"What is your name?"

Translation: Come ti chiami?

[Ispirac]

You can also say "come si chiama?" it is more polite version if you don't know other man.

[mtantillo]

By literal translations, I believe:

"Come ti chiami?" = "How are you called?"
"Cos'e il tuo nome?" = "What is your name?"

I think Duo just choose a poor translation here.

[MeLlamoPimienta]

"Cos'è il tuo nome" is not common and is very weird. "Come ti chiami" is much better.

[Quazar]

Would "Cos'e il tuo nome: also work?

[ziggKogg]

Why doesn't it work?

[isakam]

penso che funziona meglio "come" e non "cose"
come ti chiami? com'è il tuo nome?

[formaggiamente]

"Cos'è il tuo nome" shouldn't work. "Qual'è il tuo nome?" might work, though.

[doitokatuk]

i think that it should be added as a correct answer "Qual è il tuo nome?"

[ziggKogg]

I also reported this sentence because it popped up in http://www.duolingo.com/word_practice/it/si/Pronoun but it doesn't use "si".

[Pataglu]

I guess one can say "come tu ti chiami" then. Is it a right guess ?

[Tallman69]

One thing I find curious is Italians apparently ask HOW you are called rather than WHAT you are called, which is most common in English.

[Einstein1999]

Come ti chiama

[ron449068]

Qual è il tuo nome worked but would it make sense to use il tuo when speaking with someone whose name you dont know?

[Bibo519359]

Can I say 'come ti chiama'