How can I correct name on Apple Watch after upgrading my iPhone?

My iwatch8 changed my name to now use the first person listed on my contacts since activating my new iphone16 pro . I have double checked the name under I watch profile and also the health app. They both show my correct name, and have not changed when transferring my information from my old phone to my new phone. What would be the steps to correct this? I see this issue has been going on for a few years per previous threads?


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Apple Watch Series 8, watchOS 11

Posted on Oct 25, 2024 6:32 PM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2024 7:50 AM

I found the answer in a thread from 2021. On my phone (not the watch app) : Settings>apps>contacts>myinfo


somehow when my data transferred from the old phone to the new, this field did not match up, so the new phone just populated from the first contact on the list instead of my user profile ( weirdly, my profile showed up at the bottom of the contact list, not the top). After I deleted the wrong contact in the my info, my profile picture/info defaulted to the top of the contact page, and now the name is correct on my watch

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Oct 26, 2024 7:50 AM in response to ttop71

I found the answer in a thread from 2021. On my phone (not the watch app) : Settings>apps>contacts>myinfo


somehow when my data transferred from the old phone to the new, this field did not match up, so the new phone just populated from the first contact on the list instead of my user profile ( weirdly, my profile showed up at the bottom of the contact list, not the top). After I deleted the wrong contact in the my info, my profile picture/info defaulted to the top of the contact page, and now the name is correct on my watch

Oct 26, 2024 7:33 AM in response to Ingo2711

No, when I complete a workout or activity in the health app, the feedback response message that you will sometimes get after completing a challenge is now addressed to the first name on my phone contacts list instead of my first name as it used to display. All of my names match across my phone, watch, and apps and settings, and I do not “share” my workouts or health information, so there is no reason why the watch should pull a random person from my contact list and associate it with a workout challenge


seems like it has been a prior issue but I can’t view the solution. See

“Wrong name on my Apple Iwatch activity app” thread from 2023


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