How to Say "What Is Your Name?" in Persian

اسم شما چیست؟

Esme shoma chist?

اسم شما چیست؟ (Esme shoma chist?) is the Persian way to say "what is your name?"

This phrase is a question used to ask someone for their name.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of esme (name), shoma (you) and chist (is what).

The form اسم شما چیست؟ is a formal version, while اسمتون چیه؟ is a common, colloquial way to ask the question in everyday conversation.

اسم شما چیست؟ is the formal and polite way to ask someone's name. For casual settings, you can use the colloquial form اسمتون چیه؟.

To answer the question, you can use the structure اسم من … است (My name is …).

Esme shoma chist?

Persian culture uses Taarof, a complex system of etiquette, where a person might initially decline to give their name or humbly downplay their identity during an introduction.
The word شما shares a very distant ancient ancestor with the English word 'you'. Both trace back to the Proto-Indo-European root *yúHs.
In highly formal or poetic contexts, Persians may avoid asking for a name directly and instead ask for a person's نام (nām), which is the native Persian word for 'name'.

اسم شما چیست؟
esm-e shomā chist?
What is your name?
ببخشید، اسم شما چیست؟
bebakhshid, esm-e shomā chist?
Excuse me, what is your name?
می‌توانم بپرسم اسم شما چیست؟
mitavānam beporsam esm-e shomā chist?
May I ask what your name is?

Two people meeting for the first time at a formal event.

نیلوفر Niloufar

سلام، اسم شما چیست؟
Salam, esme shoma chist?
Hello, what is your name?
امیر Amir

سلام، اسم من امیر است.
Salam, esme man Amir ast.
Hello, my name is Amir.
نیلوفر Niloufar

من نیلوفر هستم. خوشبختم.
Man Niloufar hastam. Khoshbakhtam.
I am Niloufar. Nice to meet you.
امیر Amir

من هم خوشبختم، نیلوفر خانم.
Man ham khoshbakhtam, Niloufar khanom.
Nice to meet you too, Ms. Niloufar.

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