Happy Birthday in Different Languages

Find “Happy birthday” in 115 languages, from Spanish and Hindi to Swahili and Hawaiian. Each greeting shows the native script, a romanization, a simple “say it” guide and a Play button that uses your device’s voices, so you can copy it into a card or say it out loud with confidence.

Last updated: October 24, 2026

How to use the Happy Birthday in Different Languages

1. Pick a language from the drop-down, or click a language name in the list; the greeting appears in large type at the top.
2. Press Play pronunciation to hear it spoken by your device’s voice for that language, or follow the “Say it” guide (capital letters mark the stressed syllable).
3. Search or filter by typing a language or phrase, or choose a region such as Europe or Africa.
4. Copy the phrase into a message or card, or use “Copy all shown” to paste a multilingual list.
5. Download CSV to keep the whole table for a classroom, party banner or language project.

Happy birthday in the most popular languages

These are the greetings people look up most often. Stressed syllables are written in capitals; the pronunciation is an English-style approximation, so the Play button (when your device has the voice) is the best guide to the real sound.

What the greetings actually mean

Translated word for word, birthday wishes fall into a few families:

• “Happy birthday”: the English pattern, shared by Spanish (feliz cumpleaños), Hebrew (yom huledet sameach), Mandarin (shēngrì kuàilè, “birthday happy”) and Swahili (heri ya siku ya kuzaliwa, “blessings on the day of being born”).
• “Many years”: Greek Chrónia pollá, Romanian La mulți ani and Catalan Per molts anys wish a long life rather than a happy day. Poland’s birthday song Sto lat asks for a hundred years.
• “Congratulations”: Dutch Gefeliciteerd, Basque Zorionak, Norwegian Gratulerer med dagen (“congratulations on the day”) and Korean chukha (축하) treat a birthday as an achievement.
• “All the best”: German Alles Gute, Polish Wszystkiego najlepszego and Czech Všechno nejlepší.

Tips for saying it well

• Use the polite form with elders. Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Thai and many other languages change the ending for politeness; the notes show both forms where it matters.
• Mind the gender in some languages. Arabic, Hebrew and Hindi wishes can change slightly depending on who is speaking or who is addressed; the version shown is the most common general form.
• Timing can matter. In Russia and some neighbouring countries it is widely considered bad luck to congratulate someone before their birthday, so wait until the day itself.
• Tonal languages need the right pitch. In Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai and Yoruba the pitch changes meaning, so listen to a native voice with the Play button and copy the melody, not only the sounds.

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