# Full Name of user not shown in posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-of-user-not-shown-in-posts/127337>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 1, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-of-user-not-shown-in-posts/127337 "2019-09-01T14:09:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-of-user-not-shown-in-posts/127337/2 "2019-09-01T14:33:34Z")

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This happens when the username is very similar to the full name, could that be the case?

The same is happening with your own user here on meta (although meta shows the full name in that case)

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