# Change user's displayed name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193 "2016-07-13T02:15:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![barryvan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/barryvan/32/82635_2.png) [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193/1 "2016-07-13T02:15:48Z")

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Is it possible to change a user’s displayed name? I can, as administrator, change their username, but I can’t seem to find a way (short of jumping into the database) of changing the displayed name. I’m wanting to ensure that staff have appropriately consistent names, and I worry that that will quickly turn into a cat-herding exercise.

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