HT201365 My Contacts receive texts from me as my email address in place of my name since the update? How do I change it back?

My contacts aren't recognizing my texts since the iOS7 update. Messages are addressed from my email address in place of my name??
How do I remedy?

Is this on their phone? Even when using iMessage (blue text bubbles instead of green), the name associated with text depend on my address book.
Have you possibly adopted an email address for sending iMessages that isn't in their contact card for you?

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