diff --git a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.ts b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.ts
index d56f4a00eb..64f37baa65 100644
--- a/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { Metadata } from '../shared/metadata.utils';
 
 /**
  * Returns a name for a {@link DSpaceObject} based
@@ -67,4 +68,45 @@ export class DSONameService {
     return name;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the Hit highlight
+   *
+   * @param object
+   * @param dso
+   *
+   * @returns {string} html embedded hit highlight.
+   */
+  getHitHighlights(object: any, dso: DSpaceObject): string {
+    const types = dso.getRenderTypes();
+    const entityType = types
+      .filter((type) => typeof type === 'string')
+      .find((type: string) => (['Person', 'OrgUnit']).includes(type)) as string;
+    if (entityType === 'Person') {
+      const familyName = this.firstMetadataValue(object, dso, 'person.familyName');
+      const givenName = this.firstMetadataValue(object, dso, 'person.givenName');
+      if (isEmpty(familyName) && isEmpty(givenName)) {
+        return this.firstMetadataValue(object, dso, 'dc.title') || dso.name;
+      } else if (isEmpty(familyName) || isEmpty(givenName)) {
+        return familyName || givenName;
+      }
+      return `${familyName}, ${givenName}`;
+    } else if (entityType === 'OrgUnit') {
+      return this.firstMetadataValue(object, dso, 'organization.legalName');
+    }
+    return this.firstMetadataValue(object, dso, 'dc.title') || dso.name || this.translateService.instant('dso.name.untitled');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the first matching metadata string value from hitHighlights or dso metadata, preferring hitHighlights.
+   *
+   * @param object
+   * @param dso
+   * @param {string|string[]} keyOrKeys The metadata key(s) in scope. Wildcards are supported; see [[Metadata]].
+   *
+   * @returns {string} the first matching string value, or `undefined`.
+   */
+  firstMetadataValue(object: any, dso: DSpaceObject, keyOrKeys: string | string[]): string {
+    return Metadata.firstValue([object.hitHighlights, dso.metadata], keyOrKeys);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/dso-name.service.mock.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/dso-name.service.mock.ts
index f4947cc860..1e3280ce8d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/dso-name.service.mock.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/dso-name.service.mock.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,15 @@ export class DSONameServiceMock {
   public getName(dso: DSpaceObject) {
     return UNDEFINED_NAME;
   }
+
+  public getHitHighlights(object: any, dso: DSpaceObject) {
+    if (object.hitHighlights && object.hitHighlights['dc.title']) {
+      return object.hitHighlights['dc.title'][0];
+    } else if (object.hitHighlights && object.hitHighlights['organization.legalName']) {
+      return object.hitHighlights['organization.legalName'][0];
+    } else if (object.hitHighlights && (object.hitHighlights['person.familyName'] || object.hitHighlights['person.givenName'])) {
+      return `${object.hitHighlights['person.familyName'][0] || ''}, ${object.hitHighlights['person.givenName'][0] || ''}`;
+    }
+    return UNDEFINED_NAME;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
index 97dda155c5..f25937df34 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const mockItemWithMetadata: ItemSearchResult = new ItemSearchResult();
 mockItemWithMetadata.hitHighlights = {};
 const dcTitle = 'This is just another <em>title</em>';
 mockItemWithMetadata.indexableObject = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  hitHighlights: {
+    'dc.title': [dcTitle],
+  },
   bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(buildPaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [])),
   metadata: {
     'dc.title': [
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
index fc24d5450b..303e4681a2 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export class ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridElemen
   ngOnInit(): void {
     super.ngOnInit();
     this.itemPageRoute = getItemPageRoute(this.dso);
-    this.dsoTitle = this.firstMetadataValue('dc.title') ??
-      (this.dso ? this.dsoNameService.getName(this.dso) : undefined);
+    this.dsoTitle = this.dsoNameService.getHitHighlights(this.object, this.dso);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/item-list-preview/item-list-preview.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/item-list-preview/item-list-preview.component.ts
index 04f1e24d7b..6b40678ded 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/item-list-preview/item-list-preview.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/my-dspace-result-list-element/item-list-preview/item-list-preview.component.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class ItemListPreviewComponent implements OnInit {
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.showThumbnails = this.appConfig.browseBy.showThumbnails;
-    this.dsoTitle = this.dsoNameService.getName(this.item);
+    this.dsoTitle = this.dsoNameService.getHitHighlights(this.object, this.item);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-types/item/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-types/item/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 660377746a..0d7c2cbc58 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-types/item/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-types/item/item-search-result-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ let publicationListElementComponent: ItemSearchResultListElementComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemSearchResultListElementComponent>;
 const dcTitle = 'This is just another <em>title</em>';
 const mockItemWithMetadata: ItemSearchResult = Object.assign(new ItemSearchResult(), {
+  hitHighlights: {
+    'dc.title': [dcTitle],
+  },
   indexableObject:
     Object.assign(new Item(), {
       bundles: observableOf({}),
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ const mockItemWithMetadata: ItemSearchResult = Object.assign(new ItemSearchResul
         'dc.title': [
           {
             language: 'en_US',
-            value: dcTitle
+            value: 'This is just another title'
           }
         ],
         'dc.contributor.author': [
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
index c69044e907..e56b7e970a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class SearchResultListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exten
   ngOnInit(): void {
     if (hasValue(this.object)) {
       this.dso = this.object.indexableObject;
-      this.dsoTitle = this.firstMetadataValue('dc.title') ?? this.dsoNameService.getName(this.dso);
+      this.dsoTitle = this.dsoNameService.getHitHighlights(this.object, this.dso);
     }
   }