Facebook's Name Policy
Facebook is a community where everyone uses the name they go by in everyday life. This makes it so that you always know who you're connecting with.
Your name can't include:
- Symbols, numbers, unusual capitalization, repeating characters or punctuation.
- Characters from multiple languages.
- Titles of any kind (example: professional, religious).
- Words or phrases in place of a name.
- Offensive or suggestive words of any kind.
If your name follows our standards and you're still having trouble changing it, find out why.
Other things to keep in mind:
- The name on your profile should be the name that your friends call you in everyday life. This name should also appear on an ID or document from our ID list.
- 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 another name on your account (example: maiden name, nickname, professional name).
- Profiles are for individual use only. You can create a Page for a business, organization or idea.
- Pretending to be anything or anyone isn't allowed.
To change your name on Facebook on a computer:
- Review our name standards.
- Click
in the top right of any Facebook page and click 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 fill out this form to let us know. You can only change your name every 60 days.
If you'd like to list a name on your account that's different from the name on your ID (example: maiden name, nickname, professional title):
To add another name:
- Go to your profile and click About.
- 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 Changes.
To edit or delete another name:
- Go to your Profile and click About.
- Click Details About You.
- Hover to the far right of the name you'd like to change and click Options.
- Click Edit or Delete.
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'll still be visible in the About section of your profile and in search results.
