misname

[ mis-neym ]

verb (used with object)

, mis·named, mis·nam·ing.

1. to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of misname¹

First recorded in 1475–85; mis- ¹ + name

Example Sentences

I wish we’d had them when dozens of bombings, shootings, beatings and arsons were committed by members of a compulsory birth movement that had the temerity — with media complicity — to misname itself “anti-abortion.”

From Seattle Times

And your mother-in-law’s sensitivity does not entitle her to misname you.

From New York Times

If my deadname remains associated with my scholarship, readers of my work could either misname and misgender me, or apply anti-trans bias to my work before even encountering my ideas.

From Nature

I have laughed it off; this makes him laugh and continue to misname me.

From Seattle Times

I have laughed it off; this makes him laugh and continue to misname me.

From Washington Post