Basic Facebook Guide: Fb Nickname

Adding Your Nickname to Facebook

Promoting your small business through your Facebook account is an ideal way to drum up publicity. However, people who know you only by your nickname won't be able to locate you on Facebook unless you add your nickname to your account. After associating a nickname with your Facebook account and making it public, that nickname will appear next to your real name in your profile and when people search for you on Facebook.
Step 1

Click the down-pointing arrow to the right of Home on your Facebook menu bar to open a drop-down menu. Click "Account Settings" to open the General Account Settings screen.

Step 2

Click the "Edit" link associated with the Name field.

Step 3

Enter your nickname in the Alternate Name field and then click to place a check mark in the "Include this on my profile" check box.

Step 4

Enter the password associated with your Facebook account in the Password field and click "Save Changes." The nickname now appears on both your Facebook Timeline and homepage.
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How to Add Nicknames to Your Facebook Profile

Recently, Facebook has renewed its efforts to force users to use their real names, annoying many and causing a lot of confusion. Here’s how to add an other name such as a nickname, alias, or maiden name to your Facebook profile.

You may not use your so-call real life name for any variety of reasons. Maybe you simply don’t go by your given name, or maybe your pseudonym is how you self-identify. Whatever your particular circumstance, Facebook apparently knows better and will send you the following tersely worded warning that you need to update your name.

Facebook can be pretty annoying, and we’ve covered some of the more notable irritations, such as disabling birthday reminders or blocking game and app requests but, these are things that you can attend to at your convenience. Unfortunately, the “real life” name policy requires more immediate attention.

Luckily, you can add another name, such as a nickname, pseudonym, maiden name, and others to your account, which (if you want) will be displayed at the top of your account in parenthesis next to your “real life” name.

To add other names, you want to click “About” at the top of your timeline.

Next click the “Details About You” category and note the “Other Names” settings.

From here you can add a nickname, birth name, and any other of a number of option.

Understand that Other Names are “always public and help people find you on Facebook,” so if your privacy is super important to you then this option may not be the best choice.

From here, if you want your other name shown at the top of your profile in parenthesis next to your “real life” name, you should check “Show at top of profile.” You’ll be able to preview what this will look like before you commit to it.

That’s how you add other names to your Facebook profile using the main website. Here’s how to do it on Android devices.

Adding Other Names on Android

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Using the Android app, tap the three lines in the upper-right corner, scroll down, tap “Account Settings.”
Next, on the Settings screen, tap “General.”

Now, tap “Name.”

Just like on the website, there will be an option to add “Add or change other names” so tap that.

Tap “Add a nickname, a birth name…” and you can follow the same procedure as detailed above.

From hereon, it is largely the same across other platforms but let’s very briefly show you how to do it on your iPhone or iPad.

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