diff --git a/app/services/user_anonymizer.rb b/app/services/user_anonymizer.rb
index e9ff162dbc6..ac692d28d76 100644
--- a/app/services/user_anonymizer.rb
+++ b/app/services/user_anonymizer.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class UserAnonymizer
       @user.reload
       @user.password = SecureRandom.hex
       @user.email = "#{@user.username}@example.com"
-      @user.name = nil
+      @user.name = SiteSetting.full_name_required ? @user.username : nil
       @user.date_of_birth = nil
       @user.title = nil
       @user.uploaded_avatar_id = nil