diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/email/emailMiddleware.js b/backend/src/middleware/email/emailMiddleware.js
index 4096fa83a..f92da3368 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/email/emailMiddleware.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/email/emailMiddleware.js
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ const sendPasswordResetMail = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo)
 
 const sendEmailVerificationMail = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
   const response = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
-  // TODO: return name in response
   const { email, nonce, name } = response
   await sendMail(emailVerificationTemplate({ email, nonce, name }))
   delete response.nonce
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/emails.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/emails.js
index 2c6296627..84b5d7659 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/emails.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/emails.js
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@ export default {
             MATCH (user:User {id: $userId})
             MERGE (user)<-[:BELONGS_TO]-(email:EmailAddressRequest {email: $email, nonce: $nonce})
             SET email.createdAt = toString(datetime())
-            RETURN email
+            RETURN email, user
           `,
           { userId, email, nonce },
         )
-        return result.records.map(record => record.get('email').properties)
+        return result.records.map(record => ({
+          name: record.get('user').properties.name,
+          ...record.get('email').properties,
+        }))
       })
       try {
         const txResult = await writeTxResultPromise