diff --git a/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb b/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
index fe4a60485..d4db360c8 100644
--- a/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
+++ b/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module JamRuby
     include Tire::Model::Search
     include Tire::Model::Callbacks
 
-    attr_accessible :name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation
+    attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name, :name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation
     attr_accessor :updating_password
 
     self.primary_key = 'id'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module JamRuby
 
     # band followings
     has_many :band_followings, :class_name => "JamRuby::BandFollower", :foreign_key => "follower_id"
-    has_many :inverse_band_followings, :through => :band_followings, :foreign_key => "band_id"
+    has_many :inverse_band_followings, :through => :band_followings, :class_name => "JamRuby::Band", :foreign_key => "band_id"
 
     # favorites (needs Recording model)
 
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ module JamRuby
 
     after_save :limit_to_five_instruments
 
+    validates :first_name, presence: true, length: {maximum: 50}
+    validates :last_name, presence: true, length: {maximum: 50}
     validates :name, presence: true, length: {maximum: 50}
     VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/i
     validates :email, presence: true, format: {with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX},
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ module JamRuby
       updating_password || new_record?
     end
 
+    #def name
+    #  return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
+    #end
+
     def friends?(user)
       return self.friends.exists?(user)
     end
@@ -118,7 +124,17 @@ module JamRuby
         user = User.find(params[:id])
       end
 
-      # name
+      # first name
+      unless params[:first_name].nil?
+        user.first_name = params[:first_name]
+      end
+
+      # last name
+      unless params[:last_name].nil?
+        user.last_name = params[:last_name]
+      end
+
+      # username
       unless params[:name].nil?
         user.name = params[:name]
       end
@@ -200,7 +216,8 @@ module JamRuby
 
     def to_indexed_json
         {
-          :name => name,
+          :first_name => first_name,
+          :last_name => last_name,
           :photo_url => photo_url,
           :location => location,
           :musician => musician
@@ -217,8 +234,9 @@ module JamRuby
                 :properties => {
                   :photo_url        => { :type => :string, :index => :not_analyzed, :include_in_all => false},
                   :location         => { :type => :string },
-                  :name             => { :type => :string, :boost => 100 },
-                  :is_musician      => { :type => :boolean, :index => :not_analyzed, :include_in_all => false}
+                  :first_name       => { :type => :string, :boost => 100 },
+                  :last_name        => { :type => :string, :boost => 100 },
+                  :musician         => { :type => :boolean, :index => :not_analyzed, :include_in_all => false}
                 }
               }
             }
diff --git a/spec/jam_ruby/models/search_spec.rb b/spec/jam_ruby/models/search_spec.rb
index 3733fc5f1..90a1545e7 100644
--- a/spec/jam_ruby/models/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jam_ruby/models/search_spec.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ describe Search do
 
 
   def create_peachy_data
-    @user = User.save(name: "Peach", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.save(first_name: "Peach", last_name: "Pit", name: "peachy", email: "user@example.com",
                              password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
-    @fan = User.save(name: "Peach Peach", email: "fan@example.com",
+    @fan = User.save(first_name: "Peach Peach", last_name: "Pit", name: "peachy", email: "fan@example.com",
                              password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: false)
     @band = Band.save(name: "Peach pit", website: "www.bands.com", biography: "zomg we rock")
   end
diff --git a/spec/jam_ruby/models/tire_search_spec.rb b/spec/jam_ruby/models/tire_search_spec.rb
index 237c87204..099bb17d6 100644
--- a/spec/jam_ruby/models/tire_search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jam_ruby/models/tire_search_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe "tire search" do
   end
 
   it "full search for single user" do
-    @user = User.save(name: "User One", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.save(first_name: "User", last_name: "One", name: "test", email: "user@example.com",
                          password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
     User.search_index.refresh
     
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe "tire search" do
   end
 
   it "full search for a band & user" do
-    @user = User.save(name: "Peach", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.save(first_name: "Peach", last_name: "Foo", name: "test", email: "user@example.com",
                              password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
     @band = Band.save(name: "Peach pit", website: "www.bands.com", biography: "zomg we rock")
     User.search_index.refresh
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ describe "tire search" do
 
     s.results.length.should == 2
     result = s.results[0]
-    result.should be_a_kind_of User
-    result.id.should == @user.id
-    result = s.results[1]
     result.should be_a_kind_of Band
     result.id.should == @band.id
+    result = s.results[1]
+    result.should be_a_kind_of User
+    result.id.should == @user.id
   end
 
 
   it "pagination" do
-    @user = User.save(name: "Peach", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.save(first_name: "Peach", last_name: "foo", name: "test", email: "user@example.com",
                              password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
     @band = Band.save(name: "Peach pit", website: "www.bands.com", biography: "zomg we rock")
     User.search_index.refresh
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ describe "tire search" do
 
     s.results.length.should == 1
     result = s.results[0]
-    result.should be_a_kind_of User
-    result.id.should == @user.id
+    result.should be_a_kind_of Band
+    result.id.should == @band.id
 
     s = Tire.search ['test-jamruby-users', 'test-jamruby-bands'], :load => true do
       query { string 'peach' }
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ describe "tire search" do
 
     s.results.length.should == 1
     result = s.results[0]
-    result.should be_a_kind_of Band
-    result.id.should == @band.id
+    result.should be_a_kind_of User
+    result.id.should == @user.id
   end
 
   it "should fail to search deleted index" do
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe "tire search" do
     s.results.total.should == 0
 
                                   
-    @user = User.save(name: "Peach", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.save(first_name: "Peach", last_name: "Pit", name: "peachy", email: "user@example.com",
                              password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
     User.search_index.refresh
     sleep 1 # https://jamkazam.atlassian.net/browse/VRFS-69
diff --git a/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_search_spec.rb b/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_search_spec.rb
index 4fa012121..e7ec9ca8a 100644
--- a/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_search_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe User do
     User.delete_search_index
     User.create_search_index
 
-    @user = User.save(name: "Example User", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.save(first_name: "Example", last_name: "User", name: "peachy", email: "user@example.com",
                      password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
 
     # you have to poke elasticsearch because it will batch requests internally for a second
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ describe User do
     ws.results.length.should == 1
     user_result = ws.results[0]
     user_result._type.should == "jam_ruby/user"
-    user_result.name.should == @user.name
+    user_result.first_name.should == @user.first_name
+    user_result.last_name.should == @user.last_name
     user_result.id.should == @user.id
     user_result.location.should == @user.location
     user_result.musician.should == true
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ describe User do
     user_result = ws.results[0]
     user_result.id.should == @user.id
 
-    @user.name = "bonus-junk"
+    @user.first_name = "bonus-junk"
+    @user.last_name = "more-junk"
     @user.save
     User.search_index.refresh
 
@@ -55,11 +57,11 @@ describe User do
     ws.results.length.should == 1
     user_result = ws.results[0]
     user_result.id.should == @user.id
-    user_result.name.should == "bonus-junk"
+    user_result.first_name.should == "bonus-junk"
   end
 
   it "should tokenize correctly" do
-    @user2 = User.save(name: "peaches", email: "peach@example.com",
+    @user2 = User.save(first_name: "peaches", last_name: "test", name: "peachy", email: "peach@example.com",
                              password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar", musician: true)
     User.search_index.refresh
     ws = User.search("pea")
diff --git a/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_spec.rb
index 8250064f8..97b651353 100644
--- a/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jam_ruby/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe User do
 
   before do
-    @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user@example.com",
+    @user = User.new(first_name: "Example", last_name: "User", name: "test", email: "user@example.com",
                      password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar")
   end
 
   subject { @user }
 
-  it { should respond_to(:name) }
+  it { should respond_to(:first_name) }
+  it { should respond_to(:last_name) }
   it { should respond_to(:email) }
   it { should respond_to(:password_digest) }
   it { should respond_to(:password) }
@@ -39,8 +40,13 @@ describe User do
     it { should be_admin }
   end
 
-  describe "when name is not present" do
-    before { @user.name = " " }
+  describe "when first name is not present" do
+    before { @user.first_name = " " }
+    it { should_not be_valid }
+  end
+
+  describe "when last name is not present" do
+    before { @user.last_name = " " }
     it { should_not be_valid }
   end
 
@@ -49,8 +55,13 @@ describe User do
     it { should_not be_valid }
   end
 
-  describe "when name is too long" do
-    before { @user.name = "a" * 51 }
+  describe "when first name is too long" do
+    before { @user.first_name = "a" * 51 }
+    it { should_not be_valid }
+  end
+
+  describe "when last name is too long" do
+    before { @user.last_name = "a" * 51 }
     it { should_not be_valid }
   end