Free online translator for converting English names to Georgian (ქართული)
Georgian uses its own unique alphabet, one of only 14 independent writing systems in the world. The elegant Mkhedruli script features graceful curves and has been used since the 11th century with no uppercase/lowercase distinction.
Georgian has used three alphabets over its history — Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli — and all three are jointly inscribed on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage. Mkhedruli is the modern one, used for everything written today, and it has a distinctive rounded, flowing appearance with no relationship to Latin, Greek or Cyrillic letterforms.
The most unusual feature of Mkhedruli is that it has no capital letters at all. There is no case distinction: proper names, sentence beginnings and ordinary words all use the same letterforms. This means a transliterated name has no capitalised first letter, which looks wrong to anyone expecting Latin conventions but is entirely correct in Georgian. For display purposes there is a style called Mtavruli that uses uppercase-like forms, but it is applied to whole words or headings rather than to initials.
Georgian has thirty-three letters and an exactly one-to-one relationship between letter and sound. There are no silent letters, no digraphs and no context-dependent readings. This makes it one of the most phonetically transparent writing systems in use, and it means a transliterated name will be pronounced consistently by any Georgian reader.
Georgian transliteration converts English names phonetically using the 33-letter Georgian alphabet. Most English sounds have Georgian equivalents, though some like 'f' are approximated.
Georgian phonology includes a series of ejective consonants — produced with a closed glottis, giving a sharp popping quality — that have no English equivalent. English p, t and k sit between the Georgian aspirated and ejective versions, so a transliterator has to choose, and convention generally assigns English sounds to the aspirated series as closer.
Georgian tolerates consonant clusters that most languages would break up, including sequences of four, five or even six consonants in a row, so English names need almost no reshaping to fit. This is unusual among the scripts covered here — where Japanese, Korean and Thai must insert vowels, Georgian can simply write the cluster. The script has native f, v, z, sh, ch and j sounds, so coverage of English is good.
Here are examples of common English names transliterated to Georgian:
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Use our Georgian translator above. Type your name in English and it converts to Georgian Mkhedruli script using standard phonetic transliteration. The result matches how Georgians write foreign names.
The Mkhedruli script traditionally has no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters. This is a feature of the script's design, though capitals are sometimes used in modern contexts for emphasis.
No! Georgian is part of the unique Kartvelian language family, completely unrelated to Russian, Arabic, or Indo-European languages. It has its own independent alphabet and grammar.
Georgian script is relatively approachable with 33 phonetic letters. The elegant curves are distinctive and memorable. Since each letter consistently represents one sound, pronunciation is predictable once you learn the alphabet.
Our transliteration follows standard Georgian conventions. For official documents like visas, verify with Georgian authorities as they may have specific transliteration requirements.
Mkhedruli has no case distinction at all. Proper names use the same letterforms as everything else. It is correct Georgian, not a formatting error.
Yes, unusually well. It tolerates long consonant clusters without inserting vowels, and it has native f, v, z, sh, ch and j, so English names need little reshaping.
Consonants produced with a closed glottis, giving a sharp popping sound with no English equivalent. English p, t and k fall between the Georgian aspirated and ejective series.