I have set my new name everywhere I can in the AppleID settings but the old name is still showing up in this place, and maybe in other places which I haven’t seen yet. But how can I get my chosen name to show up here?
(for clarity, this is the profile picture selection on iPadOS)
Solution: The solution for me was that I had to change my name in the contacts.
More comprehensive solution here
Isn’t that information stored in your own ‘contact-card’ (so contacts > your own dead name)
That was it! Thank you!
Your name will need to be changed in three places.
Change your Apple ID name here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/109353
Change your device name here:
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-the-name-of-your-iphone-iphf256af64f/ios
Change your name in Contacts.
You also will want to log into any email accounts through their web interfaces, go to account settings, and change your name there as well.
Have you tapped on the circle with your initials/profile pic to change your name there when you open Settings -> Apple ID?nm I’m dumb, this only changes your profile picWhat’s a dead name? Is that like a zombie name?
I’m glad you ask about things you don’t know. You’re a smart person.
A dead name is a person’s given name, in the context of a person having transitioned to a different gender and also changing their name to match the gender they identify as. It is bad form to then continue to call them by their birth name.
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