Change the name of an email field:
document.getElementById("myEmail").name = "newEmailName";
Click the buttons to display/change the value of the name attribute of the email field.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> E-mail: <input type="email" id="myEmail" name="usremail"> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myEmail").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the email field is: " + x; } function change() {//from w w w . j a v a2 s .co m var x = document.getElementById("myEmail").name = "newEmailName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>