Free online translator for converting English names to Mongolian (Монгол)
Modern Mongolian primarily uses Cyrillic script, adopted in 1941. With slight variations from Russian Cyrillic, it includes letters Ө and Ү for Mongolian vowel sounds.
Mongolian has been written in two entirely different systems, and which one you want matters. Traditional Mongolian script, the vertical one, was adapted from Uyghur around 1204 under Genghis Khan and is written top to bottom in columns running left to right — the only major script in the world with that orientation. Cyrillic Mongolian was imposed in the 1940s under Soviet influence and is what Mongolia uses officially today.
The traditional script has the visual character people usually associate with Mongolian: a continuous vertical spine with letters branching off it, each letter taking different shapes in initial, medial and final position, much like Arabic but rotated. It remains in official use in Inner Mongolia in China, and Mongolia has been progressively reintroducing it, with plans for it to be used alongside Cyrillic in official documents.
Cyrillic Mongolian adds two letters to the Russian alphabet, ө and ү, for vowels Mongolian has and Russian does not. Because Mongolian has vowel harmony — the vowels within a word must belong to the same class — these additions are structurally necessary rather than cosmetic, and their absence is what made plain Russian Cyrillic inadequate.
Mongolian Cyrillic transliteration follows similar rules to Russian, with additional vowels for Mongolian sounds. The system is straightforward for English names.
For a foreign name in Cyrillic Mongolian, the transliteration behaves much like Russian, with the same gaps: no w, no th, and h handled by х. The two extra vowels give slightly better coverage of rounded front vowels than Russian offers.
In the traditional vertical script, transliteration is harder. Letters change shape by position, several letters are ambiguous in isolation, and the spelling reflects a much older stage of the language than modern pronunciation, so a phonetic rendering and a traditionally correct spelling can differ considerably. Rendering also requires font and layout support for vertical text, which many systems lack — a name may display rotated or broken if the environment cannot handle top-to-bottom columns.
Here are examples of common English names transliterated to Mongolian:
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Yes, modern Mongolia uses Cyrillic as its primary script, adopted in 1941. The traditional vertical Mongolian script is still used ceremonially.
Very similar, but Mongolian has two additional letters: Ө and Ү for sounds not in Russian. Some pronunciation rules also differ.
Traditional Mongolian uses a vertical script written top-to-bottom, left-to-right. It's still taught in schools and used for cultural purposes.
Our transliteration follows standard Mongolian Cyrillic conventions. For official documents, verify with Mongolian authorities.
Cyrillic is the current official script in Mongolia. The traditional vertical script is used in Inner Mongolia and is being reintroduced in Mongolia, and is what most people picture as Mongolian writing.
It was adapted from Uyghur script around 1204 and runs top to bottom in columns moving left to right — the only major writing system with that orientation.
It needs font and layout support for top-to-bottom columns and positional letterforms. Systems without that support show the text rotated or broken.