Player Names
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- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #445 of 611 adventure mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
# Player Names **A lightweight mod introducing a simple yet powerful command for customising player and entity names** # ✅ Features - **Custom names** for players & entities. - **Roleplay** with proper names, rather than being limited by Minecraft's usernames - **Required client-side** due to the way player names are fetched on the client - **Easy to use** with the ```/name``` command # 📖 Syntax - ```name set <target> <name>``` Set the custom name of an entity. - ```name reset <target>``` Reset the custom name of an entity. # 📦 Arguments - ```<target>```: (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Argument_types#entity) - Specifies the entity whose name is to change.\ Must be a player username, a target selector or a UUID. - ```<name>```: (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Argument_types#minecraft:component) - Specifies the text to display as a name.\ Must be a valid (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Raw_JSON_text_format).
# Player Names A lightweight mod introducing a simple yet powerful command for customising player and entity names
# ✅ Features - Custom names for players & entities. - Roleplay with proper names, rather than being limited by Minecraft's usernames - Required client-side due to the way player names are fetched on the client - Easy to use with the ```/name``` command
# 📖 Syntax
- ```name set
# 📦 Arguments
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📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- boyonk
- Version
- 1.0+1.21.11
- Downloads
- 45,257
- Endorsements
- 44
- Category
- adventure
- Created
- 3/7/2024
- Updated
- 12/9/2025
- Game Versions
- 1.21.11
- Tags
- adventure, social, utility
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Player Names support?
The author lists 1.21.11. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Player Names?
Version 1.0+1.21.11, published 2025-12-09 with 45,257 downloads recorded at the source.
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