How to sign
What's Your Name? in ASL
'What is your name' in ASL is YOU NAME WHAT, with the eyebrows down on WHAT. Three signs, no 'is.'
- Phrase
- Two hands
- Question Words
- ASL Phrases
How to sign what's your name
- 1
Point to the person: YOU.
- 2
Sign NAME: two H handshapes, the top one tapping twice on the bottom.
- 3
Sign WHAT with lowered eyebrows and hold the face until they answer.
Common mistakes
- Raised eyebrows. That turns it into 'is that your name?'
- Signing YOUR (flat hand) instead of YOU (point). Both are heard, but YOU NAME WHAT is the common form.
Questions about “What's Your Name?”
"What's Your Name?" is signed as a single unit in ASL rather than word-for-word from English.
Guide
Question Words
The six WH-question signs, where they go in an ASL sentence, and the eyebrow rule that makes a question a question. Video for each sign and full question phrases.
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