diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 2f7f81c..d0fc1fc 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
             format:     USERNAME_RE,
             uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
 
+  validates :public_name,
+            allow_nil:   true,
+            allow_blank: false,
+            presence:    true
+
   validates :biography, length: { maximum: 10_000 }
 
   def to_param
diff --git a/config/locales/activerecord/en.yml b/config/locales/activerecord/en.yml
index b1b2ef1..871d91b 100644
--- a/config/locales/activerecord/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/activerecord/en.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ en:
       account:
         id: ID
         username: Username
+        public_name: Public name
         biography: Bio
       account_telegram_contact:
         id: ID
diff --git a/config/locales/activerecord/ru.yml b/config/locales/activerecord/ru.yml
index 3c0b1f3..7738aef 100644
--- a/config/locales/activerecord/ru.yml
+++ b/config/locales/activerecord/ru.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ ru:
       account:
         id: ID
         username: Имя пользователя
+        public_name: Публичное имя
         biography: Биография
       account_telegram_contact:
         id: ID
diff --git a/db/migrate/20190201214347_add_public_name_to_accounts.rb b/db/migrate/20190201214347_add_public_name_to_accounts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f3631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20190201214347_add_public_name_to_accounts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddPublicNameToAccounts < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :accounts, :public_name, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 32fa24c..68689df 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_02_01_035804) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_02_01_214347) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_02_01_035804) do
     t.bigint "person_id"
     t.string "username", null: false
     t.text "biography"
+    t.string "public_name"
     t.index ["person_id"], name: "index_accounts_on_person_id", unique: true
   end
 
diff --git a/factories/accounts.rb b/factories/accounts.rb
index 845c99b..83c68f8 100644
--- a/factories/accounts.rb
+++ b/factories/accounts.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :guest_account, class: Account do
+    public_name { Faker::Lorem.name }
     biography { Faker::Lorem.paragraph }
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/account_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
index 89a6b58..c3f7dc7 100644
--- a/spec/models/account_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@ RSpec.describe Account do
     it { is_expected.not_to allow_value '1foo' }
   end
 
+  describe '#public_name' do
+    def allow_value(*)
+      super.for :public_name
+    end
+
+    it { is_expected.to allow_value nil }
+
+    it { is_expected.not_to allow_value '' }
+    it { is_expected.not_to allow_value ' ' }
+
+    it { is_expected.to allow_value Faker::Name.name }
+    it { is_expected.to allow_value Faker::Name.first_name }
+    it { is_expected.to allow_value 'Foo Bar' }
+  end
+
   describe '#biography' do
     it { is_expected.not_to validate_presence_of :biography }
     it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:biography).is_at_most(10_000) }