Edit— I’m in the U.S. And this obviously varies with location and bank, just throwing it out there as a suggestion if it matters to you and you’ve never thought about it before. I wish someone had told me sooner that it was even a possibility because it really mattered to me pre-T with small interactions like at restaurants and cafes.

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I see a lot of posts where people get worried about their birth/given name appearing on things like IDs and credit cards. I was in the same boat pre name change so wanted to share what I did that really helped.

before I legally changed my name, i was able to get my bank to replace the first name on my credit card with the 1st initial of my first name. So my card just had [single letter last name].

I did it in person at my bank but not sure if that was needed. I asked if they could replace my name with different “nickname”, and they said they couldn’t put on a different name, but they could put on an initial. (By that logic they maybe also would have allowed a truncated version like the first 2 or 3 letters etc but I didn’t ask)

Would recommend anyone who feels uncomfortable about their card to see if you can do that