diff --git a/app/views/api_bands/follower_index.rabl b/app/views/api_bands/follower_index.rabl
index c58c0c9ab..fb957fa93 100644
--- a/app/views/api_bands/follower_index.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_bands/follower_index.rabl
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ node :last_name do |follower|
   follower.user.last_name
 end
 
+node :name do |follower|
+  follower.user.name
+end
+
 node :city do |follower|
   follower.user.city
 end
diff --git a/app/views/api_bands/show.rabl b/app/views/api_bands/show.rabl
index 1091dfd88..6b7864cbf 100644
--- a/app/views/api_bands/show.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_bands/show.rabl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ attributes :id, :name, :city, :state, :country, :website, :biography, :photo_url
 
 unless @band.users.nil? || @band.users.size == 0
   child :users => :musicians do
-    attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :photo_url
+    attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :photo_url
 
     # TODO: figure out how to omit empty arrays
     node :instruments do |user|
diff --git a/app/views/api_users/follower_index.rabl b/app/views/api_users/follower_index.rabl
index 0d82e3b56..7b7b7b985 100644
--- a/app/views/api_users/follower_index.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_users/follower_index.rabl
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ node :last_name do |follower|
   follower.user.last_name
 end
 
+node :name do |follower|
+  follower.user.name
+end
+
 node :city do |follower|
   follower.user.city
 end
diff --git a/app/views/api_users/following_index.rabl b/app/views/api_users/following_index.rabl
index 12afb07f4..60a776fac 100644
--- a/app/views/api_users/following_index.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_users/following_index.rabl
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ node :last_name do |following|
   following.user.last_name
 end
 
+node :name do |follower|
+  follower.user.name
+end
+
 node :city do |following|
   following.user.city
 end
diff --git a/app/views/api_users/friend_index.rabl b/app/views/api_users/friend_index.rabl
index 9a2f27e74..47bbd619b 100644
--- a/app/views/api_users/friend_index.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_users/friend_index.rabl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 object @user.friends
 
-attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online
\ No newline at end of file
+attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/api_users/index.rabl b/app/views/api_users/index.rabl
index 3064a1366..8f9bbf9a7 100644
--- a/app/views/api_users/index.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_users/index.rabl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 collection @users
 
 # do not retrieve all child collections when showing a list of users
-attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online, :musician, :photo_url
\ No newline at end of file
+attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online, :musician, :photo_url
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/api_users/show.rabl b/app/views/api_users/show.rabl
index 809637732..c8f8ae3e5 100644
--- a/app/views/api_users/show.rabl
+++ b/app/views/api_users/show.rabl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 object @user
 
-attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online, :photo_url, :friend_count, :follower_count, :following_count
+attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :city, :state, :country, :email, :online, :photo_url, :friend_count, :follower_count, :following_count
 
 unless @user.friends.nil? || @user.friends.size == 0
   child :friends => :friends do
-    attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :online
+    attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :name, :online
   end
 end