diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/diona_gestalt.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/diona_gestalt.dm
index 18ed35b320a..1eace4b4061 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/diona_gestalt.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/diona_gestalt.dm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	//These initial nymphs are the nymph which grows into a gestalt, and any others it had inside it
 	//There are no initial nymphs for a newly spawned diona player
 
-		if (mind && mind.name && name && mind.name != name)
+		if (mind?.name && mind.name != real_name)
 			verbs += /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/gestalt_set_name
 			var/datum/language/L = locate(/datum/language/diona) in languages
 			var/newname
diff --git a/html/changelogs/geeves-diona_name_fix.yml b/html/changelogs/geeves-diona_name_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eeb83bd98e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/geeves-diona_name_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: Geeves
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes: 
+  - bugfix: "Diona that spawn from cryo no longer have randomized names."
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