deadname

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• /ˈdɛd.neɪm/
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From dead + name, because the old name is dead (“no longer used”). Attested since at least 2010 as a noun and 2013 as a verb by the OED.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: exnom — a previous name of a person
• Catalan: nom mort — a previous name of a person
• Catalan: nom de naixement — a previous name of a person
• Chinese Mandarin: 棄名 /弃名 (qìmíng) — a previous name of a person
• Finnish: entinen nimi — a previous name of a person
• Finnish: kuollut nimi — a previous name of a person
• French: deadname — a previous name of a person
• French: morinom — a previous name of a person
• Polish: byłe imię — a previous name of a person
• Polish: deadname — a previous name of a person
• Portuguese: nome morto — a previous name of a person
• Russian: дедне́йм (dɛdnɛ́jm) — a previous name of a person
• Spanish: necrónimo — a previous name of a person
• Tamil: வழங்கப்பட்ட பெயர் (vaḻaṅkappaṭṭa peyar) — a previous name of a person
• Chinese Mandarin: 棄名錯稱 /弃名错称 (qìmíng cuòchēng) — to refer to someone by their previous name
• Finnish: kutsua entisellä nimellä — to refer to someone by their previous name
• Finnish: kutsua kuolleella nimellä — to refer to someone by their previous name
• French: morinommer — to refer to someone by their previous name
• French: deadnamer — to refer to someone by their previous name
• Polish: mówić po byłym imieniu — to refer to someone by their previous name
• Polish: dednejmować — to refer to someone by their previous name
• Serbo-Croatian: mrtvosloviti — to refer to someone by their previous name