What’s Your Name?

The Tagalog word for ‘name’ is pangalan.

Ano ang pangalan mo?

Combine the first two words in conversation:

Anong pangalan mo?
What’s your name? (casual)

Can I ask your name?
Puwede ko bang itanong ang pangalan mo?

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When addressing an older person, insert the respectful word po.

Ano po ang pangalan n’yo?
= Ano pong pangalan n’yo?
What’s your name? (polite)

This second-person plural form is the most common way of asking the name of someone older than you. *n’yo is an abbreviation of ninyo.

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Ano po ang pangalan nila?
What’s your name? (very formal)
This third-person plural form is an extremely polite version.

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Ang ganda ng pangalan mo!
Your name’s so pretty!

Kakaiba ang pangalan mo.
Your name’s distinctive.