misnomer

An error in naming a person or place.

Application of a wrong name.

A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or object.

To designate by a mistaken or unsuitable name; misname.

A misnaming; the act of applying a wrong name or designation.

In law, an error in name; misstatement in a document of the name of a person.

Hence A mistaken name or designation; a misapplied term.

The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.

To misname.