How do I change the name of my "User" name?

I bought a used Macbook Pro. I hate my Home User name and can't figure out how to change it. Let me explain. When looking at the finder window at the botom it gives a path "Macintosh HD > Users > Abc123".
How can I change "Abc123" to a name I like?
Using Leopard 10.5.8

I tried it and it sort of worked but didn't do what I needed. I am trying to change the name of the home folder but keep all its settings, desktop, etc. When I used the Advanced area and changed the path name and did a restart it gave me a fresh desktop like a new computer. All my settings were wrong, etc. I guess it did the same thing as if I had created a new account name but what I want to do is just change the path name. I guess if I do that it would screw up all my file paths since they probably would not automatically update to the new path name, huh?

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