diff --git a/model/attr/scope.go b/model/attr/scope.go
index 00c3ee0..d02cd15 100644
--- a/model/attr/scope.go
+++ b/model/attr/scope.go
@@ -80,11 +80,19 @@ func (scope Scope) IsConversation() bool {
 }
 
 // GetLocalScope takes a path and attaches the local scope to it
+// Deprecated: Use ConstructScopedZonedPath
 func GetLocalScope(path string) string {
 	return string(LocalScope) + Separator + path
 }
 
+// GetPublicScope takes a path and attaches the local scope to it
+// Deprecated: Use ConstructScopedZonedPath
+func GetPublicScope(path string) string {
+	return string(PublicScope) + Separator + path
+}
+
 // GetPeerScope takes a path and attaches the peer scope to it
+// Deprecated: Use ConstructScopedZonedPath
 func GetPeerScope(path string) string {
 	return string(PeerScope) + Separator + path
 }
diff --git a/peer/cwtch_peer.go b/peer/cwtch_peer.go
index e3d9de5..6bc16f4 100644
--- a/peer/cwtch_peer.go
+++ b/peer/cwtch_peer.go
@@ -280,22 +280,49 @@ func FromProfile(profile *model.Profile) CwtchPeer {
 func (cp *cwtchPeer) Init(eventBus event.Manager) {
 	cp.InitForEvents(eventBus, DefaultEventsToHandle)
 
+
 	// Upgrade the Cwtch Peer if necessary
 	// It would be nice to do these checks in the storage engine itself, but it is easier to do them here
 	// rather than duplicating the logic to construct/reconstruct attributes in storage engine...
-	// TODO: Remove these checks after Cwtch ~1.5
-	// If local.profile.name does not exist then set it from deprecated GetAttribute
-	if _, exists := cp.GetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name); !exists {
-		if name, exists := cp.Profile.GetAttribute(attr.GetLocalScope(constants.Name)); exists {
-			cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
-		} else if name, exists := cp.Profile.GetAttribute(constants.Name); exists {
+	// TODO: Remove these checks after Cwtch ~1.5 storage engine is implemented
+	if _, exists := cp.GetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.PublicScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name); !exists {
+		// If public.profile.name does not exist, and we have an existing public.name then:
+		//		set public.profile.name from public.name
+		//		set local.profile.name from public.name
+		if name, exists := cp.Profile.GetAttribute(attr.GetPublicScope(constants.Name)); exists {
+			cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.PublicScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
 			cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
 		} else {
-			// Profile.Name is very deprecated at this point...
-			cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, cp.Profile.Name)
+			// Otherwise check if local.name exists and set it from that
+			// If not, then check the very old unzoned, unscoped name.
+			// If not, then set directly from Profile.Name...
+			if name, exists := cp.Profile.GetAttribute(attr.GetLocalScope(constants.Name)); exists {
+				cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.PublicScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
+				cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
+			} else if name, exists := cp.Profile.GetAttribute(constants.Name); exists {
+				cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.PublicScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
+				cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, name)
+			} else {
+				// Profile.Name is very deprecated at this point...
+				cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.PublicScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, cp.Profile.Name)
+				cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, cp.Profile.Name)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	// At this point we can safely assume that public.profile.name exists
+	localName, _ := cp.GetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name)
+	publicName, _ := cp.GetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.PublicScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name)
+
+	if localName != publicName {
+		cp.SetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Name, publicName)
+	}
+
+	// At this point we can safely assume that public.profile.name exists AND is consistent with
+	// local.profile.name - regardless of whatever Cwtch version we have upgraded from. This will
+	// be important after Cwtch 1.5 when we purge all previous references to local.profile.name and
+	// profile-> name - and remove all name processing code from libcwtch-go.
+
 	// If local.profile.tag does not exist then set it from deprecated GetAttribute
 	if _, exists := cp.GetScopedZonedAttribute(attr.LocalScope, attr.ProfileZone, constants.Tag); !exists {
 		if tag, exists := cp.Profile.GetAttribute(constants.Tag); exists {