How to say what’s your name? in Thai First of all, let’s learn some vocabulary what = a-rai Is = kue your = khong khun name = chue To translate directly from English to Thai, we will have the sentence like “chue khong khun kue a-rai” Well, this is not wrong , you will still get the answer from the listener. But to speak in the same way as Thai native speakers, we don’t use that sentence. To ask for someone’s name, we will simply say khun chue a-rai literally means “You Name What” The same thing goes with “surname”. Surname or last name , in Thai we say “naam sa gun” Now , can you tell me how to ask “What’s your surname?”. I give 3 seconds to think. 3 … 2 …. 1 time’s up. Yes, you’re right. The answer is khun naam sa gun a-rai When you answer these questions, you can simply tell your name or surname straightaway.