diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/GroupMember.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/GroupMember.cs
index 658f75fc..0b3c1e51 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/GroupMember.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/GroupMember.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class GroupMember
     public async Task ListMemberGroups(Context ctx, PKMember target)
     {
         var targetSystem = await ctx.Repository.GetSystem(target.System);
-        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(target.System));
+        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(target.System), ctx.LookupContextFor(target.System));
         opts.MemberFilter = target.Id;
 
         var title = new StringBuilder($"Groups containing {target.Name} (`{target.DisplayHid(ctx.Config)}`) in ");
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class GroupMember
         var targetSystem = await GetGroupSystem(ctx, target);
         ctx.CheckSystemPrivacy(targetSystem.Id, target.ListPrivacy);
 
-        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(target.System));
+        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(target.System), ctx.LookupContextFor(target.System));
         opts.GroupFilter = target.Id;
 
         var title = new StringBuilder($"Members of {target.DisplayName ?? target.Name} (`{target.DisplayHid(ctx.Config)}`) in ");
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs
index 0fe078e3..05cc0a54 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Groups.cs
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public class Groups
         // - ParseListOptions checks list access privacy and sets the privacy filter (which members show up in list)
         // - RenderGroupList checks the indivual privacy for each member (NameFor, etc)
         // the own system is always allowed to look up their list
-        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(system.Id));
+        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(system.Id), ctx.LookupContextFor(system.Id));
         await ctx.RenderGroupList(
             ctx.LookupContextFor(system.Id),
             system.Id,
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs
index 2821cf57..1c23cc40 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot;
 
 public static class ContextListExt
 {
-    public static ListOptions ParseListOptions(this Context ctx, LookupContext lookupCtx)
+    public static ListOptions ParseListOptions(this Context ctx, LookupContext directLookupCtx, LookupContext lookupContext)
     {
         var p = new ListOptions();
 
@@ -55,10 +55,13 @@ public static class ContextListExt
         if (ctx.MatchFlag("private-only", "po")) p.PrivacyFilter = PrivacyLevel.Private;
 
         // PERM CHECK: If we're trying to access non-public members of another system, error
-        if (p.PrivacyFilter != PrivacyLevel.Public && lookupCtx != LookupContext.ByOwner)
+        if (p.PrivacyFilter != PrivacyLevel.Public && directLookupCtx != LookupContext.ByOwner)
             // TODO: should this just return null instead of throwing or something? >.>
             throw Errors.NotOwnInfo;
 
+        //this is for searching
+        p.Context = lookupContext;
+
         // Additional fields to include in the search results
         if (ctx.MatchFlag("with-last-switch", "with-last-fronted", "with-last-front", "wls", "wlf"))
             p.IncludeLastSwitch = true;
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ListOptions.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ListOptions.cs
index 82aa0d67..991b0a8e 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ListOptions.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ListOptions.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class ListOptions
     public bool Reverse { get; set; }
 
     public PrivacyLevel? PrivacyFilter { get; set; } = PrivacyLevel.Public;
+    public LookupContext Context { get; set; } = LookupContext.ByNonOwner;
     public GroupId? GroupFilter { get; set; }
     public MemberId? MemberFilter { get; set; }
     public string? Search { get; set; }
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ public class ListOptions
             GroupFilter = GroupFilter,
             MemberFilter = MemberFilter,
             Search = Search,
-            SearchDescription = SearchDescription
+            SearchDescription = SearchDescription,
+            Context = Context
         };
 }
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Random.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Random.cs
index 933ec7e1..8f0c07b2 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Random.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Random.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class Random
     {
         ctx.CheckSystemPrivacy(group.System, group.ListPrivacy);
 
-        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(group.System));
+        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(group.System), ctx.LookupContextFor(group.System));
         opts.GroupFilter = group.Id;
 
         var members = await ctx.Database.Execute(conn => conn.QueryMemberList(group.System, opts.ToQueryOptions()));
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemList.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemList.cs
index beb81eda..af0b4cbe 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemList.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/SystemList.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class SystemList
         // - ParseListOptions checks list access privacy and sets the privacy filter (which members show up in list)
         // - RenderMemberList checks the indivual privacy for each member (NameFor, etc)
         // the own system is always allowed to look up their list
-        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(target.Id));
+        var opts = ctx.ParseListOptions(ctx.DirectLookupContextFor(target.Id), ctx.LookupContextFor(target.Id));
         await ctx.RenderMemberList(
             ctx.LookupContextFor(target.Id),
             target.Id,
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/DatabaseViewsExt.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/DatabaseViewsExt.cs
index 761fc3d9..877c767d 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/DatabaseViewsExt.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/DatabaseViewsExt.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ public static class DatabaseViewsExt
             static string Filter(string column) =>
                 $"(position(lower(@filter) in lower(coalesce({column}, ''))) > 0)";
 
-            query.Append($" and ({Filter("name")} or {Filter("display_name")}");
+            var nameColumn = opts.Context == LookupContext.ByOwner ? "name" : "public_name";
+            query.Append($" and ({Filter(nameColumn)} or {Filter("display_name")}");
             if (opts.SearchDescription)
             {
                 // We need to account for the possibility of description privacy when searching
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ public static class DatabaseViewsExt
             static string Filter(string column) =>
                 $"(position(lower(@filter) in lower(coalesce({column}, ''))) > 0)";
 
-            query.Append($" and ({Filter("name")} or {Filter("display_name")}");
+            var nameColumn = opts.Context == LookupContext.ByOwner ? "name" : "public_name";
+            query.Append($" and ({Filter(nameColumn)} or {Filter("display_name")}");
             if (opts.SearchDescription)
             {
                 // We need to account for the possibility of description privacy when searching
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/views.sql b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/views.sql
index e23ebb6f..6fe08b73 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/views.sql
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Database/Views/views.sql
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ select members.*,
            -- Privacy '1' = public; just return description as normal
            when members.description_privacy = 1 then members.description
            -- Any other privacy (rn just '2'), return null description (missing case = null in SQL)
-        end as public_description
+        end as public_description,
+        
+        -- Extract member name as seen by "the public"
+        case
+            -- Privacy '1' = public; just return name as normal
+            when members.name_privacy = 1 then members.name
+            -- Any other privacy (rn just '2'), return display name
+            else members.display_name
+        end as public_name
 from members;
 
 create view group_list as
@@ -48,5 +56,20 @@ select groups.*,
             inner join members on group_members.member_id = members.id
         where
             group_members.group_id = groups.id
-    ) as total_member_count
+    ) as total_member_count,
+
+    -- Extract group description as seen by "the public"
+    case
+        -- Privacy '1' = public; just return description as normal
+        when groups.description_privacy = 1 then groups.description
+        -- Any other privacy (rn just '2'), return null description (missing case = null in SQL)
+    end as public_description,
+    
+    -- Extract member name as seen by "the public"
+    case
+        -- Privacy '1' = public; just return name as normal
+        when groups.name_privacy = 1 then groups.name
+        -- Any other privacy (rn just '2'), return display name
+        else groups.display_name
+    end as public_name
 from groups;
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