diff --git a/internal/controller/user_controller.go b/internal/controller/user_controller.go
index 73a78b8c..65b12de0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/user_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/user_controller.go
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ func (controller *UserController) loginHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		if search.Email != "" {
 			sessionCookie.Email = search.Email
 		}
+		if search.Name != "" {
+			sessionCookie.Name = search.Name
+		}
 	}
 
 	cookie, err := controller.auth.CreateSession(c, sessionCookie)
diff --git a/internal/middleware/context_middleware.go b/internal/middleware/context_middleware.go
index 3b3ef150..3884013d 100644
--- a/internal/middleware/context_middleware.go
+++ b/internal/middleware/context_middleware.go
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ func (m *ContextMiddleware) cookieAuth(ctx context.Context, uuid string, ip stri
 		}
 
 		userContext.LDAP.Groups = user.Groups
-		userContext.LDAP.Name = utils.Capitalize(userContext.LDAP.Username)
+		if search.Name != "" {
+			userContext.LDAP.Name = search.Name
+		} else {
+			userContext.LDAP.Name = utils.Capitalize(userContext.LDAP.Username)
+		}
 
 		userContext.LDAP.Email = utils.CompileUserEmail(userContext.LDAP.Username, m.runtime.CookieDomain)
 		if search.Email != "" {
@@ -291,10 +295,14 @@ func (m *ContextMiddleware) basicAuth(username string, password string) (*model.
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving ldap user details: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		name := search.Name
+		if name == "" {
+			name = utils.Capitalize(username)
+		}
 		userContext.LDAP = &model.LDAPContext{
 			BaseContext: model.BaseContext{
 				Username: username,
-				Name:     utils.Capitalize(username),
+				Name:     name,
 			},
 			Groups: user.Groups,
 		}
diff --git a/internal/model/users.go b/internal/model/users.go
index 19560a4b..07420733 100644
--- a/internal/model/users.go
+++ b/internal/model/users.go
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ type LocalUser struct {
 type UserSearch struct {
 	Username string
 	Email    string // used for LDAP, we can't throw it to LDAPUser because it would need another cache or an LDAP lookup every time
+	Name     string // used for LDAP cn attribute
 	Type     UserSearchType
 }
diff --git a/internal/service/auth_service.go b/internal/service/auth_service.go
index fa6d19bb..0b503e9c 100644
--- a/internal/service/auth_service.go
+++ b/internal/service/auth_service.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (auth *AuthService) SearchUser(username string) (*model.UserSearch, error)
 	}
 
 	if auth.ldap != nil {
-		userDN, email, err := auth.ldap.GetUserInfo(username)
+		userDN, email, cn, err := auth.ldap.GetUserInfo(username)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get ldap user: %w", err)
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ func (auth *AuthService) SearchUser(username string) (*model.UserSearch, error)
 		return &model.UserSearch{
 			Username: userDN,
 			Email:    email,
+			Name:     cn,
 			Type:     model.UserLDAP,
 		}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/internal/service/ldap_service.go b/internal/service/ldap_service.go
index 3c31bab7..2a5a5adb 100644
--- a/internal/service/ldap_service.go
+++ b/internal/service/ldap_service.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (ldap *LdapService) connect() (*ldapgo.Conn, error) {
 	return ldap.conn, nil
 }
 
-func (ldap *LdapService) GetUserInfo(username string) (dn string, email string, err error) {
+func (ldap *LdapService) GetUserInfo(username string) (dn string, email string, cn string, err error) {
 	escapedUsername := ldapgo.EscapeFilter(username)
 	filter := fmt.Sprintf(ldap.config.LDAP.SearchFilter, escapedUsername)
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (ldap *LdapService) GetUserInfo(username string) (dn string, email string,
 		ldap.config.LDAP.BaseDN,
 		ldapgo.ScopeWholeSubtree, ldapgo.NeverDerefAliases, 0, 0, false,
 		filter,
-		[]string{"dn", "mail"},
+		[]string{"dn", "mail", "cn"},
 		nil,
 	)
 
@@ -163,15 +163,15 @@ func (ldap *LdapService) GetUserInfo(username string) (dn string, email string,
 
 	searchResult, err := ldap.conn.Search(searchRequest)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", "", err
+		return "", "", "", err
 	}
 
 	if len(searchResult.Entries) != 1 {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("multiple or no entries found for user %s", username)
+		return "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("multiple or no entries found for user %s", username)
 	}
 
 	entry := searchResult.Entries[0]
-	return entry.DN, entry.GetAttributeValue("mail"), nil
+	return entry.DN, entry.GetAttributeValue("mail"), entry.GetAttributeValue("cn"), nil
 }
 
 func (ldap *LdapService) GetUserCount() (int, error) {