diff --git a/src/lib/db/repos/connectionsRepo.js b/src/lib/db/repos/connectionsRepo.js
index 6075f234..00e6da59 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/repos/connectionsRepo.js
+++ b/src/lib/db/repos/connectionsRepo.js
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ function upsert(db, c) {
   );
 }
 
+function deriveConnectionName(data, fallbackName) {
+  if (data.provider === "github") {
+    return data.providerSpecificData?.githubLogin
+      || data.providerSpecificData?.githubEmail
+      || data.email
+      || data.providerSpecificData?.githubName
+      || fallbackName;
+  }
+  return fallbackName;
+}
+
 export async function getProviderConnections(filter = {}) {
   const db = await getAdapter();
   const where = [];
@@ -133,7 +144,7 @@ export async function createProviderConnection(data) {
 
     let connectionName = data.name || null;
     if (!connectionName && (data.authType === "oauth" || data.authType === "access_token")) {
-      connectionName = data.email || `Account ${all.length + 1}`;
+      connectionName = deriveConnectionName(data, data.email || `Account ${all.length + 1}`);
     }
     let connectionPriority = data.priority;
     if (!connectionPriority) {
diff --git a/src/lib/oauth/providers.js b/src/lib/oauth/providers.js
index 361f384d..e950bbe8 100644
--- a/src/lib/oauth/providers.js
+++ b/src/lib/oauth/providers.js
@@ -777,6 +777,9 @@ const PROVIDERS = {
       accessToken: tokens.access_token,
       refreshToken: tokens.refresh_token,
       expiresIn: tokens.expires_in,
+      name: extra?.userInfo?.login || extra?.userInfo?.name,
+      displayName: extra?.userInfo?.name || extra?.userInfo?.login,
+      email: extra?.userInfo?.email || null,
       providerSpecificData: {
         copilotToken: extra?.copilotToken?.token,
         copilotTokenExpiresAt: extra?.copilotToken?.expires_at,
diff --git a/tests/unit/db-sqlite-vs-lowdb.test.js b/tests/unit/db-sqlite-vs-lowdb.test.js
index 8e331816..52a80884 100644
--- a/tests/unit/db-sqlite-vs-lowdb.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/db-sqlite-vs-lowdb.test.js
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ describe("DB SQLite layer — public API parity", () => {
     expect(back.providerSpecificData).toEqual({ foo: "bar" });
   });
 
+  it("providerConnections: GitHub OAuth uses account identity as fallback name", async () => {
+    const c = await sqliteDb.createProviderConnection({
+      provider: "github",
+      authType: "oauth",
+      accessToken: "tok",
+      providerSpecificData: { githubLogin: "octocat" },
+    });
+
+    expect(c.name).toBe("octocat");
+    const back = await sqliteDb.getProviderConnectionById(c.id);
+    expect(back.name).toBe("octocat");
+  });
+
   it("providerNodes: CRUD", async () => {
     const n = await sqliteDb.createProviderNode({ type: "openai", name: "Test", baseUrl: "https://api.test", apiType: "openai" });
     expect(n.id).toBeDefined();