diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/FullRepresentation.qml
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 
                                 applicationName: model.applicationName
                                 applicationIconSource: model.applicationIconName
-                                deviceName: model.deviceName || ""
+                                originName: model.originName || ""
 
                                 time: model.updated || model.created
 
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationHeader.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationHeader.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationHeader.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationHeader.qml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
     property var applicationIconSource
     property string applicationName
-    property string deviceName
+    property string originName
 
     property string configureActionLabel
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         textFormat: Text.PlainText
         elide: Text.ElideRight
-        text: notificationHeading.applicationName + (notificationHeading.deviceName ? " · " + notificationHeading.deviceName : "")
+        text: notificationHeading.applicationName + (notificationHeading.originName ? " · " + notificationHeading.originName : "")
     }
 
     PlasmaExtras.DescriptiveLabel {
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationItem.qml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     property alias applicationIconSource: notificationHeading.applicationIconSource
     property alias applicationName: notificationHeading.applicationName
-    property alias deviceName: notificationHeading.deviceName
+    property alias originName: notificationHeading.originName
 
     property string summary
     property alias time: notificationHeading.time
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/NotificationPopup.qml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
     property alias applicationName: notificationItem.applicationName
     property alias applicationIconSource: notificationItem.applicationIconSource
-    property alias deviceName: notificationItem.deviceName
+    property alias originName: notificationItem.originName
 
     property alias time: notificationItem.time
 
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
 
             applicationName: model.applicationName
             applicationIconSource: model.applicationIconName
-            deviceName: model.deviceName || ""
+            originName: model.originName || ""
 
             time: model.updated || model.created
 
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/notification.h b/libnotificationmanager/notification.h
--- a/libnotificationmanager/notification.h
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/notification.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     QString applicationIconName() const;
     void setApplicationIconName(const QString &applicationIconName);
 
-    QString deviceName() const;
+    QString originName() const;
 
     // should we group the two into a QPair or something?
     QStringList actionNames() const;
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/notification.cpp b/libnotificationmanager/notification.cpp
--- a/libnotificationmanager/notification.cpp
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/notification.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
         applicationName = applicationDisplayName;
     }
 
-    deviceName = hints.value(QStringLiteral("x-kde-device-name")).toString();
+    originName = hints.value(QStringLiteral("x-kde-origin-name")).toString();
 
     eventId = hints.value(QStringLiteral("x-kde-eventId")).toString();
 
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@
     d->applicationIconName = applicationIconName;
 }
 
-QString Notification::deviceName() const
+QString Notification::originName() const
 {
-    return d->deviceName;
+    return d->originName;
 }
 
 QStringList Notification::actionNames() const
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/notification_p.h b/libnotificationmanager/notification_p.h
--- a/libnotificationmanager/notification_p.h
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/notification_p.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     bool configurableService = false;
     QString applicationIconName;
 
-    QString deviceName;
+    QString originName;
 
     QStringList actionNames;
     QStringList actionLabels;
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/notifications.h b/libnotificationmanager/notifications.h
--- a/libnotificationmanager/notifications.h
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/notifications.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 
         ApplicationNameRole, ///< The user-visible name of the application (e.g. Spectacle)
         ApplicationIconNameRole, ///< The icon name of the application
-        DeviceNameRole, ///< The name of the device the notification originally came from, if it was proxied through a sync service like KDE Connect
+        OriginNameRole, ///< The name of the device or account the notification originally came from, e.g. "My Phone" (in case of device sync) or "foo@example.com" (in case of an email notification)
 
         // Jobs
         JobStateRole, ///< The state of the job, either JobStateJopped, JobStateSuspended, or JobStateRunning.
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/notificationsmodel.cpp b/libnotificationmanager/notificationsmodel.cpp
--- a/libnotificationmanager/notificationsmodel.cpp
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/notificationsmodel.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 
     case Notifications::ApplicationNameRole: return notification.applicationName();
     case Notifications::ApplicationIconNameRole: return notification.applicationIconName();
-    case Notifications::DeviceNameRole: return notification.deviceName();
+    case Notifications::OriginNameRole: return notification.originName();
 
     case Notifications::ActionNamesRole: return notification.actionNames();
     case Notifications::ActionLabelsRole: return notification.actionLabels();
diff --git a/libnotificationmanager/server_p.cpp b/libnotificationmanager/server_p.cpp
--- a/libnotificationmanager/server_p.cpp
+++ b/libnotificationmanager/server_p.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         QStringLiteral("actions"),
 
         QStringLiteral("x-kde-urls"),
-        QStringLiteral("x-kde-device-name"),
+        QStringLiteral("x-kde-origin-name"),
         QStringLiteral("x-kde-display-appname"),
 
         QStringLiteral("inhibitions")