OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 58728

deadname

/ˈdɛd.neɪm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
necrónimo
A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.
And when people constantly refer to you as your deadname [a name that you previously went by], or use the incorrect pronouns, it really is like getting slapped with a wet fish.
One of the articles in our last issue contained a major error: we referred to a transgender student by their deadname.
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