This post will walk you through altering the default display name order for the iPhone 14 contacts. Here’s a quick guide to change contacts display name order on the Apple iPhone 14 series.
Estimate Cost : 0
Time Needed : 3 minutes
By default, your iPhone shows the contact’s first name followed by the last name. This is the system default display order used in the iOS 16 Contacts application.
If you’re not comfortable with this setup, then you can change it on your iPhone’s contacts app settings. Just follow these steps whenever you’re all set.
To get started, launch the iOS Settings app on your iPhone by tapping on the app’s shortcut icon from the Home screen or App library.
The Settings app shortcut icon on either screen is represented by a gear-shaped image.In the Settings app menu, scroll to find Contacts from the given items then tap on it to continue. The Contacts app settings menu will load up next.
Here, you will see a few relevant options that you can use to manage your iPhone contacts.Find Display Order from the given options then tap on it to proceed.
On the next screen, you will see the default display order selection marked with a check next to it.To change the default, simply tap to mark any of the other available options such as First, Last or Last, First.
Doing so immediately updates the contacts display name on your iPhone accordingly.
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- Settings
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- Apple iPhone 14
Repeat the same steps if you wish to revert back to the default option.
What is Display Order in iPhone Contacts?
Altering the display order is one way to make your iPhone contacts organized. Display order refers to how names of your contacts are displayed in your iPhone’s Contacts list.
You can set it to show either the first name followed by the last name or the last name, followed by the first name.
Sort order refers to the sequence in which your contacts list is organized either by the first name’s first letter or the last name’s first letter. Display order on the other hand refers to how each contact name is displayed.
Please note that names in some languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean follow a fixed order and won’t be affected with these settings.
Other Ways to Organize iPhone Contacts
Aside from sorting contacts by name, you can also organize your iPhone contacts by creating a dedicated contact group. You can get this done using your registered iCloud account.
And that’s how you change the display name order on the iPhone 14 contacts application.