Show profile names (first and last name) alongside user handles

Enterprise and organization admins can now choose whether profile names (first and last name) appear alongside usernames across GitHub enterprise, including in repositories, issues, pull requests, and discussions. The setting applies to public, private, and internal repositories within your enterprise’s organizations.

To manage configure user display name at the enterprise level:

1. In the top-right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture.
2. Depending on your environment, click Enterprise, or click Enterprises then click the enterprise you want to view.
3. At the top of the page, click Settings.
4. On the “Manage your enterprise profile” page, go to “Member appearance”.
5. Under “Profile name visibility”, select one of the following options in the adjacent dropdown list.
   — Enable everywhere
   — Disable everywhere
   — Let organizations decide

Note: When enabled or disabled at the enterprise level, this policy is applied across all organizations within your enterprise.

To manage configure user display name at the organization level:

1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Organizations.
2. Next to the organization, click Settings.
3. On the “Manage your enterprise profile” page, go to “Member appearance”.
4. Under “Profile name visibility”, select one of the following options in the toggle.
   — On
   — Off

Note: The organization-level setting will only be configurable if the enterprise-level policy is set to Let organizations decide

Learn more in our enterprise account documentation.