diff --git a/src/qt/managenamespage.cpp b/src/qt/managenamespage.cpp
index 5f47c9982b..5ac44a8ab9 100644
--- a/src/qt/managenamespage.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/managenamespage.cpp
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ void ManageNamesPage::contextualMenu(const QPoint &point)
 
 void ManageNamesPage::onCopyNameAction()
 {
-    GUIUtil::copyEntryData(ui->tableView, NameTableModel::Name);
+    GUIUtil::copyEntryData(ui->tableView, NameTableModel::Name, NameTableModel::BinaryRole);
 }
 
 void ManageNamesPage::onCopyValueAction()
 {
-    GUIUtil::copyEntryData(ui->tableView, NameTableModel::Value);
+    GUIUtil::copyEntryData(ui->tableView, NameTableModel::Value, NameTableModel::BinaryRole);
 }
 
 void ManageNamesPage::onConfigureNameAction()
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ void ManageNamesPage::onConfigureNameAction()
         return;
 
     const QModelIndex &index = indexes.at(0);
-    const QString name = index.data(Qt::EditRole).toString();
+    const QString name = index.data(NameTableModel::BinaryRole).toString();
     const std::string strName = name.toStdString();
-    const QString initValue = index.sibling(index.row(), NameTableModel::Value).data(Qt::EditRole).toString();
+    const QString initValue = index.sibling(index.row(), NameTableModel::Value).data(NameTableModel::BinaryRole).toString();
 
     ConfigureNameDialog dlg(platformStyle, name, initValue, this);
     dlg.setModel(walletModel);
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void ManageNamesPage::onRenewNameAction()
     {
         const QString name = indexes.at(0).data(Qt::EditRole).toString();
 
-        msg = tr ("Are you sure you want to renew the name <b>%1</b>?")
+        msg = tr ("Are you sure you want to renew the <b>%1</b>?")
             .arg (GUIUtil::HtmlEscape (name));
         title = tr ("Confirm name renewal");
     }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void ManageNamesPage::onRenewNameAction()
 
     for (const QModelIndex& index : indexes)
     {
-        const QString name = index.data(Qt::EditRole).toString();
+        const QString name = index.data(NameTableModel::BinaryRole).toString();
 
         const QString err_msg = model->renew(name);
         if (!err_msg.isEmpty() && err_msg != "ABORTED")
diff --git a/src/qt/nametablemodel.cpp b/src/qt/nametablemodel.cpp
index 9b1a854f78..6a14e95dba 100644
--- a/src/qt/nametablemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/nametablemodel.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <qt/clientmodel.h>
 #include <qt/transactiontablemodel.h>
 #include <qt/walletmodel.h>
+
+#include <names/applications.h>
+#include <names/encoding.h>
 #include <univalue.h>
 #include <wallet/wallet.h>
 
@@ -410,16 +413,42 @@ QVariant NameTableModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 
     NameTableEntry *rec = static_cast<NameTableEntry*>(index.internalPointer());
 
-    // TODO: implement Qt::ForegroudRole for font color styling for states?
+    // TODO: implement Qt::ForegroundRole for font color styling for states?
     // TODO: implement Qt::ToolTipRole show name status on tooltip
     if(role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == Qt::EditRole)
     {
         switch(index.column())
         {
             case Name:
-                return rec->name;
+            {
+                NameNamespace ns = NamespaceFromName(rec->name.toStdString());
+                std::string strDesc = DescFromName(rec->name.toStdString(), ns);
+                QString desc = QString::fromStdString(strDesc);
+
+                switch(ns)
+                {
+                    case NameNamespace::Domain:
+                        return tr("Domain %1").arg(desc);
+                    case NameNamespace::DomainData:
+                        return tr("Domain data %1").arg(desc);
+                    case NameNamespace::Identity:
+                        return tr("Identity %1").arg(desc);
+                    case NameNamespace::IdentityData:
+                        return tr("Identity data %1").arg(desc);
+                    case NameNamespace::NonStandard:
+                        return tr("Non-standard name %1").arg(desc);
+                } // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
+                assert(false);
+            }
             case Value:
-                return rec->value;
+            {
+                // TODO: Refactor this function and EncodeNameForMessage to avoid double conversion
+                std::string strValue = rec->value.toStdString();
+                const valtype vtValue = valtype (strValue.begin (), strValue.end ());
+                std::string encodedValue = EncodeNameForMessage(vtValue);
+
+                return QString::fromStdString(encodedValue);
+            }
             case ExpiresIn:
                 return rec->expiresIn;
             case NameStatus:
@@ -430,6 +459,17 @@ QVariant NameTableModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
     if(role == Qt::TextAlignmentRole)
         return column_alignments[index.column()];
 
+    if(role == BinaryRole)
+    {
+        switch(index.column())
+        {
+            case Name:
+                return rec->name;
+            case Value:
+                return rec->value;
+        }
+    }
+
     return QVariant();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qt/nametablemodel.h b/src/qt/nametablemodel.h
index 0c20faf4a3..bf37917ba0 100644
--- a/src/qt/nametablemodel.h
+++ b/src/qt/nametablemodel.h
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ class NameTableModel : public QAbstractTableModel
         NameStatus = 3
     };
 
+    enum RoleIndex {
+        /** Binary data corresponding to name/value */
+        BinaryRole = Qt::UserRole,
+    };
+
     /** @name Methods overridden from QAbstractTableModel
         @{*/
     int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;