Contact names changing on their own

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Contact names changing on their own

I have noticed that some of my contacts' names keep changing to a title of some sort. My father, who I have listed as "papa" now shows up as "daddy" and my step-father, who is in my contacts under his name, now shows up as "step-dad". Both of these "titles" show up underneath their proper name in my contacts when I look at their contact specifically, but I can't seem to change them back. It only seems to be affecting people with direct family ties with me so I assume it's pulling that information from somewhere but I have no idea where.

It's done this before and it auto-corrected itself a few days later, so in the end it will likely do the same thing again if I just wait it out. But I'm curious if anyone knows what's actually causing this so I can stop it from happening again.

Thanks!

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on Mar 15, 2023 7:46 AM

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Mar 15, 2023 8:04 AM in response to azure_mirror

When you look deeply you will find that Contacts are neither stored on an iPhone nor on SIM. They are synced to an email account that you may have added and enabled Contacts. It could be Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other email client server.

When you enable Contacts in any of the email accounts they are displayed to you through the Contacts App. When you edit these contacts on an iPhone they are ultimately edited on the client-server.

Please see the pic below for a better understanding...

If you are unable to find your contacts which were stored in the email client, then try this --> Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and more using ...

Check if the email account has been removed from the iOS mail app.

Add the email account that stores your contacts in the IOS mail app and enable Contacts.

What is your default Contacts account? If none, please add an email account and enable contacts.

See the pic below

Unlike some Android devices, contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

If you have a corporate email account added through a profile on your device, please check with your organization's system administrator.

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