Fancy display names for Zoom meetings and webinars โ styled names, pronoun lines, role and team tags that show on your video tile and in the participant list.
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Styled letters are Unicode characters, not fonts โ screen readers may read them letter by letter and search engines don't match them to plain words, so keep essential details in plain text. Unicode accessibility guide
Zoom lets you change your display name before or during a meeting, and it accepts Unicode โ so a styled name shows on your video tile, in the participant list, in the chat and in the recording. That is useful for the practical things meeting names carry: pronouns, a role (Host, Speaker, Interpreter), a team or company tag, or a โ to signal you have a question in a large webinar.
Keep it readable. Tiles are small and names truncate, so the plain spelling of your name plus one tag beats a fully styled name. Many organisations set a naming policy for meetings; where one exists, follow it and use the styles only for the optional part.
Type your name.
Add pronouns, a role or a team tag, or pick a style.
In Zoom, hover your tile โ More โ Rename, or set it in Settings โ Profile before joining.
Three places, depending on when you want the change.
Zoom has a dedicated pronouns field in the profile that displays next to your name; prefer it where your account supports it, and use the Pronouns row when it does not. Role tags (ยท Host, ยท Interpreter, | Design) help in large meetings and training sessions. Screen readers and live captions read the participant list, and styled letters are spelled out character by character โ so keep at least your first name in plain letters for accessibility and for people who need to find you in a long participant list.
Hosts can lock renaming for a meeting, in which case pasted styles will not apply. Some enterprise accounts enforce names from the directory and will override a custom name. Zoom truncates long names on small tiles, so a name plus one short tag is the practical maximum. Emoji display in the participant list but can look cluttered in a professional meeting โ the โ and ๐ rows are best for large webinars where they convey status.
Yes, unless the host has disabled renaming: hover your tile โ More โ Rename.
Yes โ the name on your tile at the time is what the recording shows.
Use Zoomโs pronouns field if your account has it; otherwise the Pronouns row works.
Some organisations enforce directory names, or the host locked renaming.
Yes.
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