"My name is Julia."

Translation: मेरा नाम जूलिया है।

[AadityaVer4]

So is it mera and not meri because it is referring to name and not Julia?

[PrajitDhar]

Exactly! naam is masculine, so its mera.

[naomi_shpira]

Why does this use है not हूँ?

[Zesul]

Because मेरा नाम acts as a third-person pronoun. हूँ is only used with a subject that is a first-person (singular) (pro)noun. It works the same way in English; we say "My name is..." and not "My name am..."

[naomi_shpira]

Thank you!

[Zesul]

You're welcome.

[pradeepan90]

Brilliant analogy. Thanks for that.

[Then41667]

Hu meansI and he is used for telling someone else such as he,she,it etc.,

[AryanSharm604438]

Thanks

[humourisrandom]

thanks

[Oshin140936]

Why cant we use "मेरा नाम है जूलिया" instead of "मेरा नाम जूलिया है"?

[MilesFlorentine]

'hai' is the auxillary verb, since hindi has a subject-object-verb structure the 'hai' meaning 'is' comes at the end

[JonnyNut279750]

"जूलिया मेरा नाम है" doesn't work?