df.rename(columns={'oldName1': 'newName1',
'oldName2': 'newName2'},
inplace=True, errors='raise')
# Make sure you set inplace to True if you want the change
# to be applied to the dataframedf.rename(columns={"old_col1": "new_col1", "old_col2": "new_col2"}, inplace=True)df.rename(columns={"old_col1": "new_col1", "old_col2": "new_col2"})>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
>>> df.rename(columns={"A": "a", "B": "c"})
a c
0 1 4
1 2 5
2 3 6
df.rename({"current": "updated"}, axis=1, inplace=True)
print(df.dtypes)DataFrame.rename() method