My iPhone is showing my daughter's name on texts from both her and her dad’s numbers

TL;DR: My daughter's contact name is associated with two phone numbers in my phone and I can't make it stop!


My daughter and her dad recently upgraded their iPhones and switched providers. During the transfer process, she sent me a text from her new phone, but it came through from her dad's number. I pointed this out and she was confused and then they asked the T-Mobile guy to fix it, which he did. Ever since then, her name shows up on texts from her number AND from her dad's number. I've deleted both contacts from my phone and restarted. I still get texts from both of them with her name attached. Additionally, when I start a new text message (say if I want to text a photo) and type her name into the To: field, her dad's number comes up as one of the options. I have been accidentally sending him messages all week thinking they are going to her.


I've had them both check Settings > Phone > My Number to make sure it's the correct number, and it is. They've also both checked Settings > Messages > Send & Receive to make sure their numbers and Apple IDs are correct.


What else can I do?! Is this a T-Mobile issue or ...?? BTW this is only happening to me, doesn't seem to be an issue for others who they both communicate with.


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Original Title: wrong contact name associated to phone number

Posted on Sep 11, 2025 1:35 PM

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Sep 11, 2025 2:48 PM in response to serenelle

Sharing the fix here after speaking to Apple Support. We double checked everything and I also confirmed that this was only a ME problem; others who have both of their contacts in their phones were not having the issue.


The advisor seemed flummoxed, but as a last resort he said I could try deleting the text thread with her dad, and voila! That fixed it.

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