diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/migrations/0050_lighthouse_multi_llm.py b/api/src/backend/api/migrations/0050_lighthouse_multi_llm.py
index d3ecb585f4..cf3d185811 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/migrations/0050_lighthouse_multi_llm.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/migrations/0050_lighthouse_multi_llm.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def migrate_lighthouse_configs_forward(apps, schema_editor):
                     tenant=tenant,
                     provider_configuration=provider_config,
                     model_id=old_config.model,
+                    model_name=old_config.model,
                     default_parameters={},
                 )
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ("inserted_at", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
                 ("updated_at", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
                 ("model_id", models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ("model_name", models.CharField(max_length=100)),
                 ("default_parameters", models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict)),
             ],
             options={
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/models.py b/api/src/backend/api/models.py
index 03e13c724d..aec2f3fabf 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/models.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/models.py
@@ -2137,6 +2137,9 @@ class LighthouseProviderModels(RowLevelSecurityProtectedModel):
     )
     model_id = models.CharField(max_length=100)
 
+    # Human-friendly model name
+    model_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
     # Model-specific default parameters (e.g., temperature, max_tokens)
     default_parameters = models.JSONField(default=dict, blank=True)
 
diff --git a/api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py b/api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py
index 785015a2b1..a87411bbfb 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/api/v1/serializers.py
@@ -3276,6 +3276,7 @@ class LighthouseProviderModelsSerializer(RLSSerializer):
             "updated_at",
             "provider_configuration",
             "model_id",
+            "model_name",
             "default_parameters",
             "url",
         ]
diff --git a/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/lighthouse_providers.py b/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/lighthouse_providers.py
index 3f1163b093..1a68a5c1e2 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/lighthouse_providers.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/lighthouse_providers.py
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ def refresh_lighthouse_provider_models(provider_config_id: str) -> Dict:
             tenant_id=provider_cfg.tenant_id,
             provider_configuration=provider_cfg,
             model_id=model_id,
-            defaults={"default_parameters": {}},
+            defaults={
+                "model_name": model_id,  # OpenAI doesn't return a separate display name
+                "default_parameters": {},
+            },
         )
         if was_created:
             created += 1