diff --git a/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.tsx b/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.tsx
index 4176a42..495e9dc 100644
--- a/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppBar/AppBar.tsx
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import {
 } from '../../routes'
 import {
   clearAuthToken,
+  getProfileUsername,
   hexToNpub,
-  saveNsecBunkerDelegatedKey,
-  shorten
+  saveNsecBunkerDelegatedKey
 } from '../../utils'
 import styles from './style.module.scss'
 import { setUserRobotImage } from '../../store/userRobotImage/action'
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ export const AppBar = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (metadataState) {
       if (metadataState.content) {
-        const { picture, display_name, name } = JSON.parse(
-          metadataState.content
-        )
+        const profileMetadata = JSON.parse(metadataState.content)
+        const { picture } = profileMetadata
 
         if (picture || userRobotImage) {
           setUserAvatar(picture || userRobotImage)
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export const AppBar = () => {
           ? hexToNpub(authState.usersPubkey)
           : ''
 
-        setUsername(shorten(display_name || name || npub, 7))
+        setUsername(getProfileUsername(npub, profileMetadata))
       } else {
         setUserAvatar(userRobotImage || '')
         setUsername('')
diff --git a/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx b/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx
index 0ea1fc1..4c49e33 100644
--- a/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { AvatarIconButton } from '../UserAvatarIconButton'
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { useProfileMetadata } from '../../hooks/useProfileMetadata'
 import { Tooltip } from '@mui/material'
-import { shorten } from '../../utils'
+import { getProfileUsername } from '../../utils'
 import { TooltipChild } from '../TooltipChild'
 
 interface UserAvatarProps {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const UserAvatar = ({
   isNameVisible = false
 }: UserAvatarProps) => {
   const profile = useProfileMetadata(pubkey)
-  const name = profile?.display_name || profile?.name || shorten(pubkey)
+  const name = getProfileUsername(pubkey, profile)
   const image = profile?.picture
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/pages/profile/index.tsx b/src/pages/profile/index.tsx
index 905e7d0..4405f1f 100644
--- a/src/pages/profile/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/profile/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import ContentCopyIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ContentCopy'
 import EditIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Edit'
 import { Box, IconButton, SxProps, Theme, Typography } from '@mui/material'
-import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import { Event, VerifiedEvent, kinds, nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import { State } from '../../store/rootReducer'
 import { NostrJoiningBlock, ProfileMetadata } from '../../types'
 import {
   getNostrJoiningBlockNumber,
+  getProfileUsername,
   getRoboHashPicture,
   hexToNpub,
   shorten
@@ -42,15 +42,7 @@ export const ProfilePage = () => {
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
   const [loadingSpinnerDesc] = useState('Fetching metadata')
 
-  const profileName =
-    pubkey &&
-    profileMetadata &&
-    truncate(
-      profileMetadata.display_name || profileMetadata.name || hexToNpub(pubkey),
-      {
-        length: 16
-      }
-    )
+  const profileName = pubkey && getProfileUsername(pubkey, profileMetadata)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (npub) {
diff --git a/src/types/profile.ts b/src/types/profile.ts
index 122fbf6..1dcfa6f 100644
--- a/src/types/profile.ts
+++ b/src/types/profile.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export interface ProfileMetadata {
   name?: string
   display_name?: string
+  /** @deprecated use name instead */
   username?: string
   picture?: string
   banner?: string
diff --git a/src/utils/nostr.ts b/src/utils/nostr.ts
index ec42325..1082328 100644
--- a/src/utils/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/utils/nostr.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from '@noble/hashes/utils'
 import axios from 'axios'
-import _ from 'lodash'
+import _, { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import {
   Event,
   EventTemplate,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
 import { AuthState, Keys } from '../store/auth/types'
 import { RelaysState } from '../store/relays/types'
 import store from '../store/store'
-import { Meta, SignedEvent, UserAppData } from '../types'
+import { Meta, ProfileMetadata, SignedEvent, UserAppData } from '../types'
 import { getDefaultRelayMap } from './relays'
 import { parseJson, removeLeadingSlash } from './string'
 import { timeout } from './utils'
@@ -974,3 +974,16 @@ export const sendNotification = async (receiver: string, meta: Meta) => {
     throw err
   })
 }
+
+/**
+ * Show user's name, first available in order: display_name, name, or npub as fallback
+ * @param userId User identifier, it can be either pubkey or npub1 (we only show npub)
+ * @param profile User profile
+ */
+export const getProfileUsername = (
+  userId: `npub1${string}` | string,
+  profile?: ProfileMetadata
+) =>
+  truncate(profile?.display_name || profile?.name || hexToNpub(userId), {
+    length: 16
+  })