- Can also be a noun, in which the individual’s previously assigned name would be their deadname.
deadname
verb; compounding
To inappropriately refer to a transgender or non-binary individual by a name that they no longer identify with.
Etymology : Compounding of dead and name.
Source : “Please don’t deadname them, they go by Kai now.” (TikTok, 10-7-20)
Last modified: 21 November 2020