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

    • noughtnaut@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      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.

      • azulavoir@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        It could also be, perhaps, someone’s given name before adoption gave them a new one. Or perhaps a meddling relative suggested a “better” name, and then the person went back to the one they were born with, leaving the relative’s name idea dead.

        It’s not trans-exclusive (I fall into the latter category I mentioned) but it’s definitely a mostly trans concept