# Correct link for first name in my messages

**URL:** <https://community.aweber.com/t/correct-link-for-first-name-in-my-messages/2329>\
**Category:** Ask a Question\
**Created:** [May 28, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://community.aweber.com/t/correct-link-for-first-name-in-my-messages/2329 "2026-05-28T03:15:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sue\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sue\_Brown](https://community.aweber.com/u/Sue_Brown)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://community.aweber.com/t/correct-link-for-first-name-in-my-messages/2329/1 "2026-05-28T03:15:34Z")

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Could someone let me know if this is the correct format for addressing my subscribers. I think a couple of my messages went a bit haywire and I’ve lost the correct formatting.

Hi {{ ‘’ + subscriber.first\_name.capitalize() if subscriber.first\_name else ‘’ }},

Thanks! 😀

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**Author:** ![Amanda\_W](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.aweber.com/amanda_w/32/790_2.png) [@Amanda\_W](https://community.aweber.com/u/Amanda_W)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.aweber.com/t/correct-link-for-first-name-in-my-messages/2329/2 "2026-05-28T21:10:57Z")

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Hey Sue,

If you want subscriber’s first names to be on the emails you send you would use  
{{ subscriber.first\_name | capitalize }}

However if you have a subscriber who doesn’t have a name, you can use this to personalize with “friend” or something else: {{ subscriber.first\_name | capitalize() or “friend” }}

You’d replace “friend” with the word you want to use instead.

How exactly were you trying to get the name to appear?

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**Author:** ![Sue\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sue\_Brown](https://community.aweber.com/u/Sue_Brown)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://community.aweber.com/t/correct-link-for-first-name-in-my-messages/2329/3 "2026-05-29T01:53:04Z")

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Hi Amanda,

Thanks so much. I’ll save these and go and edit my messages. Not quite sure how they got out of hand! I just wanted to have the subscriber’s first name with the first letter capitalized, ie Hi Amanda,

It’s great to know that I can replace “friend” with another word! 😍