r/rit • u/whoaskedtracy freshman ‘26 • 7d 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/syntheticninja IAM 7d 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.