Have you ever wanted to wish happy birthday in a different language than your own?
Wouldn’t be cool if you could include a happy birthday message in Italian or French or Japanese to your overseas friends when you send a gift? Or maybe you have a loved one that wasn’t born in the USA and want to celebrate in her/his native tongue?
Look no further!
Happy birthday flowers
We compiled a list of 73 ways of saying Happy Birthday in foreign languages and we combined them with corresponding national flower. So if you have a friend from a specific country, you know which flowers to give her/him on their big day.
I hope you have fun scrolling through all the different happy birthday greetings and the corresponding national flowers:
| Language | Happy Birthday Greetings | National Flower |
| Afrikaans | Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag! | Protea |
| Albanian | Urime ditelindjen! | Red poppy |
| Arabic | Eid milaad saeed! or Kul sana wa inta/i tayeb/a! | Royal Jasmine |
| Armenian | Taredartzet shnorhavor! | No national flower: try roses! |
| Bengali | Shuvo Jonmodin! | Water lily |
| Brazil | Feliz Aniversário | Cattleya Orchid |
| Bulgarian | Chestit Rojden Den! | Rose |
| Chinese Cantonese | Sun Yat Fai Lok! | Plum Blossom |
| Chinese Mandarin | qu ni sheng er kuai le | Plum Blossom |
| Croatian | Sretan Rodendan! | Iris Croatica |
| Czech | Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!! | Rose |
| Danish | Tillykke med fodselsdagen! | Marguerite Daisy |
| Dutch | Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! | Tulip |
| Estonian | Palju onne sunnipaevaks! | Corn-flower |
| Farsi | Tavalodet Mobarak! | Red Rose |
| Finnish | Hyvaa syntymapaivaa! | Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria Majalis) |
| French | Joyeux Anniversaire! | Maple leaf |
| Georgian | Gilotcav dabadebis dges! | Cherokee rose |
| German | Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! | Knapweed |
| Greek | Eytyxismena Genethlia! | Bear’s Breech (Acanthus Mollis) |
| Hawaiian | Hau`oli la hanau! | Yellow hibiscus |
| Hebrew | Yom Huledet Same’ach! | No National Flower. Try Lillies! |
| Hiligaynon (Philippines) | Masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo! | Sampaguita (Jasminum Sambac) |
| Hindi (India) | Janam Din ki badhai! | Lotus (Nelumbo Nucifera) |
| Hungarian | Boldog szuletesnapot! | Tulip (Tulipa) |
| Icelandic | Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn! | Mountain Avens (Dryas Octopetala) |
| Indonesian | Selamat Ulang Tahun! | Jasmine and Moon Orchid |
| Italian | Buon Compleanno! | Stylized Lily |
| Japanese | Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu! | Chrysanthemum (Imperial), Cherry Blossom Sakura |
| Korean | Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da! | Rose of Sharon (Moogoonghwa) (Hibiscus Syriacus) |
| Kurdish | Rojbun a te piroz be! | Fritillaria imperialis |
| Latvian | Daudz laimes dzimsanas diena! | Oxeye Daisy, or Pipene (Leucanthemum Vulgare) |
| Lithuanian | Sveikinu su gimtadieniu! | Rue or Herb of Grace (Ruta graveolens) |
| Malaysian | Selamat Hari Jadi! | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
| Maltese | Nifrahlek ghal gheluq sninek! | The Maltese Centaury Paleocyanus Crasifoleus |
| Navajo | bil hoozho bi’dizhchi-neeji’ ‘aneilkaah! | Sagebrush |
| Nepali | Janma dhin ko Subha kamana! | Rhododendron |
| Norwegian | Gratulerer med dagen! | Purple Heather |
| Polish | Wszystkiego Najlepszego! | Corn Poppy (Papaver Rhoeas) |
| Romanian | La Multi Ani! | Dog Rose (Rosa Canina) |
| Russian | S dniom razhdjenia! | Camomile (Matricaria Recutita) |
| Samoan | Manuia lou aso fanau! | Teuila |
| Spanish | Feliz Cumplea–os! | Red carnation |
| Sri Lankan | Suba Upan dinayak vewa! | Nil Mahanel Water Lily (Nympheae Stellata) |
| Swedish | Grattis på födelsedagen! | Linnea (Linnea Borealis) |
| Taiwanese | San leaz quiet lo! | Plum blossom (Prunus Mei) |
| Thai | Suk San Wan Keut! | Ratchaphruek |
| Turkish | Dogum gunun kutlu olsun! | Tulip (Tulipa) |
| Ukrainian | Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia! | Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) |
| Vietnamese | Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat! | Lotus |
Giving the right flowers to your loved ones on their birthday can mean the world. Sometimes, something simple like choosing the right bloom can send a message of care and attention. Who doesn’t want to feel special?
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