History Main / TemporaryNameChange

* At the height of the moral panic about ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', devils and demons were renamed in the 2nd Edition as baatezu and tanar'ri. This was reversed in the 3rd edition and the names were {{Retcon}}ed as being of particular races of said devils and demons.

* El Molino High School in western Sonoma County, California closed in 2021 because of dwindling enrollment figures. The district moved its students to the campus of its other high school, Analy.[[note]]Pronounced "ANN-a-lee", so-named because a 19th century descendant of the ancient Irish lordship of Annaly was an early settler in the area[[/note]] Officially, the two schools had merged into a new high school, which the district temporarily christened West County High School, with the plan to adopt a new name later. But the students and alumni of Analy High School, which has been in existence since 1908, objected to the name change, especially since the ''de facto'' situation was that Analy had absorbed El Molino. Eventually the districted relented, so the situation boiled down to Analy just being renamed West County for one year, then going back to Analy in 2022.

* Pizza Hut changed its name to [[https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/pizza-hut-changes-name-for-super-bowl-2019 Pizza Hut Hut]] for Superbowl LIII
* In the run-up to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', numerous 7-Eleven Stores in North America renamed themselves "Kwik-E-Mart" with ''Simpsons''-themed signage on and inside the building. After the movie promotion was over the names returned to 7-Eleven

* Rapper Sean Combs can't seem to stick with a stage name for too long....''Puff Daddy....Puffy....Sean "Puffy" Combs, P. Diddy, ''....

** Music/{{Cher}} Bono—> Cher Bono Allman—> Cher

* During World War 2, hamburgers in America were renamed “Liberty Steaks” due to their German-sounding name

** The AFL sets aside one of its annual rounds to honor Indigenous Australians, and a recent trend has seen teams temporarily rename themselves to the original Indigenous name for their location. The Melbourne Demons kicked it off by switching their name to Naarm Demons, and the Fremantle (Walyalup) Dockers and the Port Adelaide (Yartapuulti) Power have joined them.

* In 2003, angered at France for not agreeing with their decision to go to war in Iraq, the American House of Representatives decided to stop serving French Fries and French Toast and instead referred to them as "Freedom" Fries and "Freedom" Toast. This was then reversed in 2006.

** The AFL sets aside one of tis annual rounds to honor Indigenous Australians, and a recent trend has seen teams temporarily rename themselves to the original Indigenous name for their location. The Melbourne Demons kicked it off by switching their name to Naarm Demons, and the Fremantle (Walyalup) Dockers and the Port Adelaide (Yartapuulti) Power have joined them.

* The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion became simply Blue Explosion for the album ''Damage'', citing the need to emphasize that they'd always been a democratic group rather than Jon Spencer and backing musicians. Eight years and one album later they'd revert to the full name.

* The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion became simply Blue Explosion for the album ''Damage'', citing the need to emphasize that they'd always been a democratic group, rather than Jon Spencer and backing musicians. Eight years and one album later they'd revert to the full name.

* During World War 2, hamburgers in America were renamed “Liberty Steaks” so that they wouldn’t remind people of the city of Hamburg, Germany.

* El Molino High School in western Sonoma County, California closed in 2021 because of dwindling enrollment figures. The district moved its students to the campus of its other high school, Analy[[note]]Pronounced "ANN-a-lee", so-named because a 19th century descendant of the ancient Irish lordship of Annaly was an early settler in the area[[/note]]. Officially, the two schools had merged into a new high school, which the district temporarily christened West County High School, with the plan to adopt a new name later. But the students and alumni of Analy High School, which has been in existence since 1908, objected to the name change, especially since the ''de facto'' situation was that Analy had absorbed El Molino. Eventually the districted relented, so the situation boiled down to Analy just being renamed West County for one year, then going back to Analy in 2022.

* Many countries, especially those under authoritarian dictatorships, will rename themselves only to revert back a few years later under new leadership. Famous 20th century examples would include Congo (Zaire) and Cambodia (Kampuchea).

* Pizza Hut is changing its name to [[https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/pizza-hut-changes-name-for-super-bowl-2019 Pizza Hut Hut]] for Superbowl LIII
* In the run-up to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie The Simpson's Movie]], numerous 7-Eleven Stores in North America renamed themselves "Kwik-E-Mart" with Simpsons themed signage on and inside the building. After the movie promotion was over the names returned to 7-Eleven

* A special case existed for Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. After the Giants won Super Bowl XXI; the Stadium was renamed Giants Stadium. However, Jets home games referred to the stadium under the original name, The Meadowlands (sometimes as the New Jersey Meadowlands). Signage for Jets games would also remove any mention of "GIANTS" (Except for the side of the stadium) including home games against the Giants. This practice was discontinued when both teams moved to Metlife Stadium in 2010.
* Similarly the Los Angeles Angels played at "Chavez Ravine" instead of Dodgers Stadium for their home games between 1962-1965.
* Because of Olympic Sponsorship Rules, host cities have to remove sponsorship names and signage from venues until after the games.
* The Oakland Raiders, LA Chargers (their first season was in LA before moving to San Diego in 1961), and LA Rams changed the name of the franchise to their new city upon relocation and returned the team to the old cities' names upon franchise return.
* When the New Orleans Hornets relocated temporarily to Oklahoma City after Hurricane Katrina, the teams official name was New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
* For decades, The University of Hawai'i named male teams the Rainbow Warriors and female teams the Rainbow Wahine. In 2000, because of University wanting a shorter name ([[Main/GayPanic and absolutely nothing to imply being gay]]) sport teams were allowed to drop Rainbow from the title. This practice ended in 2013.
* The 2012-14 seasons the Arena Football League were officially known as The Net 10 Wireless Arena Football League.
* The LA Angels played most of their first 5 seasons with this name, until renaming themselves the California Angels during the season of 1965 as they were to move to Anaheim. In 1997 the team became the Anaheim Angels, and after winning the world series became "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" for contractual obligations on their lease. Since 2016, without leaving the stadium in Anaheim, they are back to the LA Angels.

* Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals legally changed his name to Chad OchoCinco to match his uniform number (85) for a few seasons before legally changing it back.

* Is it Hakeem Olajuwon or Akeem Olajuwon? His name was rather inconsistent.

* ComicBook/BlackPanther was created just before the Black Panther organization. For a short time T'Challa changed to "Coal Tiger" to avoid UnfortunateImplications, but this didn't last long.