deadname v 🔊

1. (transitive) To refer to (someone, especially a transgender person who has changed their name) by a previous name.
2. (intransitive) To refer to someone, especially a transgender person who has changed their name, by a previous name.

deadname n

1. (especially LGBTQ) A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.

☞ The American singer Shirley Ellis released her song “The Name Game” this month in 1964.

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