{"id":61934,"date":"2023-01-13T08:18:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/?p=61934"},"modified":"2023-03-01T05:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T09:25:29","slug":"iphone-sort-contacts-by-first-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/iphone-sort-contacts-by-first-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Iphone Sort Contacts By First Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/iphone-sort-contacts-by-first-name\/#Iphone_Sort_Contacts_By_First_Name\" title=\"Iphone Sort Contacts By First Name\">Iphone Sort Contacts By First Name<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/iphone-sort-contacts-by-first-name\/#Can_you_filter_Contacts_by_the_first_name_on_my_iPhone\" title=\"Can you filter Contacts by the first name on my iPhone?\">Can you filter Contacts by the first name on my iPhone?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/iphone-sort-contacts-by-first-name\/#Is_there_a_way_to_sort_Contacts_by_first_name\" title=\"Is there a way to sort Contacts by first name?\">Is there a way to sort Contacts by first name?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/iphone-sort-contacts-by-first-name\/#How_do_I_set_my_Contacts_to_first_name_on_Iphone\" title=\"How do I set my Contacts to first name on Iphone?\">How do I set my Contacts to first name on Iphone?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Iphone_Sort_Contacts_By_First_Name\"><\/span>Iphone Sort Contacts By First Name<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is extremely easy to sort out your contact names by first name in your iPhone. All you have to do is open the settings app, and then tap on contacts. From the newly appeared menu, you will have the option of sort order; click on that. The last step is to choose the \u201cfirst, last\u201d option.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also sort contacts by first name in the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone 11, order contacts alphabetically by first name in the MacBook, transfer the iPhones contact lists onto a flash drive, then share them in emails and social media apps such as WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook, and Twitter. You can create a shortcut in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Sort-Your-iPhone-Contacts-by-First-Name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shortcuts<\/a> app that shows a list of newly added contacts in iPhone. There are several ways you can sort contacts on the iPhone and iPad, so you can sort them however you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our tutorial below will take you through to your iPhone Contacts settings menu to tweak your sorting order on all your contacts. Before we get into the process of sorting iPhone contacts by first name or last name, by first or last name alphabetically, or adding or deleting a contact, and adding and showing nicknames, you will want to understand the difference between Sort order and Display Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if the sort order is changed to first, last, but Display Order is set to last, first, the contact list will show up by first name letter, but the contacts name will be last name first followed by the first name. If you would like to display names on contacts in a specific manner regardless of how contacts are ordered, you can adjust the Display Order. You can remove contacts to help keep the list short, or you can tweak how the contacts are sorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Steps<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Sort Contacts By First Name<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Settings App<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Open the settings app<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Contact<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Then tap on contacts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sort Order<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"> From the newly appeared menu, you will have the option of sort order; click on that<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">First, Last<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The last step is to choose the \u201cfirst, last\u201d option<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steps to sort out your contact names by first name in your iPhone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With some small tweaks, you can change the way the Macs Contacts app displays and sorts the names of contacts from the Address Book on Mac OS. Under Outlook address book, click on the address book you would like to change the display format of your contacts. Under the Address Books tab, select the address book for which you would like to change the contact name format, then click Change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iPhone 14\/14 Pro Max: How to Sort \/ Display Contacts By First or Last Name\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NYESIpNZ-dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Learn how to sort iphone contacts by the first name<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Swipe to the bottom of your contact card itself, and tap Change to edit the name, phone number, email, or other contact details. If you need to make changes to one of your saved contacts, you can head over to the Contacts tab of the Phone app, select a contact, then tap Edit at the top-right. If you want to delete the contact, head over to the Contacts card, after scrolling down, you will see a Remove option, click it, and the details will be deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>If you&#8217;re interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/how-to-add-contacts-to-iphone-from-text-message\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"72800\">How To Add Contacts To Iphone From Text Message<\/a>, take a look at my other article<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Right-click and select Edit contact to make changes on individual cards, or use the New Contact, New Contact group, and Delete buttons located in the top ribbon menu to organize the contacts list. Select any of the entries, then choose Edit to make changes, or Find Contacts to Combine to merge the contact with any of the other entries on your Microsoft Contacts list. Once clicked, you will be presented with a Sharing contact option, choose your method for sharing, like Email or WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>If you&#8217;re interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/double-click-to-pay-not-working\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"72730\">Double Click To Pay Not Working<\/a>, take a look at my other article<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the site and click on the cog icon to the right, followed by Settings &gt; I am going to add contacts myself (you can find this last option in Create contacts to autofill). To edit the way you view contact info, head into your iOS settings app and select contacts from the list. Open the Watch app on your iPhone and select Contacts app to manage the way contacts are sorted and displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use The Contacts app, you need to have WatchOS 8 or higher running on your Apple Watch, and iOS 15 or higher running on your iPhone. You can also add new contacts right from the Apple Watch, by selecting &#8220;New contact&#8221; at the top of The Contacts app. The Contacts app does not just store information; you can use the Contacts app to directly contact people, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking for more advanced organizational options, you will sadly not find any within Apples built-in contact app. When opening up your lists on the Contacts app, you will find the option to perform actions regarding duplicate contacts. Note that you will see the display of contacts in alphabetical order, regardless of whether you tap contacts on the phone app or you open the iPhones special contacts app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When scrolling through your contact list, you may notice they appear to sort by anything you typed in the last name box. Choosing to sort by First Name rather than Last Name is a useful option if you constantly find yourself searching for a contact by their First Name, or if you cannot recall a contacts Last Name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can reverse the sort alphabetically by choosing Sort by Z-A, or look up a particular name using that menu, too. Just like on a new <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT207207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone<\/a> and Mac, your default setting on your iPad is to show you contacts by their last names. Tap Display Order to select if you would rather have the iPhones Contacts list display the last name first, or vice-versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use Short Names to modify the way the names of your contacts appear on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. We also told you about adding and removing contacts, turning on Nicknames, adding nicknames, or using short names in place of full names on iPhone, iPad Pro, and MacBook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding a nickname for this plumber is a good way to reach them, rather than finding their contact number then calling them. If you have a friend you refer to by just his nickname, he is nick, and it is frustrating feeling that you need to use his correct first name when adding him to contacts. After you sort the Contacts list using the &#8220;File As&#8221; column, it is still possible that a contact or two will not appear as you would like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After changing your view format, you may still have to manually edit each contact who is not updated as a result of your format <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/modify-your-new-database-created-from-a-template-9211e351-6d96-48a3-95ee-651e8d478747\" target=\"_blank\">changes<\/a>. This step-by-step guide will walk you through how to rearrange contacts by their first name on the iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12, Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone SE (2nd gen), iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X, iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus, and all older models. You will have the option of ordering your contacts names alphabetically by first or last letters of their first name on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_filter_Contacts_by_the_first_name_on_my_iPhone\"><\/span>Can you filter Contacts by the first name on my iPhone?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can arrange your contacts, such as alphabetically by first or last name. Visit Settings &gt; Contacts and pick one of the options below: Order by first or last name, and alphabetize your connections. Show the initial names of contacts before or after the last names in the display order.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_there_a_way_to_sort_Contacts_by_first_name\"><\/span>Is there a way to sort Contacts by first name?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On the iPhone, you may arrange contacts by first name. Select &#8220;First, Last&#8221; from the Sort Order drop-down menu under Settings &gt; Contacts. Your contact list will now be arranged by first name in alphabetical order. iPhones running iOS 14 or later are capable of using this function.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_set_my_Contacts_to_first_name_on_Iphone\"><\/span>How do I set my Contacts to first name on Iphone?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to Settings &gt; Contacts &gt; Sort Order and choose &#8220;First, Last&#8221; to have your contacts&#8217; first names appear first on the iPhone. The display of your contacts will now be in the order of the first name, last name. iPhones running iOS 14 or later are capable of using this function.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iphone Sort Contacts By First Name It is extremely easy to sort out your contact names by first name in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61934"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87547,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61934\/revisions\/87547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howtoitech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}