diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt
index 30b1369a1ab7..a060992b436f 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Test data for unit conversions
+# Test data for personName formats
 #  Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc.
 #  For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-3.0
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-DFS-2016
 #  CLDR data files are interpreted according to the LDML specification (http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/)
-#
+#
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt
index eb31ceac4a8c..4d6db7134a53 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Test data for unit conversions
+# Test data for personName formats
 #  Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc.
 #  For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-3.0
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-DFS-2016
 #  CLDR data files are interpreted according to the LDML specification (http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/)
-#
-af.txt
+#af.txt
 am.txt
 ar.txt
 as.txt
diff --git a/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt b/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt
index 30b1369a1ab7..a060992b436f 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt
+++ b/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/_header.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Test data for unit conversions
+# Test data for personName formats
 #  Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc.
 #  For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-3.0
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-DFS-2016
 #  CLDR data files are interpreted according to the LDML specification (http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/)
-#
+#
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt b/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt
index eb31ceac4a8c..4d6db7134a53 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt
+++ b/icu4j/main/core/src/test/resources/com/ibm/icu/dev/data/cldr/personNameTest/catalog.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Test data for unit conversions
+# Test data for personName formats
 #  Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc.
 #  For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-3.0
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Unicode-DFS-2016
 #  CLDR data files are interpreted according to the LDML specification (http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/)
-#
-af.txt
+#af.txt
 am.txt
 ar.txt
 as.txt
diff --git a/tools/cldr/build.xml b/tools/cldr/build.xml
index 99539701888a..53f815d91e31 100644
--- a/tools/cldr/build.xml
+++ b/tools/cldr/build.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
             <map from="${cldrDir}/common/testData/personNameTest/" to="" />
         </pathconvert>
         <echo message="Creating catalog.txt file" />
+        <copy file="${testDataDir4C}/personNameTest/_header.txt" tofile="${testDataDir4C}/personNameTest/catalog.txt" />
         <echo message="${personNameTestDirContents}" file="${testDataDir4C}/personNameTest/catalog.txt" append="true" />
+        <copy file="${testDataDir4J}/personNameTest/_header.txt" tofile="${testDataDir4J}/personNameTest/catalog.txt" />
         <echo message="${personNameTestDirContents}" file="${testDataDir4J}/personNameTest/catalog.txt" append="true" />
     </target>