diff --git a/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.test.ts b/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.test.ts
index 52fd4ca..d00ff70 100644
--- a/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.test.ts
@@ -30,4 +30,20 @@ describe("EmailAddress", () => {
       "https://example.com/",
     );
   });
+
+  it("captures the display name verbatim from a display form", () => {
+    const email = EmailAddress.parse("Alice B <Alice@Example.com>")!;
+    expect(email.displayName).toBe("Alice B");
+    expect(email.label()).toBe("Alice B");
+  });
+
+  it("has no display name for a bare address and labels by the address", () => {
+    const email = EmailAddress.parse("Bob@Example.com")!;
+    expect(email.displayName).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(email.label()).toBe("bob@example.com");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the address as the label when the display name is empty", () => {
+    expect(EmailAddress.parse("<a@b.com>")?.label()).toBe("a@b.com");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.ts b/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.ts
index db028e8..84cca0b 100644
--- a/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.ts
+++ b/src/domain/value-objects/email-address.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ import { Domain } from "./domain";
 /**
  * A normalised email address. `parse` accepts a bare address (`a@b.com`) or a
  * display form (`Name <a@b.com>`), lowercasing the local part and normalising
- * the domain. Returns null when no plausible address can be found.
+ * the domain. When the input carries a display name it is captured (verbatim,
+ * not normalised — names are case-sensitive). Returns null when no plausible
+ * address can be found.
  */
 export class EmailAddress {
   private constructor(
     readonly normalized: string,
     readonly domain: Domain,
+    /** The sender's display name from a `Name <addr>` input, if any. */
+    readonly displayName?: string,
   ) {}
 
   static parse(raw: string): EmailAddress | null {
@@ -17,7 +21,17 @@ export class EmailAddress {
     const domain = Domain.parse(match[2]);
     if (!domain) return null;
     const local = match[1].trim().toLowerCase();
-    return new EmailAddress(`${local}@${domain.value}`, domain);
+    const displayName =
+      raw.match(/^\s*(.+?)\s*<[^>]+>\s*$/)?.[1].trim() || undefined;
+    return new EmailAddress(`${local}@${domain.value}`, domain, displayName);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The best human-readable label for this sender: the display name when the
+   * address came in `Name <addr>` form, else the normalised address.
+   */
+  label(): string {
+    return this.displayName ?? this.normalized;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/feed-generator.ts b/src/infrastructure/feed-generator.ts
index 0957daa..5575578 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/feed-generator.ts
+++ b/src/infrastructure/feed-generator.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,6 @@ function stripInvalidXmlChars(xml: string): string {
   return xml.replace(/[^\x09\x0A\x0D\x20-퟿-�\u{10000}-\u{10FFFF}]/gu, "");
 }
 
-function parseFromAddress(from: string): { name: string; email?: string } {
-  const match = from.match(/^(.*?)\s*<([^>]+)>\s*$/);
-  if (match) {
-    return { name: match[1].trim() || match[2], email: match[2].trim() };
-  }
-  const emailOnly = from.match(/^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/);
-  if (emailOnly) {
-    return { email: from.trim(), name: from.trim() };
-  }
-  return { name: from.trim() };
-}
-
 function buildFeed(
   feedConfig: FeedConfig,
   emails: EmailData[],
@@ -68,23 +56,28 @@ function buildFeed(
     const entryUrl = `${baseUrl}${entryPath(feedId, email.receivedAt)}`;
     // Inline images are rendered in the body, not surfaced as an enclosure.
     const firstAttachment = email.attachments?.find((a) => !a.inline);
+    const sender = EmailAddress.parse(email.from);
+    const senderLabel = sender?.label() ?? email.from.trim();
     const bodyContent = processEmailContent(
       email.content,
       email.attachments,
       baseUrl,
-      EmailAddress.parse(email.from)?.siteBaseUrl() ?? "",
+      sender?.siteBaseUrl() ?? "",
     );
-    const sender = parseFromAddress(email.from);
     const subject = htmlToText(email.subject);
     feed.addItem({
       title: feedConfig.sender_in_title
-        ? `[${sender.name}] ${subject}`
+        ? `[${senderLabel}] ${subject}`
         : subject,
       id: entryUrl,
       link: entryUrl,
       description: bodyContent,
       content: bodyContent,
-      author: [sender],
+      author: [
+        sender
+          ? { name: senderLabel, email: sender.normalized }
+          : { name: senderLabel },
+      ],
       date: new Date(email.receivedAt),
       enclosure: firstAttachment
         ? {