diff --git a/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/progress.js b/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/progress.js
index 958905268a..5f170baae3 100644
--- a/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/progress.js
+++ b/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/progress.js
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@
         const normalizedHttpsPort = (formState?.httpsPort || '').trim() || '443';
         const normalizedEmail = (formState?.emailCertificates || '').trim();
         const normalizedAssistantKey = (formState?.assistantOpenAIKey || '').trim();
-        const normalizedAccountName = (formState?.accountName || '').trim();
         const normalizedAccountEmail = (formState?.accountEmail || '').trim();
         const normalizedAccountPassword = (formState?.accountPassword || '').trim();
 
@@ -343,7 +342,6 @@
             emailCertificates: normalizedEmail,
             opensslKey: (formState?.opensslKey || '').trim(),
             assistantOpenAIKey: normalizedAssistantKey,
-            accountName: normalizedAccountName,
             accountEmail: normalizedAccountEmail,
             accountPassword: normalizedAccountPassword
         };
diff --git a/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/state.js b/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/state.js
index 74391f2b04..e427068c74 100644
--- a/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/state.js
+++ b/app/views/install/installer/js/modules/state.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
         emailCertificates: null,
         opensslKey: null,
         assistantOpenAIKey: null,
-        accountName: null,
         accountEmail: null,
         accountPassword: null
     };
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@
         setStateIfEmpty('emailCertificates', payload.emailCertificates);
         setStateIfEmpty('opensslKey', payload.opensslKey);
         setStateIfEmpty('assistantOpenAIKey', payload.assistantOpenAIKey);
-        setStateIfEmpty('accountName', payload.accountName);
         setStateIfEmpty('accountEmail', payload.accountEmail);
         setStateIfEmpty('accountPassword', payload.accountPassword);
     };
diff --git a/app/views/install/installer/js/steps.js b/app/views/install/installer/js/steps.js
index bbdb79a941..3734745fb4 100644
--- a/app/views/install/installer/js/steps.js
+++ b/app/views/install/installer/js/steps.js
@@ -262,15 +262,11 @@
     };
 
     const hydrateStep3State = (root) => {
-        State.setStateIfEmpty?.('accountName', root.querySelector('#account-name')?.value);
         State.setStateIfEmpty?.('accountEmail', root.querySelector('#account-email')?.value);
         State.setStateIfEmpty?.('accountPassword', root.querySelector('#account-password')?.value);
     };
 
     const applyStep3State = (root) => {
-        const name = root.querySelector('#account-name');
-        if (name && formState.accountName) name.value = formState.accountName;
-
         const email = root.querySelector('#account-email');
         if (email && formState.accountEmail) email.value = formState.accountEmail;
 
@@ -290,16 +286,13 @@
         hydrateStep3State(root);
         applyStep3State(root);
 
-        const name = root.querySelector('#account-name');
         const email = root.querySelector('#account-email');
         const password = root.querySelector('#account-password');
         const passwordToggle = root.querySelector('[data-password-toggle="account-password"]');
 
-        bindInputToState(name, 'accountName');
         bindInputToState(email, 'accountEmail');
         bindInputToState(password, 'accountPassword');
 
-        bindErrorClear?.(name);
         bindErrorClear?.(email);
         bindErrorClear?.(password);
 
@@ -429,15 +422,9 @@
             if (normalized === 3) {
                 clearFieldErrors?.(root);
                 let valid = true;
-                const name = root?.querySelector('#account-name');
                 const email = root?.querySelector('#account-email');
                 const password = root?.querySelector('#account-password');
 
-                if (!name || !name.value.trim()) {
-                    setFieldError?.(name, 'This field is required');
-                    valid = false;
-                }
-
                 if (!email || !email.value.trim()) {
                     setFieldError?.(email, 'This field is required');
                     valid = false;
diff --git a/app/views/install/installer/templates/steps/step-3.phtml b/app/views/install/installer/templates/steps/step-3.phtml
index 7ad151a1fb..8eaf0e044b 100644
--- a/app/views/install/installer/templates/steps/step-3.phtml
+++ b/app/views/install/installer/templates/steps/step-3.phtml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 $defaultAccountEmail = $defaultAccountEmail ?? '';
-$defaultAccountName = $defaultAccountName ?? '';
 $accountEmailValue = htmlspecialchars($defaultAccountEmail, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
-$accountNameValue = htmlspecialchars($defaultAccountName, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 ?>
 <div class="step-layout" data-step="3">
     <div class="stack-xl">
@@ -15,18 +13,6 @@ $accountNameValue = htmlspecialchars($defaultAccountName, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
         </div>
 
         <div class="stack-l">
-            <div class="input-group stack-xs">
-                <label for="account-name" class="label-text typography-text-m-500 text-neutral-secondary">Name</label>
-                <input
-                        type="text"
-                        id="account-name"
-                        name="accountName"
-                        class="input-field typography-text-m-400 text-neutral-primary"
-                        placeholder="John Doe"
-                        value="<?php echo $accountNameValue; ?>"
-                        autocomplete="name"
-                >
-            </div>
             <div class="input-group stack-xs">
                 <label for="account-email" class="label-text typography-text-m-500 text-neutral-secondary">Email</label>
                 <input
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Installer/HttpHandler.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Installer/HttpHandler.php
index 0ad2c6f048..df9b534bb4 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Installer/HttpHandler.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Installer/HttpHandler.php
@@ -314,12 +314,8 @@ class HttpHandler
         $assistantOpenAIKey = trim((string) ($input['assistantOpenAIKey'] ?? ''));
         $input['assistantOpenAIKey'] = $assistantOpenAIKey;
 
+        $account = [];
         if (!$this->config->isUpgrade()) {
-            $accountName = trim((string) ($input['accountName'] ?? ''));
-            if (!$this->state->isValidAccountName($accountName)) {
-                $this->respondBadRequest('Please enter a name', $wantsStream, Server::STEP_ACCOUNT_SETUP);
-            }
-
             $accountEmail = trim((string) ($input['accountEmail'] ?? ''));
             if ($accountEmail === '' || !$this->state->isValidEmailAddress($accountEmail)) {
                 $this->respondBadRequest('Please enter a valid email address', $wantsStream, Server::STEP_ACCOUNT_SETUP);
@@ -330,9 +326,17 @@ class HttpHandler
                 $this->respondBadRequest('Password must be at least 8 characters', $wantsStream, Server::STEP_ACCOUNT_SETUP);
             }
 
-            $input['accountName'] = $accountName;
+            // Derive name from email
+            $accountName = $this->deriveNameFromEmail($accountEmail);
+
             $input['accountEmail'] = $accountEmail;
             $input['accountPassword'] = $accountPassword;
+
+            $account = [
+                'name' => $accountName,
+                'email' => $accountEmail,
+                'password' => $accountPassword,
+            ];
         }
 
         $lockedDatabase = $this->config->getLockedDatabase();
@@ -474,11 +478,6 @@ class HttpHandler
             $vars = $this->config->getVars();
             $shouldGenerateSecrets = !$installer->hasExistingConfig() && !$this->config->isUpgrade();
             $envVars = $installer->prepareEnvironmentVariables($payloadInput, $vars, $shouldGenerateSecrets);
-            $account = [
-                'name' => $input['accountName'] ?? '',
-                'email' => $input['accountEmail'] ?? '',
-                'password' => $input['accountPassword'] ?? '',
-            ];
 
             $this->state->writeProgressFile($installId, [
                 'payload' => [
@@ -487,8 +486,8 @@ class HttpHandler
                     'database' => $lockedDatabase ?? ($input['database'] ?? 'mongodb'),
                     'appDomain' => $input['appDomain'] ?? 'localhost',
                     'emailCertificates' => $input['emailCertificates'] ?? '',
-                    'opensslKeyHash' => $this->state->hashSensitiveValue((string) ($input['opensslKey'] ?? '')),
-                    'assistantOpenAIKeyHash' => $this->state->hashSensitiveValue((string) ($input['assistantOpenAIKey'] ?? '')),
+                    'opensslKeyHash' => $this->state->hashSensitiveValue($input['opensslKey'] ?? ''),
+                    'assistantOpenAIKeyHash' => $this->state->hashSensitiveValue($input['assistantOpenAIKey'] ?? ''),
                 ],
                 'step' => 'start',
                 'status' => Server::STATUS_IN_PROGRESS,
@@ -667,4 +666,23 @@ class HttpHandler
             echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => $e->getMessage()]);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Derives a name from an email address
+     * Examples:
+     *   admin@example.com -> Admin
+     *   admin.123@example.com -> Admin123
+     */
+    private function deriveNameFromEmail(string $email): string
+    {
+        // extract before @ symbol
+        $parts = explode('@', $email);
+        $username = $parts[0] ?? '';
+
+        // remove all non-alphanumeric characters
+        $cleaned = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/', '', $username);
+
+        // capitalize
+        return ucfirst($cleaned);
+    }
 }