How do you write a name in Morse code?

Look up each letter in the Morse chart, write the codes in order and leave a clear gap between letters. For example, PRIYA is .--. .-. .. -.-- .- and SOS is ... --- ...

How do you separate words in Morse code?

In written Morse a slash (/) with spaces around it is the common separator. In sound, the gap between words is seven units, compared with three units between letters.

What happens to letters like ë or symbols like @ in the translator?

The translator covers A to Z, 0 to 9 and the punctuation . , ? and !. Anything else, including accented letters and @, is shown as a question mark, so replace it with a plain letter first.

How fast is the translator's audio?

Each dot lasts 80 milliseconds and each dash 240 milliseconds, with gaps of one unit inside a letter, three units between letters and seven units between words, matching the standard 1:3:7 timing.

How to Write Your Name in Morse Code (Chart, Spacing and Sound)

The short answer

To write your name in Morse code, replace each letter with its dot-and-dash code from the chart below and leave a gap between letters. PRIYA becomes .--. .-. .. -.-- .- and SOS becomes ... --- .... Use a slash between words, as in .. / .-.. --- ...- . for "I love". The free Morse Code Translator converts any text as you type and can play it back as beeps, so you can hear what your name sounds like.

The Morse code chart (A to Z and 0 to 9)

These are the International Morse code signals, as defined by the ITU, and they are the ones the translator uses.

Letter	Code	Letter	Code
A	`.-`	N	`-.`
B	`-...`	O	`---`
C	`-.-.`	P	`.--.`
D	`-..`	Q	`--.-`
E	`.`	R	`.-.`
F	`..-.`	S	`...`
G	`--.`	T	`-`
H	`....`	U	`..-`
I	`..`	V	`...-`
J	`.---`	W	`.--`
K	`-.-`	X	`-..-`
L	`.-..`	Y	`-.--`
M	`--`	Z	`--..`
Digit	Code	Digit	Code
1	`.----`	6	`-....`
2	`..---`	7	`--...`
3	`...--`	8	`---..`
4	`....-`	9	`----.`
5	`.....`	0	`-----`

Digits follow a pattern: 1 to 5 start with dots and add dashes, 6 to 0 start with dashes. Once you notice it, you never need to look them up.

The translator also knows four punctuation marks: full stop .-.-.-, comma --..--, question mark ..--.. and exclamation mark -.-.--.

How to write your name, step by step

Write your name in capital letters. Morse has no lowercase, so "Priya" and "PRIYA" are the same.

Find each letter in the chart and write its code.

Leave a clear gap between letters. Without it, .- (A) followed by - (T) looks like .-- (W).

Put a slash between words, for example between first name and surname.

Read it back letter by letter to check.

Or type the name into the Morse Code Translator in Text → Morse mode and copy the result.

Worked examples

These were produced by the translator. It separates letters with two spaces to make them easy to tell apart, and words with a slash.

Text	Morse code
SOS	`... --- ...`
Priya	`.--. .-. .. -.-- .-`
Arjun 2026	`.- .-. .--- ..- -. / ..--- ----- ..--- -....`
I love you	`.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-`

When you write Morse by hand, a single clear space between letters is enough, as long as it is visibly bigger than the space inside a letter.

Spacing rules: the part most people get wrong

Morse is a timing code. The International Telecommunication Union's recommendation on Morse (ITU-R M.1677-1) sets everything relative to the length of one dot:

Element	Length
Dot	1 unit
Dash	3 units
Gap between dots and dashes in the same letter	1 unit
Gap between letters	3 units
Gap between words	7 units

On paper, that means a small gap inside a letter, a bigger gap between letters, and a slash or very wide gap between words. In sound, it is the rhythm that lets a listener tell "ET" (. -) from "A" (.-).

Hearing your name with the Play audio button

Click Play audio after converting your text and the translator beeps it out with a 600 Hz tone. It uses an 80-millisecond unit: dots last 80 ms, dashes 240 ms, and the gaps work out to 80 ms inside a letter, 240 ms between letters and 560 ms between words. That is the same 1:3:7 ratio as the table above, so it is a fair model of real Morse at a moderate speed.

Some practical notes:

Turn your volume up a little before clicking, because the tone starts immediately.
Short names play in a few seconds. "SOS" takes a little over two seconds.
If you want to learn by ear, play the same word several times and tap along.

Characters the translator can't convert

The translator covers A to Z, 0 to 9 and the four punctuation marks above. Anything else, such as accented letters (é, ë), @, apostrophes, hyphens or emoji, comes out as a question mark. For example, "Zoë" becomes --.. --- ?. Replace special characters with plain letters (Zoe) before converting, and spell out symbols if they matter ("at" for @).

Ideas for using your name in Morse

Jewellery and engraving. Bracelets with long and short beads, or engraved dots and dashes. Write the code out first and count the symbols so the engraver has exact spacing.
Tattoos. Double-check every letter. A single dot missing turns one letter into another, for example .. (I) instead of ... (S).
Secret messages and puzzles. Treasure hunts and classroom activities work well with short words.
Learning Morse. Start with the letters in your own name; they stick quickly because you use them often.

Common mistakes

No gaps between letters. .... could be H or two Is (.. ..) or four Es. Spacing is part of the code.
Using dashes of different lengths when drawing. Keep all dashes about three times as long as a dot.
Confusing similar letters. U (..-) and V (...-), or D (-..) and B (-...), differ by one symbol.
Copying a code that includes "?". That means a character could not be converted.

Related tools

Morse is one of several ways to turn text into simple symbols. To see how computers store the same letters, read how to convert text to binary or try the Binary Translator. If you want to hear normal text read aloud instead of beeps, use Text to Speech.