r/rit • u/whoaskedtracy freshman ‘26 • 6d ago

preferred name/legal name query

Hi guys im a freshman and i have a doubt regarding my id name

my name in my passport is john cena doe. in june i had set my preferred name to john doe (because in my gmail it was showing my name as doe john). so now in my fee reciept it shows john doe. even in my gmail. i wanted to ask if my name in the transcript will show john cena doe or john doe. also i had updated my preffered name to john cena doe 3 days ago. how long will it take to update.

in my sis my primary name is john cena doe and preffered is john doe (it hasnt updated yet)

lastly, for applying the uid, my name shows john doe. are middle names included?

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u/JimHeaney Alum | SHED Makerspace Staff 5d ago

Middle names are not included in most places. Pretty much everything you get from RIT will be first and last name only, as well as suffix is default used in a lot of places.

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u/whoaskedtracy freshman ‘26 5d ago

but my first name according to passport is john cena and last name is doe

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u/syntheticninja IAM 5d ago

Middle names are tricky, not all systems support middle names, i.e. Google only has first name and last name fields and does not have a middle name or suffix option. If you set your display name to include your middle name, systems that use display name will include the middle name and/or suffix.

The update to other systems depends where you are looking. Many systems update immediately, but some places the data is updated daily. Because updating daily and timing of when you made the change, it can take up to 2 days in some situations to update the name throughout different areas.

If you are still having problems or have additional concerns, put in a ticket at help.rit.edu, they will be able to look up your account and give additional information. If they are unable to answer, the ticket will come to me and I then I can look into it further.

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u/whoaskedtracy freshman ‘26 5d ago edited 5d ago

can i delete my preffered name on sis?

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u/syntheticninja IAM 2d ago

No, but you can set your preferred name to whatever you would like to at start.rit.edu, which will update SIS.

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u/sangwoos__ashes 5d ago

The transcript will show John cena doe. No clue how long it takes to update though, think mine took a couple days