diff --git a/client/src/views/detail.js b/client/src/views/detail.js
index 451204e280..07125caf73 100644
--- a/client/src/views/detail.js
+++ b/client/src/views/detail.js
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ class DetailView extends MainView {
      */
     MODE_DETAIL = 'detail'
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    nameAttribute
+
     /** @inheritDoc */
     setup() {
         super.setup();
@@ -145,6 +151,8 @@ class DetailView extends MainView {
         this.rootUrl = this.options.rootUrl || this.options.params.rootUrl || '#' + this.scope;
         this.isReturn = this.options.isReturn || this.options.params.isReturn || false;
 
+        this.nameAttribute = this.getMetadata().get(`clientDefs.${this.entityType}.nameAttribute`) || 'name';
+
         this.setupModes();
         this.setupHeader();
         this.setupRecord();
@@ -199,8 +207,8 @@ class DetailView extends MainView {
             this.updatePageTitle();
         });
 
-        this.listenTo(this.model, 'sync', (model) => {
-            if (model && model.hasChanged('name')) {
+        this.listenTo(this.model, 'sync', model => {
+            if (model && model.hasChanged(this.nameAttribute)) {
                 this.updatePageTitle();
             }
         });
@@ -217,8 +225,8 @@ class DetailView extends MainView {
             fontSizeFlexible: true,
         });
 
-        this.listenTo(this.model, 'sync', (model) => {
-            if (model && model.hasChanged('name')) {
+        this.listenTo(this.model, 'sync', model => {
+            if (model && model.hasChanged(this.nameAttribute)) {
                 if (this.getView('header')) {
                     this.getView('header').reRender();
                 }
@@ -564,7 +572,7 @@ class DetailView extends MainView {
      * @inheritDoc
      */
     getHeader() {
-        const name = this.model.attributes.name || this.model.id;
+        const name = this.model.attributes[this.nameAttribute] || this.model.id;
 
         const title = document.createElement('span');
         title.classList.add('font-size-flexible', 'title')
@@ -614,8 +622,8 @@ class DetailView extends MainView {
      * @inheritDoc
      */
     updatePageTitle() {
-        if (this.model.has('name')) {
-            this.setPageTitle(this.model.get('name') || this.model.id);
+        if (this.model.has(this.nameAttribute)) {
+            this.setPageTitle(this.model.attributes[this.nameAttribute] || this.model.id);
 
             return;
         }
diff --git a/client/src/views/edit.js b/client/src/views/edit.js
index 7670737fca..66a9ea5b6a 100644
--- a/client/src/views/edit.js
+++ b/client/src/views/edit.js
@@ -80,12 +80,20 @@ class EditView extends MainView {
      */
     rootUrl
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    nameAttribute
+
     /** @inheritDoc */
     setup() {
         this.headerView = this.options.headerView || this.headerView;
         this.recordView = this.options.recordView || this.recordView;
 
-        this.rootUrl = this.options.rootUrl || this.options.params.rootUrl || '#' + this.scope
+        this.rootUrl = this.options.rootUrl || this.options.params.rootUrl || '#' + this.scope;
+
+        this.nameAttribute = this.getMetadata().get(`clientDefs.${this.entityType}.nameAttribute`) || 'name';
 
         this.setupHeader();
         this.setupRecord();
@@ -193,7 +201,7 @@ class EditView extends MainView {
             return this.buildHeaderHtml([root, create]);
         }
 
-        const name = this.model.attributes.name || this.model.id;
+        const name = this.model.attributes[this.nameAttribute] || this.model.id;
 
         let title = document.createElement('span');
         title.textContent = name;
@@ -224,7 +232,7 @@ class EditView extends MainView {
             return;
         }
 
-        const name = this.model.get('name');
+        const name = this.model.attributes[this.nameAttribute];
 
         const title = name ? name : this.getLanguage().translate(this.scope, 'scopeNames');
 
diff --git a/client/src/views/modals/detail.js b/client/src/views/modals/detail.js
index c18e1e4329..35003db84a 100644
--- a/client/src/views/modals/detail.js
+++ b/client/src/views/modals/detail.js
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ class DetailModalView extends ModalView {
     flexibleHeaderFontSize = true
     duplicateAction = false
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    nameAttribute
+
     shortcutKeys = {
         /** @this DetailModalView */
         'Control+Space': function (e) {
@@ -135,6 +141,8 @@ class DetailModalView extends ModalView {
         this.removeDisabled = this.getMetadata().get(['clientDefs', this.entityType, 'removeDisabled']) ||
             this.removeDisabled;
 
+        this.nameAttribute = this.getMetadata().get(`clientDefs.${this.entityType}.nameAttribute`) || 'name';
+
         this.fullFormDisabled = this.options.fullFormDisabled || this.fullFormDisabled;
         this.layoutName = this.options.layoutName || this.layoutName;
 
@@ -340,7 +348,7 @@ class DetailModalView extends ModalView {
             .text(this.getLanguage().translate(scope, 'scopeNames'))
             .get(0).outerHTML;
 
-        if (model.get('name')) {
+        if (model.attributes[this.nameAttribute]) {
             this.headerHtml += ' ' +
                 $('<span>')
                     .addClass('chevron-right')
@@ -348,7 +356,7 @@ class DetailModalView extends ModalView {
 
             this.headerHtml += ' ' +
                 $('<span>')
-                    .text(model.get('name'))
+                    .text(model.attributes[this.nameAttribute])
                     .get(0).outerHTML;
         }
 
diff --git a/client/src/views/modals/edit.js b/client/src/views/modals/edit.js
index fe469d8bf7..f58413d9fd 100644
--- a/client/src/views/modals/edit.js
+++ b/client/src/views/modals/edit.js
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ class EditModalView extends ModalView {
     /** @protected */
     bottomDisabled = false
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    nameAttribute
+
     shortcutKeys = {
         /** @this EditModalView */
         'Control+Enter': function (e) {
@@ -183,6 +189,8 @@ class EditModalView extends ModalView {
         this.entityType = this.options.entityType || this.scope;
         this.id = this.options.id;
 
+        this.nameAttribute = this.getMetadata().get(`clientDefs.${this.entityType}.nameAttribute`) || 'name';
+
         if (this.options.headerText !== undefined) {
             this.headerHtml = undefined;
             this.headerText = this.options.headerText;
@@ -312,7 +320,7 @@ class EditModalView extends ModalView {
             const separator = document.createElement('span');
             separator.classList.add('chevron-right');
 
-            const name = this.model.attributes.name;
+            const name = this.model.attributes[this.nameAttribute];
 
             wrapper.append(
                 document.createTextNode(this.getLanguage().translate('Edit') + ' · '),
@@ -379,8 +387,8 @@ class EditModalView extends ModalView {
                     this.dialog.close();
 
                     if (wasNew) {
-                        const url = '#' + this.scope + '/view/' + model.id;
-                        const name = model.get('name') || this.model.id;
+                        const url = `#${this.scope}/view/${model.id}`;
+                        const name = model.attributes[this.nameAttribute] || this.model.id;
 
                         const msg = this.translate('Created') + '\n' +
                             `[${name}](${url})`;
diff --git a/schema/metadata/clientDefs.json b/schema/metadata/clientDefs.json
index 4d1f2ec354..4c1a4f1c16 100644
--- a/schema/metadata/clientDefs.json
+++ b/schema/metadata/clientDefs.json
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "nameAttribute": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "An entity attribute to be used to display the record name on views. As of v9.1."
+        },
         "menu": {
             "description": "Top-right menu for views (list, detail, edit). Action types: buttons, dropdowns. https://docs.espocrm.com/development/custom-buttons/",
             "type": "object",