AFAIK Russian, which lost the present tense of &quot;to be&quot;, just says &quot;my name X&quot; (Меня зовут X).<p>Italian, which has the verb to be, nevertheless uses a different form: literally &quot;I call me X&quot; (mi chiamo X). &quot;I&#x27;m X&quot; (io sono X) would be understood but it&#x27;s more the answer to who are you than to what&#x27;s your name.