What does Deadnaming mean?

Slang term for the act of using a person's old name, the one they had before changing it as part of their transition process/journey.

Deadnaming

Other definitions of Deadnaming:

  • Referring to a transgender person's name they used before their transition, whether intentional or not.
  • The invalidating action of using a person's prior name.

All of our slang term and phrase definitions are made possible by our wonderful visitors. If you know of another definition of Deadnaming that should be included here, please let us know.


How to use the term
Deadnaming:

  • I had an old friend who outed me to a group of people by deadnaming me. Worse, even though it was an accident, they refused to apologize.

  • Did he just deadname in that tweet? Gross.

  • Deadnaming is just another example of how transgender people experience discrimination across the board.


References:

There are no references for Deadnaming at this time. We would greatly appreciate your contribution if you would like to submit your own!

More slang terms:

IFF

IFF

if and only if

BRLCFH

BRLCFH

Broke Ribs Laughing, Call For Help