrenco	male
Lazarus	Lazaro	male
Leander	Leandro	male
Leo	Leono	male
Leonard	Leonardo	male
Leopold	Leopoldo	male
Lionel	Lionelo	male
Louis, Ludovic	Ludoviko	male
Lucian	Luciano	male
Luke	Luko	male
Lydia	Lidio	female
Malcolm	Malkolmo	male
Malik	Maliko	male
Marcel, Marcellus	Marcelo	male
Margaret, Margarita	Margareto	female
Margaret, Margarita	Margerito	female
Maria, Mary, Mario	Mario	female / male
Mark	Marko	male
Martha	Marto	female
Martial	Marcialo	male
Martin	Marteno	male
Matilda	Matildo	female
Matthew	Mateo	male
Maurice	Maŭrico	male
Maximilian	Maksimiliano	male
Methodius	Metodio	male
Michael	Miĥaelo	male
Michael	Mikaelo	male
Mirza	Mirzo	male
Mohammed	Mohamedo	male
Mohammed	Muhamado	male
Molly, Mollie	Manjo	female
Molly, Mollie	Marinjo	female
Narcissus	Narciso	male
Nestor	Nestoro	male
Nicodemus	Nikodemo	male
Nicolas, Nicholas, Nikola	Nikolao	male
Noah	Noaĥo	male
Odysseus, Ulysses	Odiseo	male
Olaf, Olav	Olavo	male
Oliver	Olivero	male
Omar	Omaro	male
Onesimus	Onesimo	male
Oscar	Oskaro	male
Osman	Osmano	male
Oswald	Osvaldo	male
Ovid	Ovidio	male
Pablo	Pablo	male
Pascal	Paskalo	male
Patrick	Patriko	male
Paul	Paŭlo	male
Paul	Paolo	male
Paula, Pauline	Paŭlino	female / male
Peter, Pete	Petro	male
Peter, Pete	Pedro	male
Philibert	Filiberto	male
Philip	Filipo	male
Pius	Pio	male
Plato	Platono	male
Pliny	Plinio	male
Ptolemy	Ptolemeo	male
Ptolomy	Ptolomeo	male
Rachel	Raĥelo	female
Raphael, Rafael	Rafaelo	male
Rashid	Raŝido	male
Raymond	Rajmundo	male
Remus	Remo	male
René, Renato	Renato	male
Richard	Rikardo	male
Robert	Roberto	male
Rodrigo, Roderick	Rodrigo	male
Roger	Roĝero	male
Roland	Rolando	male
Romeo	Romeo	male
Romulus	Romulo	male
Rudolph	Rudolfo	male
Rudolph, Rodolfo	Rodolfo	male
Rurik	Ruriko	male
Saddam	Sadamo	male
Samir	Samiro	male
Scipio	Scipiono	male
Sebastian	Sebastiano	male
Selim	Selimo	male
Sergius	Sergio	male
Sigismund	Sigismundo	male
Sigmund	Sigmundo	male
Silvanus, Sylvan	Silvano	male
Simeon	Simeono	male
Simon	Simono	male
Sixtus	Siksto	male
Socrates	Sokrato	male
Sofia, Sophia, Sophie	Sofio	female
Sofia, Sophia, Sophie	Zofio	female
Solomon	Salomono	male
Stanislaus	Stanislavo	male
Stephanie	Stefanino	female
Stephen, Steven	Stefano	male
Sylvester	Silvestro	male
Thaddeus	Tadeo	male
Theobald, Tedbald	Teobaldo	male
Theodore	Teodoro	male
Theophilus	Teofilo	male
Thomas, Tomas	Tomaso	male
Tiberius	Tiberio	male
Timothy	Timoteo	male
Tobias	Tobio	male
Urban	Urbano	male
Václav, Wenceslaus, Wenceslas	Venceslao	male
Valentine	Valenteno	male
Valerius	Valerio	male
Victor	Viktoro	male
Vincent	Vincento	male
Virgil	Vergilio	male
Vitus	Vito	male
Vladimir	Vladimiro	male
Walter	Valtero	male
Wilfried, Wilfrid	Vilfrido	male
William	Vilhelmo	male
Wolfgang	Volfgango	male
Xavier	Ksavero	male
Yaroslav, Jaroslav	Jaroslavo	male

How to turn your name into Esperanto

Respell your name as it sounds, with Esperanto letters, and add the noun ending -o: Mia nomo estas Johano – "My name is John". You can also keep your name unchanged, and Mia nomo estas John is equally correct. PMEG, the reference grammar of Esperanto, says a name may keep its original form or be fully adapted, and that neither method suits every situation.

Follow these steps:

Look for a traditional form in the list above. Common first names have established Esperanto forms.
Otherwise respell it by sound. Use one Esperanto letter per sound (alphabet), for example Yosiko → Joŝiko and Elisabeth → Elizabeto. Typing ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ and ŭ is covered on the same page.
Add -o if the name should work as an Esperanto noun. A fully adapted name can be pronounced by anyone who has learned Esperanto and takes every ending, including the accusative: Mi konas Johanon. – "I know John."

Examples of established forms

Esperanto	The same name elsewhere	Note
Johano	John, Jean, Johannes, Juan, Jan	Man's name of Hebrew origin
Petro	Peter, Pierre, Pedro, Piotr	Man's name of Greek origin
Ludoviko	Louis, Ludwik, Ludwig, Luis	Zamenhof's first name: Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhof (biography)
Mario	Mary, Maria, Marie; also Mario, Marius	ReVo lists it as a woman's name (for instance Mary, mother of Jesus) and as a man's name of Latin origin
Anno	Anne, Anna, Ana	Woman's name; the Fundamento form, also written Anna
Elizabeto	Elizabeth, Élisabeth	Woman's name; the Fundamento form, also written Elizabeta

Women's names: -o, -a or -ino

Women's names were given the ending -o from the start: PMEG points out that the Fundamento itself uses Anno, Mario, Klaro and Sofio, and calls this the model. Names ending in -a, such as Maria and Anna, are widespread and PMEG says they should at least be tolerated. They are unproblematic when the original name already ends in -a, because the name then counts as unadapted.

The suffix -in- is normally unnecessary. It helps when a name is shared with men: Mario can be a man's name too, so a woman may be Mariino – or simply Maria. PMEG advises against inventing an -a the original lacks: Miriamo, not Miriama, and Joŝiko, not Joŝika.

Surnames and endings

Often only the first name is adapted and the surname stays as written. The accusative -n goes on the adapted first name only: Mi konas Johanon Smith. – "I know John Smith." PMEG calls this a habit, not a rule.

Your name ends in…	How it takes the accusative
-o (adapted names)	-n directly: Mi vidis Johanon. – "I saw John."
A vowel (unchanged)	-n directly: Ĉu vi konas Annan? – "Do you know Anna?"
A consonant (unchanged)	Add -o before -n, or leave -n off when the meaning is clear: Ana vidis Peter. – "Ana saw Peter."
A title comes first	Only the title takes -n: Mi vidis doktoron Smith. – "I saw Dr Smith."

When should you not change your name?

Keep your name as written when people need to recognise it in writing, for example on a profile, a byline or a publication. PMEG says unchanged names are useful when the original spelling matters, and that a fully adapted form is not always recognisable if the name is not well known. Zamenhof's own surname stays unchanged in Esperanto.

The cost of an unchanged name is pronunciation, because not everyone knows how it is read in your language. PMEG suggests showing either the original pronunciation or an Esperanto-style one, and not reading the name as if it came from another language. A name in a non-Latin script is normally transliterated into Latin letters, using an official system or the Esperanto alphabet. Our basic phrases show how to introduce yourself.

How Esperanto forms names

Traditional forms end in -o. Zamenhof's generation gave every name the noun ending: Johano, Mario (Mary), Anno (Anne). This is still the form you see in older books and in the Bible translation.
Women's names often end in -a today. Modern speakers frequently write Maria, Anna or Klara instead of Mario, Anno, Klaro, because the -a sounds natural in many languages.
The feminine suffix -in- also works. Petro → Petrino, Paŭlo → Paŭlino for women's forms of men's names.
Spelling follows pronunciation. A name adapted to Esperanto is written with Esperanto letters: Ŝarloto (Charlotte), Ĝorĝo (George, as said in English; the traditional form is Georgo).
Nicknames use -ĉj- and -nj-. Johano → Joĉjo, Mario → Manjo.

If your name is not in the list, keep it as it is or adapt it: write it with Esperanto letters as it is pronounced, and add -o if you want it to work as an Esperanto noun – for example in the accusative: Mi vidis Tomason ("I saw Tomas").

Common questions

What is John in Esperanto?

The traditional Esperanto form of John is Johano. A man named John can also keep his name as John – both are correct.

Do I have to translate my name into Esperanto?

No. Most Esperanto speakers keep their own name. Esperanto forms of names are traditional and optional, like Giovanni or Juan for John.

Why do Esperanto women's names end in -o?

In the early days every noun, including names, ended in -o, which is grammatically neutral. Today both styles are used: Mario and Maria are both correct.

How do I say "my name is" in Esperanto?

Say Mia nomo estas Ana. or Mi nomiĝas Ana. – "My name is Ana." / "I am called Ana." Both are correct, and the name can be your own or its Esperanto form. More greetings are on the basic phrases page.

Should I add -o to my name?

Only if you want it to behave like an Esperanto noun, for example to add the accusative -n. Unchanged names are correct too. A name ending in a vowel can take -n directly (Annan), and a name ending in a consonant can take -on or stay as it is when the meaning is clear.

How do I write my name with Esperanto letters?

Write each sound with one Esperanto letter, as in Joŝiko (from Yosiko), replacing letters Esperanto lacks, such as w, y, q and x, with the sounds they stand for. The alternative is to keep the original spelling, or a full adaptation with -o, like Elizabeto for Elisabeth.

Sources

Names and their equivalents: Reta Vortaro (GPL 2.0) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Equivalents that Reta Vortaro lacks: the usual English form of each name, checked against the English Wikipedia. Aleksio (Alexis; Russian Alexei) is not a Reta Vortaro headword; this form is used in Reta Vortaro's example sentences and on the Esperanto Wikipedia (Aleksio Savrasov).
Reta Vortaro entries: Johano, Petro, Ludoviko, Mario
PMEG: Propraj nomoj, especially 35.1 Nomspecoj, 35.2 Ne-esperantigitaj nomoj and 35.3 Esperantigitaj nomoj (CC BY-SA 4.0)

#How to turn your name into Esperanto

#Examples of established forms

#Women's names: -o, -a or -ino

#Surnames and endings

#When should you not change your name?

#How Esperanto forms names

#Common questions

#What is John in Esperanto?

#Do I have to translate my name into Esperanto?

#Why do Esperanto women's names end in -o?

#How do I say "my name is" in Esperanto?

#Should I add -o to my name?

#How do I write my name with Esperanto letters?

#Sources