Name Change

Legal Name

If your legal name has changed (the name on your driver's license or Social Security card) you will need to update your record with University of Idaho. The required steps and department that will process the change may be different depending on your affiliation with the university.

Employees

To ensure the correct reporting to the IRS and Social Security Administration for tax purposes, employees who have a legal name change with the Social Security Administration will need to update their name with Payroll Services by filling and submitting the Employee Name Change Request form.

Please note, if you are a student-employee any change submitted to Payroll will be forwarded to The Office of the Registrar. You do not need to submit the change to the Registrar as well.

Contact Human Resources at hr@uidaho.edu or call 208-885-3638 with any questions.

Students

To ensure the accuracy of student records and, in the case of students receiving Federal Financial Aid, to ensure the accurate reporting of tuition paid, students who have a legal name change will need to update their name with the Registrar’s office by filling and submitting the Request for Student Name Change form.

Please note, if you are a student-employee follow the process for Employees above. Changes made through Payroll will be forwarded to the Registrar.

Contact the Registrar’s office at registrar@uidaho.edu or call 208-885-6731 with any questions.

Preferred Name

The University of Idaho provides students and employees with a self-help option for indicating their preferred first name. The provided name will be used in place of the person's legal first name across several (but, not all) of the university's systems and business processes.

For more about this program and its limitations visit uidaho.edu/its/preferred-name

Contact prefnameinfo@uidaho.edu with any questions.