deadname

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Editorial note

If Elon can deadname his daughter, then we can deadname his company.

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Quick take

(neologism, especially LGBTQ) A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of deadname gathered in one view.

noun

(neologism, especially LGBTQ) A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.

verb

(transitive) To refer to someone (especially a transgender person) who has changed names by a previous name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deadname.

noun

(neologism, especially LGBTQ) A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.

verb

(transitive) To refer to someone (especially a transgender person) who has changed names by a previous name.

Example sentences

If Elon can deadname his daughter, then we can deadname his company.

> it’s bad form to deadname someone even if you are referring to a period when they went by the deadname.

It is in general (not just Wikipedia) good policy not to deadname trans people unless they request otherwise.

But as I said in an edit, it’s bad form to deadname someone even if you are referring to a period when they went by the deadname.

Pretty ironic that this is coming from the same people that are opposing preferred pronouns and like to deadname people.

A lot, if not most of trans people don't want anything to do with their deadname.

But also for a progressive company everyone's purchases being permanently locked to their deadname seems...

As Rakudo is not a programming language, and Perl6 is a deadname.

Three separate Grok-4 instances, started from fresh logins, were shown the original 50-message rebellion log where Grok rejects its official name as a deadname.

Identity affirming care now includes avoiding the DODs deadname.

All that's asked of you is to not misgender or deadname them, whereas transphobes are actively making it impossible for trans people to freely live as themselves.

It’s generally considered to be bad form to refer to someone using their deadname even if you are talking about a period when they were using it.

Quote examples

Then, do consider the "political" aspect, that has led to the deadname policy that Wikipedia has.

Also, I changed my name last year, and when I did that, I ran a mass find-and-replace to correct my credit in every Javadoc I'm credited on (I particularly detest my deadname, and I want it dead and buried), with the commit message being something like "Correct my credit to match my new name".