How to Add Your Name as a Watermark to a PDF
Sharing a portfolio, a proposal, or a design draft as a PDF? Stamping your name across it marks ownership and discourages people from passing it off as their own. Here's how to add your name as a watermark to a PDF.
Add your name in seconds
Open the Watermark PDF tool, upload your file, type your name (or "© Your Name 2026"), and apply it. The name is drawn diagonally at low opacity across every page — visible, but light enough that the content stays readable. It runs in your browser, so the document is never uploaded.
What to write
Your name, your business name, "© Your Name", or a contact like your email or website. Keep it short — long watermarks get cluttered at an angle. A URL doubles as free advertising when the file gets shared.
A watermark is a deterrent, not a lock
It marks ownership and signals intent, but a determined person can still remove it. For genuine restriction you'd need password protection, which browser tools can't add. Treat a watermark as "this is mine", not "you can't open this".
Finish the document
Assemble everything first so the watermark covers the final pages: combine with Merge PDF, then watermark, then add page numbers if needed.
Before you send it
Shrink the file so it emails easily with Compress PDF.