How to Change Your Name on Facebook

Facebook is a social networking site that was founded in the year 2004 by college student Mark Zuckerberg and his friends. Since then it has gained immense popularity in all terms possible. It started out as a simple service that allowed Internet users communicate more effectively. It then went ahead to provide its users facilities like sharing images, videos, short messages called status updates, etc. Today, as I type this, Facebook has more than 500 million active users all over the world. The best thing about Facebook is that it has something for everyone, right from businessmen to students. It is currently leading the social media revolution on the web. Like any other popular product or service it has gone through its share of controversies too. In spite of all its great applications and features there is one thing that all Facebook users have a problem with. That thing is the user interface and its various settings. Many new users of Facebook struggle with even the basic setting of the site. Questions like how to change your display name or your last name are very commonly asked by new users. In this article, I will be discussing the process of changing your name on the site.

Changing Your Name on Facebook

Actually, changing your name on Facebook is as easy as creating a fanpage on Facebook, if you are going to use your real name. Also, if you are putting some sensible name then too it will change immediately. But if you are going to put names like you put in your email ids like cooldude221 or spiderman, etc., then there are chances that your name may not get changed because facebook reviews all the names before changing them. So the best way is to use your real name. If you have security concerns then you can use a variation of your name or a nickname which is close to your name and does not appear fake.

To change your name follow the following steps.

• Go to the Facebook home page and log into your account.
• Now on the right side of the page you will see the 'account' tab beside the search bar. Click it.
• A list will drop down. In this list select 'account settings'. You will be directed to the account settings page.
• You will see the personal details fields on this page. Go the name field and change your name.
• Now click on save and your settings will be saved. But your display name will not change right away. It usually takes a few hours to change.

Changing the Name Font

You cannot change the font of your Facebook display name, but you can change the appearance of the name. You can make it weird looking by making it inverted or using caps and no caps alternately. To make some changes to your Facebook display name you can try the 'weird maker'; search for this, it is readily available. There are other applications available that convert your name into symbols or inverted letters which you can copy and paste in the name field of Facebook. However, note that Facebook may not accept this name. Facebook has made many changes since it first started and as Myspace, which is its biggest competitor, has this name font changing facility, it seems likely that Facebook will make it available soon.

It is best not to waste time in such minor things like name fonts, unless it is your Internet business profile that you have created to promote your product or service on Facebook. Now that you know how to change your name on Facebook, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and do it!