Friend might have swapped my our airpods.

Hello,

I don’t usually post on Reddit, so I’m sorry if this post doesn’t make sense. I was connecting my AirPods to my laptop to listen to some stories when I randomly noticed that the name of the AirPods had been changed to my friend’s name. The name was still my own when I had the AirPods connected to my phone, but when I disconnected them, chose “Forget Device,” and then reconnected them, the name had changed to my friend’s name on my phone as well.

The reason I suspect my friend might have purposely swapped them is because he has a bad habit of stealing things, and he has been caught before but hasn’t faced any serious punishment for his actions. He has recently connected my AirPods to his laptop, but can the name change simply from connecting them to a different device?

I’m sorry for this long post, and any advice would be appreciated.