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Name Column Returning Unexpected Result

  • July 14, 2026
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Hi all,

I am querying the first column of a monday.com board through the GraphQL API and receiving the following response:

{
"id": "name",
"title": "Name",
"type": "name",
"settings_str": "{}",
"description": null
}

However, in the monday.com interface, the visible heading for this column is “Requests”, not “Name”.

I have also tried renaming the column to other names such as “RENAME” and “TESTING”, in the monday.com interface, but the API continues to return:

"title": "Name"

Is the visible display name of the first or leading column stored separately from the API title field?

And if so, is there a way to get it through the API?

Any clarification on whether this is expected behaviour or an API limitation would be appreciated.

Cheers

Best answer by xatxat

I think what you are looking for is the `item_terminology` property on the board.

-- Simon

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  • July 15, 2026

I think what you are looking for is the `item_terminology` property on the board.

-- Simon


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  • July 15, 2026

I think what you are looking for is the `item_terminology` property on the board.

-- Simon

Perfect, thank you for this Simon. This is exactly what I was looking for. 

I am however curious as to why all other columns update “Title” based on the name the user sets, but not the first column…

Regardless, thank you for your response