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deadname

American  

[ded-neym] / ˈdɛdˌneɪm /

Or dead name

noun

deadnames plural

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)

deadnames, present (3rd person singular) deadnamed, past, past participle deadnaming present participle

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

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• deadnames
  plural

Participles

• deadnaming
  present
• deadnamed
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• deadname
  simple
• deadnames
  simple
• have deadnamed
  perfect
• has deadnamed
  perfect
• am deadnaming
  progressive
• are deadnaming
  progressive
• is deadnaming
  progressive
• have been deadnaming
  perfect progressive
• has been deadnaming
  perfect progressive

Past

• deadnamed
  simple
• had deadnamed
  perfect
• was deadnaming
  progressive
• were deadnaming
  progressive
• had been deadnaming
  perfect progressive

Future

• will deadname
  simple
• will have deadnamed
  perfect
• will be deadnaming
  progressive
• will have been deadnaming
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of deadname

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

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But to the transgender community, revealing a deadname — or the name assigned to them at birth that doesn’t align with their gender identity — could lead to personal safety issues.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

“Being a trans person, it’s sort of hard to see your deadname all around and people can sort of easily find this information,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022

But Loewen, now 40, said her mother has come far in a short time, switching from using her deadname to “Elle,” a short version of her new middle name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022

Restaurants also identify customers by the names on their credit cards, which often feature what many gender-expansive people call their deadname, the name they were given at birth, before transition.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

“One of my friends, who is trans, had their deadname on their ID and we thought that was kind of unfair because everyone was calling them by their deadname,” the student said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2021

As a running gag in one episode, he’s called to add cash to the “Pronoun Jar” whenever he misgenders or deadnames his daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025

Only details concerning irrelevant third parties, certain isolated events and the students’ deadnames, or the birth names that they no longer use, will remain redacted, Kelly said Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

“I don’t want my friends to be misgendered and deadnamed every single day just because they don’t want to come out to their parents,” Leo said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person’s name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form of harassment, in 2018.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

The company kept on is books a policy prohibiting the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” which some transgender advocates had worried would be removed.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

The policy changes also add to a ban on hateful ideologies, explicitly banning deadnaming, misgendering, and misogyny, as well as content promoting conversion therapy.

From The Verge ● Feb. 8, 2022

That doesn’t mean you have to “cause a fuss,” necessarily, but you can politely object to deadnaming without “causing a fuss.”

From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2020

Calling someone by their rejected birth name is termed "deadnaming".

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2015