Members of the University of Toronto community often have a first name other than an official name that they use to identify themselves to others. Recognizing this, U of T allows students, faculty and staff to set and use their preferred first name.

Differentiating between the preferred and official first names allows the University to enable individual preference in applications that do not have a requirement to use official names. The preferred name option enacts the adoption of a consolidated preferred name across the University’s IT infrastructure.

The preferred name service was previously known as display first name.