diff --git a/src/tui/usage/app.ts b/src/tui/usage/app.ts
index 9f25b67..4b70255 100644
--- a/src/tui/usage/app.ts
+++ b/src/tui/usage/app.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getVisibleTabs } from "./constants.ts";
 import type { Tab } from "./types.ts";
-import { fetchBalance, fetchClients, fetchStatus, fetchUsageSummary, hasAnyNpubs, isDaemonRunning, type BalanceInfo, type ClientInfo, type StatusInfo } from "./data.ts";
+import { fetchBalance, fetchClients, fetchNpubs, fetchStatus, fetchUsageSummary, hasAnyNpubs, isDaemonRunning, type BalanceInfo, type ClientInfo, type NpubEntry, type StatusInfo } from "./data.ts";
 import {
   applyScrollToContent,
   exitSearchMode,
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export async function runUsageTui(): Promise<void> {
   let balance: BalanceInfo | null = null;
   let status: StatusInfo | null = null;
   let clients: ClientInfo[] = [];
+  let npubs: NpubEntry[] = [];
   let visibleTabs: Tab[] = getVisibleTabs(false);
   let refreshInterval: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
   let autoRefresh = true;
@@ -144,6 +145,14 @@ export async function runUsageTui(): Promise<void> {
           currentTab = "clients";
           vimState.scrollPos = 0;
         }
+
+        // Names/roles live on the auth proxy, not the usage summary. Only
+        // fetch them when the Npubs tab is actually reachable, and keep the
+        // last good list if the endpoint is temporarily unreachable.
+        if (npubsVisible) {
+          const newNpubs = await fetchNpubs();
+          if (newNpubs.length > 0) npubs = newNpubs;
+        }
       }
       render();
     } finally {
@@ -170,7 +179,7 @@ export async function runUsageTui(): Promise<void> {
       return;
     }
 
-    const content = renderTabContent(currentTab, stats, balance, status, width, clients);
+    const content = renderTabContent(currentTab, stats, balance, status, width, npubs);
     const footer = `${COLORS.dim}Press [Q] to quit, [R] to refresh, [A] to toggle auto-refresh${autoRefresh ? " (on)" : " (off)"}  scroll:${vimState.scrollPos}${COLORS.reset}${vimState.mode === "normal" ? `  ${COLORS.yellow}vim: hjkl/arrows, / search, g top, gg bottom${COLORS.reset}` : ""}`;
     const chrome = renderHeader(currentTab, width, visibleTabs, updateInfo ?? undefined) + renderTabs(currentTab, visibleTabs) + renderSeparator(width) + renderSearchBar();
     const chromeLines = chrome.split("\n").length - 1;
diff --git a/src/tui/usage/data.ts b/src/tui/usage/data.ts
index e479cf5..99b6296 100644
--- a/src/tui/usage/data.ts
+++ b/src/tui/usage/data.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { UsageTrackingEntry } from "../../daemon/types.ts";
 import {
+  callAuth,
   callDaemon,
   getDaemonBaseUrl,
   isDaemonRunning,
@@ -145,3 +146,29 @@ export async function fetchClients(): Promise<ClientInfo[]> {
 export function hasAnyNpubs(clients: ClientInfo[]): boolean {
   return clients.some((c) => !!c.ownerNpub);
 }
+
+/** A configured npub as returned by the auth proxy (`/npubs`). */
+export interface NpubEntry {
+  npub: string;
+  name: string | null;
+  role: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch the configured npubs (with their display names and roles) from the
+ * auth proxy. Returns an empty list when the endpoint is unavailable — e.g. a
+ * local daemon that doesn't route `/npubs` — so the TUI degrades gracefully.
+ */
+export async function fetchNpubs(): Promise<NpubEntry[]> {
+  try {
+    const result = await callAuth("/npubs");
+    if (result.error) return [];
+
+    // Handle both wrapped { output: { npubs } } and direct { npubs } responses.
+    const direct = (result as { npubs?: NpubEntry[] }).npubs;
+    const wrapped = (result.output as { npubs?: NpubEntry[] } | undefined)?.npubs;
+    return direct ?? wrapped ?? [];
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/usage/render.test.ts b/src/tui/usage/render.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b079b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/usage/render.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { renderNpubs } from "./render.ts";
+import { stripAnsi } from "./terminal.ts";
+import type { NpubEntry } from "./data.ts";
+import type { UsageStats } from "./types.ts";
+
+const NPUB = "npub1abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789abcdefghijklmnopq";
+
+function statsFor(npub: string): UsageStats {
+  return {
+    entries: [],
+    totalEntries: 3,
+    totalSatsCost: 100,
+    recentSatsCost: 100,
+    limit: 50,
+    summary: {
+      npubs: [
+        {
+          npub,
+          requests: 3,
+          promptTokens: 10,
+          completionTokens: 20,
+          totalTokens: 30,
+          cost: 0,
+          satsCost: 42,
+          topModels: [
+            {
+              modelId: "gpt-5.4",
+              requests: 3,
+              satsCost: 42,
+              totalTokens: 30,
+              promptTokens: 10,
+              completionTokens: 20,
+              cost: 0,
+            } as never,
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    } as never,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("renderNpubs", () => {
+  test("shows the configured display name and role", () => {
+    const npubs: NpubEntry[] = [{ npub: NPUB, name: "Alice", role: "admin" }];
+    const out = stripAnsi(renderNpubs(statsFor(NPUB), npubs, 120));
+
+    expect(out).toContain("Alice");
+    expect(out).toContain("[admin]");
+    // Full npub stays visible for copy-ability.
+    expect(out).toContain(NPUB);
+    // Name is used in the top-models section too.
+    expect(out).toContain("Alice (3 reqs, 42.00 sats)");
+  });
+
+  test("falls back to a truncated npub when no name is configured", () => {
+    const npubs: NpubEntry[] = [{ npub: NPUB, name: null, role: "user" }];
+    const out = stripAnsi(renderNpubs(statsFor(NPUB), npubs, 120));
+
+    expect(out).toContain(NPUB.slice(0, 10) + "…" + NPUB.slice(-6));
+    expect(out).toContain("[user]");
+  });
+
+  test("renders when no npub metadata is available", () => {
+    const out = stripAnsi(renderNpubs(statsFor(NPUB), [], 120));
+    expect(out).toContain("Npub Breakdown");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/tui/usage/render.ts b/src/tui/usage/render.ts
index aebfcf8..8959684 100644
--- a/src/tui/usage/render.ts
+++ b/src/tui/usage/render.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Tab } from "./types.ts";
 import {
   formatNumber,
   formatTime,
-  type ClientInfo,
+  type NpubEntry,
 } from "./data.ts";
 import { vimState } from "./state.ts";
 import { stripAnsi } from "./terminal.ts";
@@ -503,20 +503,24 @@ export function renderClients(stats: UsageStats, width: number): string {
   return output;
 }
 
-export function renderNpubs(stats: UsageStats, clients: ClientInfo[], width: number): string {
+export function renderNpubs(stats: UsageStats, npubs: NpubEntry[], width: number): string {
   const npubStats = stats.summary.npubs;
   if (npubStats.length === 0) return renderBox(["No npub data available"], width, "Npub Breakdown");
 
+  // Index configured npubs by their npub so usage rows can show names/roles.
+  const configured = new Map<string, NpubEntry>();
+  for (const entry of npubs) configured.set(entry.npub, entry);
+
   const totalCost = stats.totalSatsCost;
   const maxCost = npubStats[0]!.satsCost;
   const lines: string[] = [];
 
-  const col1 = 24; // Npub (truncated)
+  const col1 = 24; // Name (or truncated npub)
   const col2 = 12; // Requests
   const col3 = 24; // Cost
   const col4 = 12; // Tokens
 
-  const hNpub = "Npub".padEnd(col1);
+  const hNpub = "Name".padEnd(col1);
   const hReqs = "Requests".padEnd(col2);
   const hCost = "Cost".padEnd(col3);
   const hTok = "Tokens".padEnd(col4);
@@ -527,9 +531,11 @@ export function renderNpubs(stats: UsageStats, clients: ClientInfo[], width: num
   for (const npub of npubStats) {
     const pct = totalCost > 0 ? ((npub.satsCost / totalCost) * 100).toFixed(1) : "0.0";
     const avgCostFormatted = formatCost(npub.requests > 0 ? npub.satsCost / npub.requests : 0);
-    const shortNpub = truncateNpub(npub.npub);
+    const entry = configured.get(npub.npub);
+    const name = entry?.name?.trim();
+    const label = name || truncateNpub(npub.npub);
 
-    const dNpub = shortNpub.padEnd(col1);
+    const dNpub = label.slice(0, col1 - 1).padEnd(col1);
     const dReqs = formatReqs(npub.requests).padEnd(col2);
     const dCost = `${formatCost(npub.satsCost)} sats (${pct}%)`.padEnd(col3);
     const dTok = formatNumber(npub.totalTokens).padEnd(col4);
@@ -541,8 +547,9 @@ export function renderNpubs(stats: UsageStats, clients: ClientInfo[], width: num
       `${COLORS.green}${dCost}${COLORS.reset}` +
       `${COLORS.dim}${dTok}${dAvg}${COLORS.reset}`
     );
-    // Full npub on its own line for copy-ability
-    lines.push(`  ${COLORS.dim}${npub.npub}${COLORS.reset}`);
+    // Full npub (and role when known) on its own line for copy-ability.
+    const roleSuffix = entry?.role ? ` [${entry.role}]` : "";
+    lines.push(`  ${COLORS.dim}${npub.npub}${roleSuffix}${COLORS.reset}`);
     lines.push(`  ${renderBarChart("", npub.satsCost, maxCost, width - 6, COLORS.magenta, Number(pct), "npub-detail")}`);
     lines.push("");
   }
@@ -555,7 +562,9 @@ export function renderNpubs(stats: UsageStats, clients: ClientInfo[], width: num
     // Use pre-aggregated topModels from summary
     for (const topNpub of stats.summary.npubs.slice(0, 5)) {
       if (topNpub.topModels.length === 0) continue;
-      npubModelLines.push(`${COLORS.bold}${truncateNpub(topNpub.npub)}${COLORS.reset} (${formatReqs(topNpub.requests)} reqs, ${formatCost(topNpub.satsCost)} sats)`);
+      const name = configured.get(topNpub.npub)?.name?.trim();
+      const label = name || truncateNpub(topNpub.npub);
+      npubModelLines.push(`${COLORS.bold}${label}${COLORS.reset} (${formatReqs(topNpub.requests)} reqs, ${formatCost(topNpub.satsCost)} sats)`);
       for (const m of topNpub.topModels) {
         npubModelLines.push(`  ${(MODEL_COLORS[m.modelId] || MODEL_COLORS.default)}${m.modelId.padEnd(18)}${COLORS.reset} ${formatNumber(m.totalTokens).padEnd(8)} tokens  ${formatCost(m.satsCost)} sats`);
       }
@@ -615,7 +624,7 @@ export function renderRecent(stats: UsageStats, width: number): string {
   return renderBox(lines, width, `Recent Requests (${stats.entries.length} shown)`);
 }
 
-export function renderTabContent(activeTab: TabId, stats: UsageStats, balance: BalanceInfo | null, status: StatusInfo | null, width: number, clients: ClientInfo[] = []): string {
+export function renderTabContent(activeTab: TabId, stats: UsageStats, balance: BalanceInfo | null, status: StatusInfo | null, width: number, npubs: NpubEntry[] = []): string {
   switch (activeTab) {
     case "overview": return renderOverview(stats, balance, status, width);
     case "today": return renderToday(stats, width);
@@ -623,7 +632,7 @@ export function renderTabContent(activeTab: TabId, stats: UsageStats, balance: B
     case "providers": return renderProviders(stats, width);
     case "tokens": return renderTokens(stats, width);
     case "clients": return renderClients(stats, width);
-    case "npubs": return renderNpubs(stats, clients, width);
+    case "npubs": return renderNpubs(stats, npubs, width);
     case "recent": return renderRecent(stats, width);
     default: return "Unknown tab";
   }