How to Change your name in your PayPal account

Changing your name in your PayPal account

Please make sure that the name associated with your PayPal account exactly matches the name on your bank account statement. Otherwise, transfers to and from your PayPal account will not go through, and a return fee will be charged.

Personal and Premier account holders

Contact Customer Service if you need to change the name we have on file for you. Click Help on any PayPal page and select Contact Us.You may make this change for reasons such as a legal name change, a spelling mistake, or to add a secondary last name. For security reasons, you will need to provide supporting information. It’s not possible to put your bank account in another person’s name.

Business account holders

If your bank account is in your own name, you’ll need to switch to a PayPal Premier account to make transfers. The only difference between a Business and Premier account is that with a Business account you make transactions using a company or group name, and with a Premier account you make transactions using your own name. Please contact Customer Service to switch to a Premier account or to change the contact name for your business account. Click Help on any PayPal page and select Contact Us.