# How can I show Full Name near username?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [03.Март.2015 13:22:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918 "2015-03-03T13:22:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![alefattorini](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alefattorini/32/119928_2.png) [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 13:22:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/1 "2015-03-03T13:22:47Z")

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Sorry guys but I don’t get this behaviour, in my discourse I have something like that

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/4/548727fc8480fe95475f3b4c498dd533dcd4855d.png)  
but on meta I see this  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/1/3112e62d615a7819b5809abb5905f293be458910.png)

How can I have the same behaviour? I didn’t set any special option, what should I expect?

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 13:26:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/2 "2015-03-03T13:26:07Z")

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You want to look for “use real names” in your Admin Settings

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### Author: ![alefattorini](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alefattorini/32/119928_2.png) [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 13:29:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/3 "2015-03-03T13:29:57Z")

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> [@cpradio](#):
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> use real names

thanks for reply, yes I looked into it but it’s enabled. Full name is showed on their profile  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/2/c28bbe9292198b41ebe93a2faeb8914beb507135.png)

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 13:40:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/4 "2015-03-03T13:40:59Z")

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There is a second setting similar somewhere else too (maybe look in the Posting section)

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 13:55:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/5 "2015-03-03T13:55:00Z")

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It is called “display name on posts”

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### Author: ![alefattorini](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alefattorini/32/119928_2.png) [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 13:57:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/6 "2015-03-03T13:57:53Z")

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Got it, kudos for you!  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/2/f26e831353a261983a8859a2157b913a37250f45.png)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [03.Март.2015 14:37:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-show-full-name-near-username/25918/7 "2015-03-03T14:37:23Z")

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