To perform the sign “name” in American Sign Language (ASL) stick out your index and middle finger of both hands. Form a cross through moving the fingers of both hands together. Repeat the movement.
Useful Sentences
What's your name?
My name is John.
Excuse me. Can you please spell your name again?
Do I use my right or my left hand for signing “name”?
For signs like “name” that use only one hand, you typically use the hand you also write with. So in case you are left-handed, you would normally use your left hand for signing “name”.
Do you know what the inner monologue of Deaf people looks like?
In case you want to learn how deaf people think, check out our blog post here. In another blog post, we wrote about how deaf people dream.
