# How do I add the name to my certificate?

**URL:** <https://community.blockcerts.org/t/how-do-i-add-the-name-to-my-certificate/3273>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.blockcerts.org/t/how-do-i-add-the-name-to-my-certificate/3273 "2022-08-24T17:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhdezctza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jhdezctza](https://community.blockcerts.org/u/jhdezctza)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.blockcerts.org/t/how-do-i-add-the-name-to-my-certificate/3273/1 "2022-08-24T17:44:12Z")

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How did you add the name when instantiating my certificate with version V3? thanks

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**Author:** ![lemoustachiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@lemoustachiste](https://community.blockcerts.org/u/lemoustachiste)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://community.blockcerts.org/t/how-do-i-add-the-name-to-my-certificate/3273/2 "2022-08-25T10:28:01Z")

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Hi,

There is no hard recommendation on that front. Since generally speaking Verifiable Credential don’t have a hard stance on that matter, Blockcerts also allows for a loose approach.

With that said, I’d say our approach is to have a `credentialSubject.claim.name` property, the parent `claim` being the object where we store information about the certificate itself.

But that’s not enforced and we don’t consume the object directly in Blockcerts Verifier, for now.