| Afrikaans | Sekretarisvoël, Sekretarisvoel |
| Azerbaijani | katibə quşu, ilan quşu, ilancıl, katib quşu |
| Basque | Hegazti idazkari |
| Belarusian | Птушка-сакратар |
| Bengali | হমক্রটাচয াচি , হমক্রটাচযফাডি |
| Bulgarian | Птица секретар |
| Catalan | secretari |
| Chinese | 蛇鷲, 蛇鹫, 鹭鹰 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 蛇鷲 |
| Croatian | sekretar |
| Czech | hadilov písař, Hadilov písar |
| Danish | Sekretærfugl |
| Dutch | Secretarisvogel |
| Esperanto | Sekretaribirdo, Sekretarbirdo |
| Estonian | kurgkotkas (sekretärlind), Kurgkotkas |
| Finnish | sihteeri, sihteerilintu |
| French | Messager sagittaire, Secrétaire, Messager serpentaire, Serpentaire |
| Frisian | Sekretarisfûgel |
| Galician | Serpentario |
| German | Sekretär |
| Greek | Γραμματεύς |
| Hebrew | לבלר |
| Hungarian | Titkármadár, kígyászkeselyű |
| Icelandic | Örvi |
| Irish | Peannaire, Rúnai fadchosach |
| Italian | Serpentario, Segretario |
| Japanese | ヘビクイワシ |
| Kazakh | хатшы құс |
| Latvian | Sekretārs |
| Lithuanian | sekretorius |
| Luxembourgish | Sekretärvull |
| Norwegian | sekretærfugl, Sekretærfugl |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Sekretærfugl |
| Polish | sekretarz |
| Portuguese | Serpentário, secretário |
| Romanian | Secretar |
| Russian | Секретарь, Птица-секретарь |
| Serbian | Ptica sekretar, Sekretar |
| Shona | Hungwe |
| Slovak | hadožrút nohatý |
| Slovenian | Tajnik |
| Spanish | Secretario |
| Swahili | Karani Tamba |
| Swedish | sekreterarfågel |
| Tajik | парранда-секретар, паранда-секретар |
| Tatar | кятип кошы , сәркятип кошы, секретарь-кош, секретарь кошы |
| Tsonga | Mampfana |
| Tswana | Tlhamê |
| Turkish | Katip Kuşu, Kâtip kuşu, Sekreterkuşu |
| Ukrainian | секретар |
| Uzbek | мирзо қуш, мирзоқуш |
| Welsh | Aderyn y Cwils |
| Xhosa | Ingxangxosi |
| Zulu | iNtungunono |
