How to change the name of home folder?

I migrated from an old MacBook to a new one, and in doing so, I imported data into an account which I had given a temporary name. Now I've changed the name of the account in System Prefs/Accounts, and the new name is displayed on startup, but the home folder stubbornly displays the temporary name. If I open the info wondow for the folder, the name field is in gray. Any way to do this? Terminal?

What you're looking to do is change the short username, which is not as easy as Niel's recommendation, and generally not recommended unless you really know what you're doing.  For full instructions, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428
You're probably better off creating a new account with the appropriate username and then copy data over from the old account.

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