diff --git a/src/components/Assignments/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable.js b/src/components/Assignments/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable.js
index 27e5c6705..fc6b220fa 100644
--- a/src/components/Assignments/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable.js
+++ b/src/components/Assignments/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable/ShadowAssignmentPointsTable.js
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class ShadowAssignmentPointsTable extends Component {
                         userId={student.id}
                         showEmail="icon"
                         link={GROUP_USER_SOLUTIONS_URI_FACTORY(groupId, student.id)}
+                        listItem
                       />
                     </td>
                     <td className="text-center text-nowrap">{points !== null ? points : <span>&mdash;</span>}</td>
diff --git a/src/components/Exercises/ExercisesListItem/ExercisesListItem.js b/src/components/Exercises/ExercisesListItem/ExercisesListItem.js
index 7e310936d..e6358b084 100644
--- a/src/components/Exercises/ExercisesListItem/ExercisesListItem.js
+++ b/src/components/Exercises/ExercisesListItem/ExercisesListItem.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const ExercisesListItem = ({
     </td>
 
     <td>
-      <UsersNameContainer userId={authorId} link />
+      <UsersNameContainer userId={authorId} link listItem />
     </td>
 
     <td className="small">{runtimeEnvironments && <EnvironmentsList runtimeEnvironments={runtimeEnvironments} />}</td>
diff --git a/src/components/Exercises/ReferenceSolutionsTable/ReferenceSolutionsTableRow.js b/src/components/Exercises/ReferenceSolutionsTable/ReferenceSolutionsTableRow.js
index a8273503f..b8429c455 100644
--- a/src/components/Exercises/ReferenceSolutionsTable/ReferenceSolutionsTableRow.js
+++ b/src/components/Exercises/ReferenceSolutionsTable/ReferenceSolutionsTableRow.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const ReferenceSolutionsTableRow = ({
           )}
         </td>
         <td className="text-nowrap">
-          <UsersNameContainer userId={authorId} isSimple />
+          <UsersNameContainer userId={authorId} isSimple listItem />
         </td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
diff --git a/src/components/Groups/ResultsTable/ResultsTable.js b/src/components/Groups/ResultsTable/ResultsTable.js
index 1d132f13c..2cb113db1 100644
--- a/src/components/Groups/ResultsTable/ResultsTable.js
+++ b/src/components/Groups/ResultsTable/ResultsTable.js
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ class ResultsTable extends Component {
                     currentUserId={loggedUser.id}
                     showEmail="icon"
                     showExternalIdentifiers
+                    listItem
                     link={
                       isTeacher || user.id === loggedUser.id
                         ? GROUP_USER_SOLUTIONS_URI_FACTORY(group.id, user.id)
diff --git a/src/components/Instances/InstancesTable/InstancesTable.js b/src/components/Instances/InstancesTable/InstancesTable.js
index 460fdc5dc..9a32743dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Instances/InstancesTable/InstancesTable.js
+++ b/src/components/Instances/InstancesTable/InstancesTable.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const InstancesTable = ({ instances, links: { INSTANCE_URI_FACTORY }, intl }) =>
               <Link to={INSTANCE_URI_FACTORY(id)}>{name}</Link>
             </td>
             <td>
-              <UsersNameContainer userId={adminId} />
+              <UsersNameContainer userId={adminId} listItem />
             </td>
             <td>
               <SuccessOrFailureIcon success={hasValidLicence} />
diff --git a/src/components/Pipelines/PipelineExercisesList/PipelineExercisesList.js b/src/components/Pipelines/PipelineExercisesList/PipelineExercisesList.js
index e499db54d..c3f2e3d2d 100644
--- a/src/components/Pipelines/PipelineExercisesList/PipelineExercisesList.js
+++ b/src/components/Pipelines/PipelineExercisesList/PipelineExercisesList.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ const PipelineExercisesList = ({
                 showEmail="icon"
                 noAvatar={exercises.length > COLLAPSE_LIMIT}
                 noAutoload
+                listItem
               />
             </td>
             <td className="shrink-col text-nowrap">
diff --git a/src/components/Pipelines/PipelinesListItem/PipelinesListItem.js b/src/components/Pipelines/PipelinesListItem/PipelinesListItem.js
index 637f4733b..71403bfbb 100644
--- a/src/components/Pipelines/PipelinesListItem/PipelinesListItem.js
+++ b/src/components/Pipelines/PipelinesListItem/PipelinesListItem.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ const PipelinesListItem = ({
       <Link to={PIPELINE_URI_FACTORY(id)}>{name}</Link>
     </td>
 
-    {showAuthor && <td>{author ? <UsersNameContainer userId={author} link /> : <i>ReCodEx</i>}</td>}
+    {showAuthor && <td>{author ? <UsersNameContainer userId={author} link listItem /> : <i>ReCodEx</i>}</td>}
 
     {showCreatedAt && (
       <td>
diff --git a/src/components/Users/StudentsListItem/StudentsListItem.js b/src/components/Users/StudentsListItem/StudentsListItem.js
index 9cb0a0c7b..36cacbb78 100644
--- a/src/components/Users/StudentsListItem/StudentsListItem.js
+++ b/src/components/Users/StudentsListItem/StudentsListItem.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const StudentsListItem = ({
 }) => (
   <tr>
     <td>
-      <UsersNameContainer userId={id} link={groupId && GROUP_USER_SOLUTIONS_URI_FACTORY(groupId, id)} />
+      <UsersNameContainer userId={id} link={groupId && GROUP_USER_SOLUTIONS_URI_FACTORY(groupId, id)} listItem />
     </td>
     <td width={150}>
       {stats && (
diff --git a/src/components/Users/SupervisorsListItem/SupervisorsListItem.js b/src/components/Users/SupervisorsListItem/SupervisorsListItem.js
index f63cfcecb..801ef2b43 100644
--- a/src/components/Users/SupervisorsListItem/SupervisorsListItem.js
+++ b/src/components/Users/SupervisorsListItem/SupervisorsListItem.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const SupervisorsListItem = ({
         )}
       </td>
       <td className="text-nowrap">
-        <UsersNameContainer userId={id} link />
+        <UsersNameContainer userId={id} link listItem />
       </td>
 
       {showButtons && (
diff --git a/src/components/Users/UsersListItem/UsersListItem.js b/src/components/Users/UsersListItem/UsersListItem.js
index 29025c24f..c557bd610 100644
--- a/src/components/Users/UsersListItem/UsersListItem.js
+++ b/src/components/Users/UsersListItem/UsersListItem.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const UsersListItem = ({ user, emailColumn = false, createdAtColumn = false, cre
           showEmail={emailColumn ? null : 'full'}
           showExternalIdentifiers
           link
+          listItem
         />
       </td>
 
diff --git a/src/components/Users/UsersName/UsersName.js b/src/components/Users/UsersName/UsersName.js
index 81fdf9d57..511a3a5fa 100644
--- a/src/components/Users/UsersName/UsersName.js
+++ b/src/components/Users/UsersName/UsersName.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { defaultMemoize } from 'reselect';
 
 import AvatarContainer from '../../../containers/AvatarContainer/AvatarContainer';
 import { UserRoleIcon } from '../../helpers/usersRoles';
+import { UserUIDataContext } from '../../../helpers/contexts';
 import NotVerified from './NotVerified';
 import Icon, { MailIcon, BanIcon } from '../../icons';
 import withLinks from '../../../helpers/withLinks';
@@ -25,11 +26,25 @@ const userNameStyle = defaultMemoize((size, large) => ({
 const resolveLink = (link, id, USER_URI_FACTORY) =>
   typeof link === 'function' ? link(id) : link === true ? USER_URI_FACTORY(id) : link;
 
+const assembleName = ({ titlesBeforeName = '', firstName, lastName, titlesAfterName = '' }, lastNameFirst = false) => {
+  const fullName = lastNameFirst ? [lastName, ' ', firstName] : [firstName, ' ', lastName];
+  if (titlesBeforeName) {
+    if (lastNameFirst) {
+      fullName.push(', ', titlesBeforeName);
+    } else {
+      fullName.unshift(titlesBeforeName, ' ');
+    }
+  }
+  if (titlesAfterName) {
+    fullName.push(', ', titlesAfterName);
+  }
+  return fullName.join('');
+};
+
 const UsersName = ({
   id,
-  fullName,
   avatarUrl,
-  name: { firstName },
+  name,
   size = null,
   large = false,
   isVerified,
@@ -40,103 +55,117 @@ const UsersName = ({
   showExternalIdentifiers = false,
   showRoleIcon = false,
   currentUserId,
+  listItem = false,
   links: { USER_URI_FACTORY },
 }) => {
   if (size === null) {
     size = large ? 45 : 20;
   }
+
   const email = privateData && privateData.email && showEmail && encodeURIComponent(privateData.email);
   const externalIds = privateData && privateData.externalIds;
+
   return (
-    <span className={styles.wrapper}>
-      {(!privateData || privateData.isAllowed) && !noAvatar && (
-        <span className={styles.avatar}>
-          <AvatarContainer avatarUrl={avatarUrl} fullName={fullName} firstName={firstName} size={size} />
-        </span>
-      )}
-      <span style={userNameStyle(size, large)}>
-        {privateData && !privateData.isAllowed && (
-          <OverlayTrigger
-            placement="bottom"
-            overlay={
-              <Tooltip id={`ban-${id}`}>
-                <FormattedMessage
-                  id="app.userName.userDeactivated"
-                  defaultMessage="The user account was deactivated. The user may not sign in."
-                />
-              </Tooltip>
-            }>
-            <BanIcon gapRight />
-          </OverlayTrigger>
-        )}
+    <UserUIDataContext.Consumer>
+      {({ lastNameFirst = true }) => {
+        const fullName = assembleName(name, listItem && lastNameFirst);
+        return (
+          <span className={styles.wrapper}>
+            {(!privateData || privateData.isAllowed) && !noAvatar && (
+              <span className={styles.avatar}>
+                <AvatarContainer avatarUrl={avatarUrl} fullName={fullName} firstName={name.firstName} size={size} />
+              </span>
+            )}
+            <span style={userNameStyle(size, large)}>
+              {privateData && !privateData.isAllowed && (
+                <OverlayTrigger
+                  placement="bottom"
+                  overlay={
+                    <Tooltip id={`ban-${id}`}>
+                      <FormattedMessage
+                        id="app.userName.userDeactivated"
+                        defaultMessage="The user account was deactivated. The user may not sign in."
+                      />
+                    </Tooltip>
+                  }>
+                  <BanIcon gapRight />
+                </OverlayTrigger>
+              )}
 
-        {link ? <Link to={resolveLink(link, id, USER_URI_FACTORY)}>{fullName}</Link> : <span>{fullName}</span>}
+              {link ? <Link to={resolveLink(link, id, USER_URI_FACTORY)}>{fullName}</Link> : <span>{fullName}</span>}
 
-        {showRoleIcon && privateData && (
-          <UserRoleIcon
-            role={privateData.role}
-            showTooltip
-            tooltipId={'user-role'}
-            gapLeft
-            className="text-muted half-opaque"
-          />
-        )}
+              {showRoleIcon && privateData && (
+                <UserRoleIcon
+                  role={privateData.role}
+                  showTooltip
+                  tooltipId={'user-role'}
+                  gapLeft
+                  className="text-muted half-opaque"
+                />
+              )}
 
-        {showExternalIdentifiers && externalIds && Object.keys(externalIds).length > 0 && (
-          <OverlayTrigger
-            placement="right"
-            overlay={
-              <Popover id={id}>
-                <Popover.Title>
-                  <FormattedMessage id="app.userName.externalIds" defaultMessage="External identifiers" />
-                </Popover.Title>
-                <Popover.Content>
-                  <table>
-                    <tbody>
-                      {Object.keys(externalIds).map(service => (
-                        <tr key={service}>
-                          <td className="em-padding-right">{service}:</td>
-                          <td>
-                            <strong>
-                              {Array.isArray(externalIds[service])
-                                ? externalIds[service].join(', ')
-                                : externalIds[service]}
-                            </strong>
-                          </td>
-                        </tr>
-                      ))}
-                    </tbody>
-                  </table>
-                </Popover.Content>
-              </Popover>
-            }>
-            <Icon icon={['far', 'id-card']} gapLeft className="text-muted half-opaque" />
-          </OverlayTrigger>
-        )}
-        {privateData && privateData.email && showEmail === 'icon' && (
-          <a href={`mailto:${email}`}>
-            <MailIcon gapLeft />
-          </a>
-        )}
-        {privateData && privateData.email && showEmail === 'full' && (
-          <small className="em-padding-left">
-            {'('}
-            <a href={`mailto:${email}`}>{privateData.email}</a>
-            {')'}
-          </small>
-        )}
-        <span className={styles.notVerified}>
-          {!isVerified && <NotVerified userId={id} currentUserId={currentUserId} />}
-        </span>
-      </span>
-    </span>
+              {showExternalIdentifiers && externalIds && Object.keys(externalIds).length > 0 && (
+                <OverlayTrigger
+                  placement="right"
+                  overlay={
+                    <Popover id={id}>
+                      <Popover.Title>
+                        <FormattedMessage id="app.userName.externalIds" defaultMessage="External identifiers" />
+                      </Popover.Title>
+                      <Popover.Content>
+                        <table>
+                          <tbody>
+                            {Object.keys(externalIds).map(service => (
+                              <tr key={service}>
+                                <td className="em-padding-right">{service}:</td>
+                                <td>
+                                  <strong>
+                                    {Array.isArray(externalIds[service])
+                                      ? externalIds[service].join(', ')
+                                      : externalIds[service]}
+                                  </strong>
+                                </td>
+                              </tr>
+                            ))}
+                          </tbody>
+                        </table>
+                      </Popover.Content>
+                    </Popover>
+                  }>
+                  <Icon icon={['far', 'id-card']} gapLeft className="text-muted half-opaque" />
+                </OverlayTrigger>
+              )}
+              {privateData && privateData.email && showEmail === 'icon' && (
+                <a href={`mailto:${email}`}>
+                  <MailIcon gapLeft />
+                </a>
+              )}
+              {privateData && privateData.email && showEmail === 'full' && (
+                <small className="em-padding-left">
+                  {'('}
+                  <a href={`mailto:${email}`}>{privateData.email}</a>
+                  {')'}
+                </small>
+              )}
+              <span className={styles.notVerified}>
+                {!isVerified && <NotVerified userId={id} currentUserId={currentUserId} />}
+              </span>
+            </span>
+          </span>
+        );
+      }}
+    </UserUIDataContext.Consumer>
   );
 };
 
 UsersName.propTypes = {
   id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-  fullName: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-  name: PropTypes.shape({ firstName: PropTypes.string.isRequired }).isRequired,
+  name: PropTypes.shape({
+    titlesBeforeName: PropTypes.string,
+    firstName: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    lastName: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    titlesAfterName: PropTypes.string,
+  }).isRequired,
   avatarUrl: PropTypes.string,
   isVerified: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   privateData: PropTypes.object,
@@ -148,6 +177,7 @@ UsersName.propTypes = {
   showExternalIdentifiers: PropTypes.bool,
   showRoleIcon: PropTypes.bool,
   currentUserId: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  listItem: PropTypes.bool,
   links: PropTypes.object,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/forms/EditUserUIDataForm/EditUserUIDataForm.js b/src/components/forms/EditUserUIDataForm/EditUserUIDataForm.js
index dc067caf0..79da56620 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/EditUserUIDataForm/EditUserUIDataForm.js
+++ b/src/components/forms/EditUserUIDataForm/EditUserUIDataForm.js
@@ -99,6 +99,18 @@ const EditUserUIDataForm = ({
       }
     />
 
+    <Field
+      name="lastNameFirst"
+      component={CheckboxField}
+      onOff
+      label={
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id="app.editUserUIData.lastNameFirst"
+          defaultMessage="In listings, show last names of users first"
+        />
+      }
+    />
+
     <Field
       name="openedSidebar"
       component={CheckboxField}
diff --git a/src/containers/UsersNameContainer/UsersNameContainer.js b/src/containers/UsersNameContainer/UsersNameContainer.js
index dd4e73755..dd78bf334 100644
--- a/src/containers/UsersNameContainer/UsersNameContainer.js
+++ b/src/containers/UsersNameContainer/UsersNameContainer.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class UsersNameContainer extends Component {
       showEmail = null,
       showExternalIdentifiers = false,
       showRoleIcon = false,
+      listItem = false,
     } = this.props;
     const size = large ? 45 : 20;
     return (
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class UsersNameContainer extends Component {
               showEmail={showEmail}
               showExternalIdentifiers={showExternalIdentifiers}
               showRoleIcon={showRoleIcon}
+              listItem={listItem}
             />
           )
         }
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ UsersNameContainer.propTypes = {
   showRoleIcon: PropTypes.bool,
   noAutoload: PropTypes.bool,
   loadUserIfNeeded: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  listItem: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
 export default connect(
diff --git a/src/locales/cs.json b/src/locales/cs.json
index 9225e97e0..3f2db5316 100644
--- a/src/locales/cs.json
+++ b/src/locales/cs.json
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@
   "app.editUserUIData.defaultPage.instance": "Detail instance",
   "app.editUserUIData.editorFontSize": "Velikost fontu v textovém editoru:",
   "app.editUserUIData.failed": "Nebylo možné uložit nastavení vzhledu.",
+  "app.editUserUIData.lastNameFirst": "V seznamech zobrazovat uživatelům nejprve příjmení",
   "app.editUserUIData.openedSidebar": "Postraní panel je ve výchozím stavu rozbalený",
   "app.editUserUIData.title": "Nastavení vzhledu",
   "app.editUserUIData.useGravatar": "Používat službu Gravatar pro zobrazování avatarů ostatních uživatelů",
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index f0a1e8e83..5f00ebaa1 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@
   "app.editUserUIData.defaultPage.instance": "Instance overview",
   "app.editUserUIData.editorFontSize": "Code editor font size:",
   "app.editUserUIData.failed": "Cannot save visual settings of the user.",
+  "app.editUserUIData.lastNameFirst": "In listings, show last names of users first",
   "app.editUserUIData.openedSidebar": "Sidebar is unfolded by default",
   "app.editUserUIData.title": "Visual Settings",
   "app.editUserUIData.useGravatar": "Use Gravatar service for fetching user avatars",
diff --git a/src/pages/AssignmentStats/AssignmentStats.js b/src/pages/AssignmentStats/AssignmentStats.js
index 399758bce..f82505c03 100644
--- a/src/pages/AssignmentStats/AssignmentStats.js
+++ b/src/pages/AssignmentStats/AssignmentStats.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ const prepareTableColumnDescriptors = defaultMemoize((loggedUserId, assignmentId
             showEmail="icon"
             showExternalIdentifiers
             link={GROUP_USER_SOLUTIONS_URI_FACTORY(groupId, user.id)}
+            listItem
           />
         ),
     }),
diff --git a/src/pages/EditUser/EditUser.js b/src/pages/EditUser/EditUser.js
index e52dd499e..ad6787409 100644
--- a/src/pages/EditUser/EditUser.js
+++ b/src/pages/EditUser/EditUser.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const prepareUserUIDataInitialValues = defaultMemoize(
   ({
     darkTheme = true,
     vimMode = false,
+    lastNameFirst = true,
     openedSidebar = true,
     useGravatar = true,
     defaultPage = null,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ const prepareUserUIDataInitialValues = defaultMemoize(
   }) => ({
     darkTheme,
     vimMode,
+    lastNameFirst,
     openedSidebar,
     useGravatar,
     defaultPage: defaultPage || '',