Dwyane Wade files to change trans daughter’s name, gender

Dwyane Wade filed a request to legally change his trans daughter’s name and gender.

The retired NBA star, 40, petitioned the Los Angeles Superior Court for his 15-year-old’s name to be changed from Zion Malachi Airamis Wade to Zaya Malachi Airamis Wade, according to court documents obtained by The Blast Thursday.

She will also be female in all legal documents moving forward, per the request.

Wade notified the court that he has “full authority” to file the petition without the consent of Zaya’s mother, Siohvaughn Funches.

However, the documents state that “as a courtesy,” the former Miami Heat player’s ex-wife “received notice” of his petition, per the report.

Wade has been a longtime supporter of his daughter’s gender identity, first opening up about her coming out story on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in February 2020.

The pro athlete said at the time that Zaya told her parents one day that she was “ready to live [her] truth” and wanted them to use female pronouns when they referred to her.

“We take our roles and our responsibilities as parents very seriously,” Wade said of him and Zaya’s stepmother, Gabrielle Union, adding that they provide their children with the “best information that [they] can, the best feedback that [they] can, and that doesn’t change because sexuality is now involved in it.”

A few days after the “Ellen” interview aired, Wade appeared on “Good Morning America” and shared more about his daughter’s journey, explaining she knew she was transgender nine years prior to coming out to the world.

“She’s known since she was 3 years old,” he told “GMA” anchor Robin Roberts in February 2020. “Along this way, we’ve asked questions and we’ve learned. But she’s known.”

Wade is also the father of son Zaire, 20, with Funches, son Xavier, 8, with Aja Metoyer and daughter Kaavia, 3, with Union, whom he wed in August 2014.

Reps for Wade did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment on his daughter’s legal name and gender change.