You can use the part merge function to change the name of a part.

To do so, you must be an admin or have the role of “part merge.” If you do not have it, please ask someone with the admin role to grant it to you, or ask him/her to do it for you.

To use the part merge function, please navigate to PARTS » View/Lists » List and search for the part. To the far right side of the returned search, you will see a link that says, “Merge.” Clicking on this will take you to the part merge screen.

From here, you just want to put in the name of the new part in the input field, and press Merge. Doing so will transfer over all the part related data while changing the part name to the one you just provided.