Whats Ur Name?你的名字？
by breezeth.
Whats Ur Name? lets a player give friends a custom nickname that only that player sees, set by right-clicking a name tag.
What it does
Right-clicking a player with a name tag opens the option to set a custom alias for them. The alias is visible only to the player who set it, so it changes how that player sees others without changing what anyone else sees. This makes it a social and personal convenience rather than a change to the server's own player names.
The mod runs on the client alone, so server installation is not needed and players join without installing anything on the server side. It is published for Fabric on 1.21.1 and for NeoForge on 1.21.1, and it is published for Forge on 1.20.1, with files for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Fabric builds require Fabric API 0.116.8, which must be installed alongside them.
Whats Ur Name? is distributed under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Its files were first published and last updated on 2026-07-04.
Key features
Custom aliases
A right-click with a name tag sets a personal alias for another player's name.
Private nicknames
Each alias is visible only to the player who set it, and other players keep seeing the original name.
Client-side operation
Players can use the aliases in singleplayer and on servers that do not have the mod installed.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Friend groups on public servers
Players in a group can give each other short names on a server where none of them control the other server settings.
Who it’s for: Players who want to label friends in their own view of a world, on singleplayer or multiplayer servers. Server owners do not need to install it, because the aliases never leave the client.
How it compares
Nicknames is open source under the MIT License and runs on the server, so server owners install it while players may skip it; it is published for Fabric and Forge on 1.20.1 – 1.21.11. Native Nicknames is server-side only and open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, covering 1.7.10 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Simple Nicknames is client and server, not open source, under the All rights reserved license, and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whats Ur Name?你的名字？ | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-04 |
| Nicknames | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-07 |
| Native Nicknames | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.7.10 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| Simple Nicknames | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-18 |
Questions
Does Whats Ur Name? need Fabric API?
Does the server need Whats Ur Name? installed?
Are the aliases visible to other players?
In the catalog
Whats Ur Name?你的名字？ is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Give your friends a nickname with a name tag! Right-click to set a custom alias — visible only to you.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/whats-ur-name
- Owner
- breezeth.
- Published
- 2026-07-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15