Name transliteration, as in your passport

Type a name, surname or address in Ukrainian and get it in Latin letters under the official table — the same one Ukrainian passports are printed from.

Type some Ukrainian text and the result will appear here.

Why this table

There are several transliteration systems, but only one applies to documents: the table in Cabinet of Ministers resolution No. 55 of 27 January 2010. The State Migration Service prints passports and ID cards from it. Every other document abroad has to repeat that spelling, because a name written two different ways means a morning at an office proving they belong to one person.

You will need it for a residence permit application, a tax registration, a lease, a bank account, a plane ticket. If you already hold a Ukrainian passport, check against it: it outranks any calculator.

Four rules that are easy to miss

  • Є, Ї, Й, Ю and Я are written with a y at the start of a word (Yurii, Yizhakevych) and with an i inside or at the end (Andrii, Mariia). A letter after an apostrophe or a soft sign does not start a new word: Знамʼянка is Znamianka.
  • The pair «зг» is written zgh (Згорани — Zghorany), so that it cannot be read as ж.
  • The soft sign and the apostrophe are not written at all: Львів — Lviv, Марʼяна — Mariana.
  • A capital letter that becomes several Latin letters is capitalised as a word (Щербак — Shcherbak); if the whole word is in capitals, as a passport prints it, so is the result (SHCHERBAK).

The official table

The transliteration table of the Ukrainian alphabet from Cabinet resolution No. 55
LetterLatinAt the start of a wordExamples from the resolution
АаaАлуштаAlushta, АндрійAndrii
БбbБорщагівкаBorshchahivka, БорисенкоBorysenko
ВвvВінницяVinnytsia, ВолодимирVolodymyr
ГгhГадячHadiach, БогданBohdan, ЗгурськийZghurskyi
ҐґgҐалаґанGalagan, ҐорґаниGorgany
ДдdДонецькDonetsk, ДмитроDmytro
ЕеeРівнеRivne, ОлегOleh, ЕсманьEsman
ЄєieyeЄнакієвеYenakiieve, ГаєвичHaievych, КоропʼєKoropie
ЖжzhЖитомирZhytomyr, ЖаннаZhanna, ЖежелівZhezheliv
ЗзzЗакарпаттяZakarpattia, КазимирчукKazymyrchuk
ИиyМедвинMedvyn, МихайленкоMykhailenko
ІіiІванківIvankiv, ІващенкоIvashchenko
ЇїiyiЇжакевичYizhakevych, КадиївкаKadyivka, МарʼїнеMarine
ЙйiyЙосипівкаYosypivka, СтрийStryi, ОлексійOleksii
КкkКиївKyiv, КоваленкоKovalenko
ЛлlЛебединLebedyn, ЛеонідLeonid
МмmМиколаївMykolaiv, МариничMarynych
НнnНіжинNizhyn, НаталіяNataliia
ОоoОдесаOdesa, ОнищенкоOnyshchenko
ПпpПолтаваPoltava, ПетроPetro
РрrРешетилівкаReshetylivka, РибчинськийRybchynskyi
СсsСумиSumy, СоломіяSolomiia
ТтtТернопільTernopil, ТроцьTrots
УуuУжгородUzhhorod, УлянаUliana
ФфfФастівFastiv, ФіліпчукFilipchuk
ХхkhХарківKharkiv, ХристинаKhrystyna
ЦцtsБіла ЦеркваBila Tserkva, СтеценкоStetsenko
ЧчchЧернівціChernivtsi, ШевченкоShevchenko
ШшshШосткаShostka, КишенькиKyshenky
ЩщshchЩербухиShcherbukhy, ГощаHoshcha, ГаращенкоHarashchenko
ЮюiuyuЮрійYurii, КорюківкаKoriukivka
ЯяiayaЯготинYahotyn, ЯрошенкоYaroshenko, КостянтинKostiantyn, ЗнамʼянкаZnamianka, ФеодосіяFeodosiia
Ььno Latin equivalent

The examples are given as the resolution prints them. This page reproduces the table without changes.