See how your name translates, reads, and sounds in 30+ languages. Catch unintended meanings in foreign markets before launch.
Famous brands have learned this the hard way. Check your name across 30+ languages before it's too late.
See your name rendered in native scripts — Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Hangul, and more — plus pronunciation guides.
Automatically identifies names that mean something inappropriate, funny, or unfortunate in other languages. Avoid the next "Nova" incident.
See how your name would be pronounced by native speakers. Some sounds don't exist in other languages — know what happens to your name.
Download the full report to share with your international team. Compare how your brand name performs across target markets.
Enter any name and our tool generates how it would be written, pronounced, and understood across 30+ languages. It uses transliteration rules for non-Latin scripts (Chinese characters, Arabic script, Cyrillic, etc.), phonetic adaptation for pronunciation, and a semantic check against common words in each language to flag unintended meanings.
These are cases where a name sounds like or means something problematic in another language. Classic examples: "Nova" means "doesn't go" in Spanish (Chevy Nova sold poorly in Latin America), "Mist" means "manure" in German, and "Gift" means "poison" in German. Our tool automatically flags such potential issues.
We use standard transliteration heuristics to approximate how a name would be written in each script. Results are highly informative for screening purposes but may not capture all nuances. For official brand localization, always consult native-speaking linguists and professional translators.
We cover 32 languages spanning major world regions: Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Swahili, and many more. Each entry includes native script rendering, pronunciation guide, and semantic meaning check.
Don't let your brand name become a cautionary tale. Check it across 30+ languages now — free and instant.
Translations and script renderings are based on standard transliteration heuristics. For official localization, consult professional linguists. History saved locally.