deadname

American  

[ded-neym] / ˈdɛdˌneɪm /

Or dead name

noun

1. the previous name of someone who has changed that name, especially the pretransition first name of a trans person.

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verb (used with object)

deadnamed, deadnaming

1. to call (a person, especially a trans person) by that person’s previous name, as opposed to a chosen or preferred name.

Etymology

Origin of deadname

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

The rallies — dubbed “Transgender Day of Visibility” — come as Republican lawmakers across the U.S. have pursued hundreds of proposals this year to push back on LGBTQ+ rights, particularly rights for transgender residents, including banning transgender girls from girls’ sports, keeping transgender people from using restrooms in line with their gender identities and requiring schools to deadname trans students — requiring they be identified by names they were given at birth.

From Seattle Times

The rallies - dubbed “Transgender Day of Visibility” - come as Republican lawmakers across the U.S. have pursued hundreds of proposals this year to push back on LGBTQ+ rights, particularly rights for transgender residents, including banning transgender girls from girls’ sports, keeping transgender people from using restrooms in line with their gender identities and requiring schools to deadname trans students - requiring they be identified by names they were given at birth.

From Washington Times

In 2018, she created an installation that functioned as a funeral for her deadname, complete with a grass lawn and an engraved headstone.

From New York Times

The move comes after Phares Lee, a transgender man who works at a Google data center in South Carolina and is employed by security subcontracting firm G4S, asked to have his deadname removed from his badge and was denied.

From The Verge

Living at home has been especially distressing for nonbinary and transgender students whose family members may purposely or unintentionally call them by the wrong pronouns or “deadname” them — using the name they were given before they transitioned.

From Los Angeles Times