How to Say “What Is Your Name” in Mexican Spanish

¿Cómo te llamas?
informal
In Mexico the usual way to ask someone's name is ¿Cómo te llamas? with peers and children. With elders or in formal settings, say ¿Cómo se llama usted? Both literally mean "what do you call yourself". It is also called ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Meaning: question asking someone's name (phrase)

Ways to say it

“What Is Your Name?” in Mexican
Mexican Note
¿Cómo te llamas? informal
¿Cómo se llama usted? formal
¿Cuál es tu nombre? neutral

To answer, say Me llamo or Mi nombre es followed by the name, such as Me llamo Ana.

Which one should you use?

Mexico uses tú and usted for you, never vos, so the informal form is te llamas.

How does it change in a sentence?

Llamarse is reflexive: me llamo, te llamas, se llama.

Did you know?

  • A common Mexican reply to an introduction is Mucho gusto or El gusto es mío.

Examples in context

  • Disculpe, ¿cómo se llama usted?
    Excuse me, what is your name?
  • Me llamo Carlos, mucho gusto.
    My name is Carlos, nice to meet you.

Example conversation

Isabel meets a little girl at the park.

  1. Isabel

    Hola, ¿cómo te llamas?
    Hi, what is your name?
  2. Niña

    Me llamo Camila.
    My name is Camila.
  3. Isabel

    Mucho gusto, Camila, yo soy Isabel.
    Nice to meet you, Camila, I am Isabel.
  4. Niña

    Mucho gusto.
    Nice to meet you.
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