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My name is in Russian
My name is in Russian is меня зовут... (menya zovut), literally they call me: Меня зовут Анна. Casual speech often drops the machinery entirely: Я Анна, I am Anna.
Aurélien CuvelierAug 9, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026The ways to say it
меня зовут... (menya zovut), standard
Я Анна (ya Anna), casual: just I plus the name; fine among peers
моё имя... (moyo imya), bookish: my name is...; formal writing more than speech
Очень приятно! (ochen priyatno), the follow-up: nice to meet you
How to use it
Меня зовут puts YOU in the accusative and leaves the verb impersonal: they call me. The same mould answers the question Как тебя зовут? and introduces others: его зовут Иван, they call him Ivan.
Russians introduce themselves with first names in casual settings and first name plus patronymic in formal ones; the phrase does not change, only the name you feed it.
Watch out
The word-for-word calque Моё имя есть... is exactly the kind of Russian no Russian says. Learn меня зовут as a unit, and keep моё имя for forms and formal writing.
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