My mac air is calling an iphone the wrong name

Hi I coonected a new iphone to my mac air via usb and it is calling it an old name.
I want to add it as a new iphone but dont know how

Was the new iPhone activated without iTunes and if so, did you choose to transfer the backup for a previous iPhone to the new iPhone via an iCloud account backup?

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