Names of Main Tintin Characters in Different Languages

Maintained by Tintinologist.org staff Irene Mar. Contributions from: Amir Moradian, Chikahiro Masami, Baishampayan Ghose, Anders Karlsson, Anirban Bhattacharjee, Kirill Polsatchev, Sambeet, Başar Kocaoğlu, Ian Nguyen and Denis Paquet.

Revised: 02 July 2006
Latest change: updated character names in Farsi/Persian. (Thanks to Denis Paquet)

English Tintin Snowy Haddock Calculus Thomson Thompson
Afrikaans Kuifie Spokie Sardyn / Sardijn(?) Phosfatus Uys Buys
Alsatian Tintin Milou Haddock Tournesol Dupont Dupond
Arabic Tin Tin Milou Haddock Bergel Tik Tak
Asturian Tintin Milu Haddock Tornasol Dupont Dupond
Basque Tintinen Milu Haddock Tornasol Dupont Dupond
Bengali Tintin Kuttus Haddock Calculus see note 1 see note 1
Bernese German Tantan Milou Haddock   Hüber Grüber
Breton Tintin Milou Hadok Klaskkato Braz Bras
Catalan Tintin Milu Haddock Tornassol(?) Dupont Dupond
Chinese 丁丁 白雪 阿道克 卡爾庫魯斯 湯姆森 湯普森
Corsican Tintin Milu Haddock Girasole Dupont Dupond
Czech Tintine Spunte Treska   Thomson Thompson
Danish Tintin Terry Haddock Tournesol Dupont Dupond
Dutch Kuifje Bobbie Haddock Zonnebloem Jansen Jansens
Esperanto Tincjo Miluo(?) Hadoko   Citserono Tsicerono
Farsi [Persian] - see also note 3 Tan Tan Barfy Hadok Calcooles Thomson Thompson
Feroese Tintin Terri Haddock   Duopnt Dupond
Finnish Tintti Milou Haddock Tuhatkauno Dupont Dupond
French Tintin Milou Haddock Tournesol Dupont Dupond
Frisian Tufke Bonne Haddock   Hepkema Tjepkema
Galician Tintin Milu Haddock Tornasol Hernandez Fernandez
Gallo Tintin Milou     Morand Morhan
German Tim Struppi Haddock Bienlein Schulze Schultze
Greek Tenten Milou Xantok Tournesol Ntupon Ntupont
Hebrew Tintin Zachi/Shil'gi Haddock Hashav'ya    
Hungarian Tintin Milu Haddock   Dupont Dupond
Icelandic Tinni Tobbi Kolbeinn Vandradur Skapti Skafti
Indonesian Tintin Snowy Haddock Calculus Thomson Thompson
Italian Tintin Milu Haddock Girasole Dupont Dupond
Japanese Tan Tan Snowy Hadok Beaker Dupont Duvont
Korean Ttangttang Millu Hadok Haebaragi    
Latin Tintinus Milule     Clodius Claudius
Luxembourgisch Tintin Milou Haddock Ditchen Biver Biwer
Malay Tintin Snowi Haddock Calculus Thomson Thompson
Norwegian Tintin Terry Haddock Tournesol Dupont Dupond
Occitan Tintin Milon(?) Adoc Tournasol Delpont Delpond
Picard Tantan Milou Hadok Tournesol Dupont Dupond
Polish Tintina Milus Barylka   Tajniak Jawniak
Portuguese [Brazil] Tintim Milu Haddock Girassol Dupont Dupond
Portuguese Tintim Milu Haddock Girassol Dupont Dupond
Rhaeto-Romance Tintin Milu Haddock   Stupan Stuppan
Russian Tantan Melok Haddok Trufon Lakmus Dupon Dupan
Serbo-Croatian Tintin Milu Hadok Turnesol Dipon Dipon
Slovakian Tintin Snow Treska   Thomson Thomson
Spanish [Castilian] Tintin Milu Haddock Tornasol Hernandez Fernandez
Swedish Tintin Milou Haddock Karl Kalkyl Dupont Dupond
Turkish Tenten See note 2 Hadok See note 2 Dupont Dupond
Vietnamese Tin Tin Mi-Lu Hach Dich   Van Den Van Dên
Welsh     Hadog Penchwiban Johns Johnes

Notes

  1. In Bengali, Thomson and Thompson are referred to as "Manikjor" (twins) as a team; individually, they are called "Johnson" and "Ronson". [AB] and [Sambeet]
  2. In some turkish translations, Milou's name is Fındık, which roughly translates as nut. The name "Boncuk" (meaning 'bead') appears in translations from the 1980s and 1990s. Professor Tournesol's name mostly appears as "Turnesol", but "Turnösol" has also been used. [Başar Kocaoğlu]
  3. A few years ago when the Persian/Farsi Tintin books were re-printed, some character names got changed to conform to the English translations. While Tintin is still Tan-Tan, Milou is now Barfy (which literally translates to snowy), Douponte and Doupone are now Thomson and Thompson ( they are pronounced in Persian the same as in English), and Professor Calculus is Calcooles (Persian transliteration of Calculus). [DP]

< The Original Online Tintin Characters Guide