diff --git a/app/helpers/users_helper.rb b/app/helpers/users_helper.rb
index e0a2c4422..58b3e12d6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/users_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/users_helper.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,4 @@ module UsersHelper
   def prepend_current_user_to(users_scope)
     users_scope.to_a.prepend(Current.user).uniq
   end
-
-  def familiar_name_for(user)
-    names = user.name.split
-    return user.name if names.length == 1
-    "#{names.first} #{names[1..].map { |n| "#{n[0]}." }.join}"
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user/named.rb b/app/models/user/named.rb
index 67420ec72..aa4f9b585 100644
--- a/app/models/user/named.rb
+++ b/app/models/user/named.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ module User::Named
   def initials
     name.scan(/\b\p{L}/).join.upcase
   end
+
+  def familiar_name
+    names = name.split
+    return name if names.length == 1
+    "#{names.first} #{names[1..].map { |n| "#{n[0]}." }.join}"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb b/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb
index 8852fb765..4db6a088a 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/display/common/_background.html.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   <div class="card__closed">
     <span class="card__closed-title txt-uppercase"><%= card.closure.reason %></span>
     <strong class="txt-uppercase"><%= card.closed_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y") %></strong>
-    <span>by <span class="card__closed-by"><%= familiar_name_for(card.closed_by) %></span></span>
+    <span>by <span class="card__closed-by"><%= card.closed_by.familiar_name %></span></span>
   </div>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/cards/display/common/_meta.html.erb b/app/views/cards/display/common/_meta.html.erb
index 9219e44df..559504d6b 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/display/common/_meta.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/display/common/_meta.html.erb
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
       <% end %>
     </span>
     <span class="card__meta-item card__meta-item--reported overflow-ellipsis">
-      Reported by <strong><%= familiar_name_for(card.creator) %></strong>
+      Reported by <strong><%= card.creator.familiar_name %></strong>
     </span>
     <span class="card__meta-item card__meta-item--assigned overflow-ellipsis">
       <%= card.assignees.any? ? "Assigned to" : "Not assigned" %>
-      <%= card.assignees.map { |assignee| "<strong>#{familiar_name_for(assignee)}</strong>" }.to_sentence.html_safe %>
+      <%= card.assignees.map { |assignee| "<strong>#{assignee.familiar_name}</strong>" }.to_sentence.html_safe %>
     </span>
   </div>