# Latinizing my name.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latinizing-my-name/131624>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latinizing-my-name/131624 "2002-10-10T03:40:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latinizing-my-name/131624/1 "2002-10-10T03:40:46Z")

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In a fit of pretention, I have decided to learn a little Latin to impress the ladies and make the menfolk jealous. Not really, but my reasons are ego-based anyways. Since Nostradamus and Linnæus did it, I’m gonna do it too, so how would I start? Steven Williams is written on the birth certificate, and I haven’t the foggiest notion of how to Latinize it so I can inflectimaficate it more easily. Are there specific rules for the transformation of a name from the native language to Latin? Latin-speaking Dopers, if it pleases you?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latinizing-my-name/131624/2 "2002-10-10T04:29:30Z")

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Well, Stephen would be Stephanus, and William (although not necesarily Williams) would be Guilielmus.