Your name doesn't follow our name policy. You changed your name in the last 60 days, or you tried to change it too frequently. You were previously asked to confirm your name on Facebook. Your name doesn't match the name that appears on an item from our ID list.
Facebook users cannot use fake names on their accounts. Always use your real name. You can change your name after your account is created only if you legally change your name, such as when you get married. It is a particularly flagrant violation of Facebook rules to intentionally impersonate another person on Facebook.
Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile. Third-party apps also can't provide this functionality. If you come across an app that claims to offer this ability, please report the app.
“Facebook is a community where everyone uses the name they go by in everyday life,” the company wrote in its online Help Center. The company requires profile names to appear on an ID document such as, among other things, a government ID, bank statement, library card, utility bill, or car insurance card.
You can only change your name every 60 days.
Facebook requests your identity. And at the same time, more and more employers tend to screen your online footprint. One way to make it hard to be found is to change your last name by your middle name. And hoping for your friends to recognize that it's you.
It's near the top of the menu. Click Edit next to your name. Enter your first name and remove your last name. Type the name you want to go by into the "First" field, and remove your last (and middle) name.
How many times can you change your name? Technically, you can change your name as many times as you want to. For example, if you got married and divorced five times, you could have 10 name changes associated with those.
Can I create a joint Facebook account or share a Facebook account with someone else? We don't allow joint accounts. Additionally, you can only create an account for one Facebook account per email. Since each account belongs to one person, we require everyone to use their authentic name on their account.
Facebook is a community where people use their authentic identities. It's against the Facebook Community Standards to maintain more than one personal account.
We block the use of certain names to help prevent people from creating fake or malicious accounts. We're sorry if your name was blocked by mistake. Make sure that your name follows our guidelines. Try signing up again at facebook.com.
Once you've changed your name, you can't change it again for 60 days. Your name can't include your title – so no, unfortunately you can't add Mrs to your name on Facebook. You also can't use symbols, numbers, punctuation, phrases or anything offensive in your name.
No, Facebook won't notify your friends when you change your name on Facebook. But they will be able to see the change when they visit your profile. The only notification and change they will see if you post something new, like profile picture, cover photo, status, photo, life event etc.
Wait for approval
Now all you need to do is wait for approval. As it says in the Confirm Name Change Request box, Facebook takes up to three days to approve the name change. They may also request additional information in order to make their decision.
Unfortunately, the majority of these articles will tell you that there's no definitive list or metric that tracks that. Facebook has even stated that they do not allow users or third-party apps to keep track of users that way.
Anyone can see your public information, which includes your name, profile picture, cover photo, gender, username, user ID (account number), and networks (learn why). Only you and your friends can post to your profile. When you post something, you can control who sees it by using the audience selector.