Changing you name in iCloud

I have just upgraded to iCloud and for some reason emails I send from my email account are showing my partners name - I am the principle account holder of the mac emails and he is secondary which is weirder. I have gone into preferences to change this which it does, but does not change it throughout i.e. under the iCloud logo in preferences my partners name stay the same. When I go back to preference everything has defaulted back again. Any ideas if you understand the question!?? Tx

I think I understand the question. The system preference gets your name from your account, but if you change the name on your account, you may need to log out of iCloud and back in again for changes to be seen bt system preferences. Maybe worth a shot.
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Answer: You cannot change an iCloud.com email once it's created (there is a little warning that tells you this when you set it up initially).
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1) Create a new Apple ID account (least recommended option). This will make a whole new account and any purchases or money you spent of have on your current account will not be on the new account. Therefore, you would have to continue to use two Apple IDs or give up the old account as they cannot be merged.
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<Email Edited by Host>

Thank you Roger! I felt bad about that but couldn't delete the entire message.
I believe I finally found the answer - I logged into our apple ID on the computer and changed the name on the account from there. When I tried to do it from my iPhone or iPad, it reverted back to the name on the account. Hopefully this will help others with the same problem. People get married and divorced and change their names all the time, so I knew it had to be possible!

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you want to delete your iCloud account from your iPhone. When you navigate to Settings > iCloud, make sure you are scrolling all the way to the bottom of that screen to see the Delete Account option.
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Hello
For Some reason my name in my iCloud account is not correct. When i sent an email with my iCloud
Emailaddress my name as sender is not correct. I assume thuis changed when i had to fill in my husbands name with the creditcard info.
How Can i change this in my correct name? Apple id is ok.
Thanks in advance! Ceejee

Welcome to the Apple community.
It may well be that it is somehow related to your credit card, I have seen this mentioned before in these communities. However the name associated with my email address, comes from the name as entered at my Apple ID.
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