diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 include(ECMAddTests)
 
 find_package(Qt5 "5.2" REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
-find_package(KF5 "5.8" REQUIRED COMPONENTS CoreAddons People)
+find_package(KF5 "5.8" REQUIRED COMPONENTS CoreAddons People I18n)
 
 find_package(KF5Contacts REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 find_package(Qt5Test)
 
-ecm_add_test(kpeoplevcardtest.cpp ../src/kpeoplevcard.cpp TEST_NAME kpeoplevcardtest LINK_LIBRARIES KF5::PeopleBackend KF5::CoreAddons Qt5::Test KF5::Contacts)
+ecm_add_test(kpeoplevcardtest.cpp ../src/kpeoplevcard.cpp TEST_NAME kpeoplevcardtest LINK_LIBRARIES KF5::PeopleBackend KF5::CoreAddons Qt5::Test KF5::Contacts KF5::I18n)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 kcoreaddons_add_plugin(KPeopleVCard SOURCES kpeoplevcard.cpp JSON "kpeoplevcard.json" INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kpeople/datasource")
-target_link_libraries(KPeopleVCard KF5::PeopleBackend KF5::CoreAddons KF5::Contacts)
+target_link_libraries(KPeopleVCard KF5::PeopleBackend KF5::CoreAddons KF5::Contacts KF5::I18n)
diff --git a/src/kpeoplevcard.cpp b/src/kpeoplevcard.cpp
--- a/src/kpeoplevcard.cpp
+++ b/src/kpeoplevcard.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <KContacts/VCardConverter>
 #include <KContacts/Picture>
 #include <KPeopleBackend/BasePersonsDataSource>
+#include <KLocalizedString>
 
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 #include <KPluginLoader>
@@ -48,6 +49,18 @@
             if (!name.isEmpty()) {
                 return name;
             }
+
+            // If both first and last name are set combine them to a full name
+            if (!m_addressee.givenName().isEmpty() && !m_addressee.familyName().isEmpty())
+                return i18nc("given-name family-name", "%1 %2", m_addressee.givenName(), m_addressee.familyName());
+
+            // If only one of them is set just return what we know
+            if (!m_addressee.givenName().isEmpty())
+                return m_addressee.givenName();
+            if (!m_addressee.familyName().isEmpty())
+                return m_addressee.familyName();
+
+            // Fall back to other identifiers
             if (!m_addressee.preferredEmail().isEmpty()) {
                 return m_addressee.preferredEmail();
             }