# Render %{invitee\_name} as full name only

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412 "2017-05-10T09:00:30Z")
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### Author: ![pacharanero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pacharanero/32/500583_2.png) [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412/2 "2017-12-01T12:25:08Z")

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> [@tophee](#):
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> why is the variable called invitee\_name when “invitee” commonly designates the invited person, not the inviting person?

I was about to create a #Contribute > Bug topic about this issue, but I’ll jump on this one and +1 it

‘Invitee’ definitely denotes the **person who has been invited**. The person who is doing the inviting should be the inviter/invitor. [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/327842/person-who-invites-inviter-or-invitor](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/327842/person-who-invites-inviter-or-invitor).

It’s particularly confusing when editing the email templates for Invites - I thought %{invitee\_name} would put in the name of the person I was inviting so I changed the sentences to reflect this, only for the invites to make no sense at all because %{invitee\_name} actually inserted the username of the person who created the invite.

I would support the OP in this topic who suggested the use of **full name** if it is available, as opposed to username, which can occasionally be a username that is opaque to the new user.

But we do need to change %{invit **ee** \_name} to %{invit **er** \_name} because it’s maddeningly confusing, and inaccurate. I might actually be able to do this, so if you’d be interested in a PR I will have a go.

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