{"id":212,"date":"2025-08-20T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:13:01","slug":"name-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/name-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Name Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/08\/42575-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 30%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.700);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Name Change (Chosen or Legal)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"chosen-name\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chosen Name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"what-is-a-chosen-name\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a chosen name?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your chosen name is the first name you commonly go by, and differs from your legal first name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University requires that individuals use their legal name on all legal records and official documents (e.g. transcripts and Certificates of Enrolment).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chosen Name is fully supported in the following systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Campus Card \/ U-Pass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CU email address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MyCarletonOne (MC1) account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class lists and grading<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brightspace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>myAudit results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-do-i-update-my-chosen-name\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I update my chosen name?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Requests to add, update, or remove a Chosen Name can be made through Carleton Central.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to the \u2018Personal Information\u2019 section and select the \u2018Chosen Name (Set or Update your chosen name)\u2019 item.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the submission page of the Chosen Name:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter the chosen name you wish to be identified by.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a personal email address where the Service Desk can contact you.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the Submit button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the confirmation page:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Review the chosen name you submitted as well as the full name, MC1 username, and email address(es) displayed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If they are correct and acceptable, click the Confirm Chosen Name button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you do not wish to confirm the chosen name, click the Cancel Request button to return to the submission page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please allow 2 working days for your new email address to be created. Your chosen name will be updated immediately in the University\u2019s database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No supporting documentation is required, but it is assumed that the request will be made in good faith.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are entitled to a free replacement of your Campus Card and U-Pass after changing your chosen name. You will need to return your old U-Pass in order to receive the replacement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"helpful-tools\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                        <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-12 h-12 mx-6 mt-5 mb-1.5 overflow-hidden\">\n                <span class=\"cu-icon cu-icon-thumb\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; display: inline-block;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\"><!--! 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Non-Canadian students can find their legal names on their immigration documents or passport. This name is used on all official documentation and records (diploma, transcripts, etc.) at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your legal name forms the basis for all of your academic accomplishments. As such, it is expected that students will provide a complete and accurate legal name upon application for admission and maintain and update this name if circumstances change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-do-i-update-my-legal-name\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I update my legal name?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You must complete the University\u2019s official \u201cLegal Name Change Request form\u201d (see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/name-change\/#downloads\">\u201cDownloads\u201d\u00a0<\/a>section at the bottom of this page). Appropriate documentation is required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/about\/contact\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Current and past students must submit their requests to the&nbsp;Registrar\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employees are required to submit their request to&nbsp;Human Resources<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are entitled to a free replacement of your Campus Card and U-Pass after changing your legal name. You will need to return your old U-Pass in order to receive the replacement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"downloads\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center  md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;&quot;2&quot;,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showAllPosts&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;order&quot;&#x3A;&quot;ASC&quot;,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;title&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file_type&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;24&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            file\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"w-full max-w-5xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component-updated not-prose\">\n            <ul class=\"grid cu-stackedlist--posts cu-stackedlist--2 md:grid-cols-2\">\n\n                                                        \n    \n    \n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n        <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 overflow-hidden \">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n            <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n                \n                    <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Name Change Request Form (PDF 177KB)\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                <div class=\"flex flex-col text-left\">\n                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        \n                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/11\/NameChangeRequest.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                        Download\n                        <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                            Name Change Request Form (PDF 177KB)\n                        <\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n<\/li>\n\n                            \n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chosen Name What is a chosen name? 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