diff --git author_smart_name.module author_smart_name.module
index aafa11e..4a9ec34 100644
--- author_smart_name.module
+++ author_smart_name.module
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ function author_smart_name_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id){
     // Changing the authoring information in order to call another ajax function instead of core
     if ($form['author']['name']['#autocomplete_path']) {
    		$form['author']['name']['#autocomplete_path'] = 'smart/user_autocomplete';
+
+      // Attach validation function to strip the real name off the submitted value.
+      if (!in_array('_author_smart_name_validate', $form['#validate'])) {
+        array_unshift($form['#validate'], '_author_smart_name_validate');
+      }
    	}
   }
 }
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ function author_smart_name_autocomplete($string = '') {
     switch ($source){
       // Core Profile module = 1
       case '1': 
-        $result = db_query_range("SELECT u.name, pv.value FROM {users} u, {profile_values} pv WHERE pv.fid = %d AND pv.uid = u.uid AND LOWER(pv.value) LIKE LOWER('%s%%')", 1, $string, 0, 10);
+        $result = db_query_range("SELECT CONCAT(u.name, ': ', pv.value) AS name, pv.value FROM {users} u, {profile_values} pv WHERE pv.fid = %d AND pv.uid = u.uid AND LOWER(pv.value) LIKE LOWER('%s%%')", 1, $string, 0, 10);
         while ($user = db_fetch_object($result)) {
           $matches[$user->name] = check_plain($user->value);
         }
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ function author_smart_name_autocomplete($string = '') {
         $field = variable_get('author_smart_name_profile_field', 'title');
         $type = variable_get('author_smart_name_profile_type', 'profile');
         if ($field == 'title'){
-          $result = db_query_range("SELECT u.name, n.title FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.type = '%s' AND LOWER(n.title) LIKE LOWER('%s%%')", $type, $string, 0, 10);
+          $result = db_query_range("SELECT CONCAT(u.name, ': ', n.title) AS name, n.title FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.type = '%s' AND LOWER(n.title) LIKE LOWER('%s%%')", $type, $string, 0, 10);
           while ($author = db_fetch_object($result)) {
             $matches[$author->name] = check_plain($author->title);
           }
@@ -74,3 +79,15 @@ function author_smart_name_autocomplete($string = '') {
   }
   drupal_json($matches);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Detects names of the form 'username: smart name' and converts them to 'username', prior to node_validate() being run.
+ */
+function _author_smart_name_validate($form, &$form_state) {
+  // Use limit=2 in the event that real names contain ':'.
+  $name = explode(':', $form_state['values']['name'], 2);
+  $username = $name[0];
+  if ($author = user_load(array('name' => $username))) {
+    $form_state['values']['name'] = $author->name;
+  }
+}
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