मेरा नाम ... है
Saying Your Name
मेरा नाम रीमा है means My name is Reema.
How It Works
To say your name, use मेरा नाम, then your name, then है: मेरा नाम अमित है (My name is Amit).
Men and women say it the same way. मेरा agrees with नाम, which is masculine. It does not agree with the speaker, so a woman also says मेरा नाम.
| Hindi | Meaning |
|---|---|
| आपका नाम क्या है? | What is your name? (polite) |
| तुम्हारा नाम क्या है? | What is your name? (to a child or friend) |
| उसका नाम क्या है? | What is his or her name? |
| मेरा नाम ... है। | My name is ... |
A shorter way is मैं ... हूँ: मैं अमित हूँ (I'm Amit).
Older people sometimes ask आपका शुभ नाम क्या है? शुभ means auspicious, and the question sounds warm and formal.
A first meeting often goes like this: नमस्ते, मेरा नाम प्रिया है। आपका नाम क्या है? The reply might be मेरा नाम राहुल है। आपसे मिलकर अच्छा लगा (Nice to meet you).
Examples (5)
- मेरा नाम रीमा है।
My name is Reema.
मेरा agrees with masculine नाम.
- आपका नाम क्या है?
What is your name?
The polite question uses आपका.
- तुम्हारा नाम क्या है?
What's your name?
Use तुम्हारा with a child or a friend.
- उसका नाम सलमा है।
Her name is Salma.
उसका also ends in -आ because of नाम.
- मेरे भाई का नाम अमित है।
My brother's name is Amit.
भाई का नाम means the brother's name. भाई is followed by का, so मेरा before it becomes मेरे.
Common Mistakes
Making मेरा feminine because the speaker is a woman.
मेरी नाम रीमा है।मेरा नाम रीमा है।मेरा agrees with नाम, which is masculine, not with the speaker.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Saying your name is a simple X है sentence, learned as a fixed phrase.
Related Patterns
- मेरा / मेरी / मेरे, हमारा / हमारी / हमारेMy and Our
How मेरा changes with the noun after it.
Level 1 - तुम्हारा / आपकाYour
The two words for your in the question.
Level 1 - क्या Meaning WhatAsking What
क्या asks what in आपका नाम क्या है?
Level 1 - साल का / साल कीSaying Your Age
Saying your age, the next thing people often ask.
Level 1 - उसका / उनकाHis, Her and Their
Asking and telling someone else's name.
Level 1