How to change name of home file on mac

Hi, not entirely sure of the name of this file. Currently it is "anthonycullinane" which is my fathers name, it was changed when my iMac was taken into an apple store for a service, i don't have a clue why it would've been changed but i'd like to change it back
if you look in the favourites bar in the finder window you'll see what i mean.
I've attempted to "unlock" the file to allow changes to be made but there is no option to rename the file. The text input is grey and doesn't allow change

You cannot rename your user account name easily. You need to do some extra steps and use the root user, so be very careful and make a backup of your files before modifying anything.
Then, follow these steps > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428

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