Changing Your Name
To make sure people know who they're connecting with, we ask everyone to use the same name on Facebook that they use in everyday life. We may ask you to confirm that the name on your Facebook account is the name you're known by.
To change your name on Facebook:
- Review our name standards
- Click
in the top right of Facebook and select Settings - Click Name
- Enter your name and click Review Change
- Enter your password and click Save Changes
If you're having trouble changing your name, please let us know. Keep in mind, you can only change your name every 60 days.
Facebook is a community where people use their authentic identities. We require everyone to provide the first and last names they use in everyday life so that you always know who you're connecting with. This helps keep our community safe.
Please don't add any of these to your name:
- Symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters or punctuation
- Characters from multiple languages
- Titles of any kind (ex: professional, religious)
- Words or phrases in place of a name
- Offensive or suggestive words of any kind
Other things to keep in mind:
- The name you use should be the name your friends call you in everyday life and that our acceptable identification forms would show.
- Nicknames can be used as a first or middle name if they're a variation of your authentic name (like Bob instead of Robert).
- You can also list an additional name on your account (ex: maiden name, nickname, professional name).
- Profiles are for individual use only. We offer Pages for professional personas, organizations and businesses.
- Pretending to be anything or anyone isn't allowed.
If the name you use in everyday life isn’t listed on your account, please change your name. If you're unable to change it, learn more.
You should use whichever first and last name you most identify with and use in everyday life. If you're asked to upload documents to confirm your name, you have a few options. Learn about the different types of documents you can use.
Keep in mind that you can only change the name on your Facebook account once every 60 days. You can also add additional names (ex: nicknames, titles, professional names) to your profile.
A language-specific name is the name that you used to sign up for Facebook, translated into another language. If someone uses Facebook in the same language as your language-specific name, they'll see your language-specific name in your profile, search results, posts, comments and photo tags. You'll also see your language-specific name if you use Facebook in that language. Here are some examples of language-specific names:
| Name Used at Sign-Up | Language-Specific Name |
|---|---|
| Hanako Yamada | 山田花子 |
| Chen WeiJie | 陳偉傑 |
| Young Hee Kim | 김영희 |
| Marina Petrova | Марина Петрова |
To add or edit your language-specific name:
- Click in the top right and select Settings
- Click the Name section
- Click add or change your language-specific name
- Enter your name as it appears in another language in the language-specific name fields
- Enter your Password and click Save Changes
To delete your language-specific name:
- Complete steps 1-3 above
- Delete your language-specific name
- Enter your Password and click Save Changes
If you're having trouble adding your language-specific name, it might be because the name you requested doesn't follow our name standards. Keep in mind that the language-specific name should be your authentic name in that language as it would be listed on your credit card or student ID. If you've read our name policies and think that your name was rejected by mistake, let us know.
Right now, language-specific names are only available in a few countries.
The forms above require you to include both a first and a last name. If you only have one name, enter the same name for both New first name and New last name to submit your request. We can work with you to place the mononym on your account.
You can confirm your identity in 1 of 3 ways. When submitting documentation, please cover up any personal information we don't need to verify your identity (ex: credit card number, Social Security number). We encrypt people’s connections to Facebook by default, including IDs you send to us. We delete your ID information after verification is complete. Learn more about how Facebook protects the privacy and security of your information when you submit an ID. 
Facebook requires everyone to provide their authentic names so you always know who you're connecting with. If you'd like your account to show another name you're known by, you can add that name to your account. For example, you could add:
- Your nickname
- Your title or professional name
- Your maiden name
Please remember that other names must follow the Facebook Community Standards, and they can't contain:
- Symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters or punctuation
- Characters from multiple languages
- Offensive or suggestive words of any kind
Learn how to add another name.
If you'd like to list a name on your account that's different from the name on your ID (ex: maiden name, nickname, professional name):
- Click
Edit Profile - Click Details About You
- Click Add a nickname, a birth name... below Other Names
- Select the type of name you want to add next to Name Type
- Enter your other name
- Check Show at top of profile to have your other name shown next to your full name at the top of your profile
- Click Save
Learn more about our other name policies.
Keep in mind, if you don't check the box to have your other name listed at the top of your profile, it will still be visible in the About section of your profile and in search results.
You may be having trouble changing your name if:
- Your name doesn't follow our name policy
- You changed your name in the last 60 days
- You were previously asked to confirm your name on Facebook
If you have a nickname or another name you identify with, you can add an alternate name to your account. You can display your alternate name next to the name you use in everyday life. Additionally, your friends will be able to search for you by both names.
If you're still having trouble changing your name, let us know.