diff --git a/app/static/js/path-analyzer.js b/app/static/js/path-analyzer.js
index 56eb573..3f4eb50 100644
--- a/app/static/js/path-analyzer.js
+++ b/app/static/js/path-analyzer.js
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ async function paLoadContacts() {
         const resp = await fetch('/api/contacts/cached?format=full');
         if (resp.ok) {
             const data = await resp.json();
-            if (data.success) paContacts = data.contacts || [];
+            if (data.success) {
+                paContacts = data.contacts || [];
+                paTokenNameCache = new Map();
+            }
         }
     } catch (e) {
         console.error('Failed to load contacts:', e);
@@ -107,6 +110,19 @@ function paMatchContacts(token) {
     return paContacts.filter(c => (c.public_key || '').toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix));
 }
 
+// token -> lowercase candidate contact names, memoized (contacts are
+// static per page load; cache is rebuilt when they arrive)
+let paTokenNameCache = new Map();
+
+function paTokenNames(token) {
+    let names = paTokenNameCache.get(token);
+    if (!names) {
+        names = paMatchContacts(token).map(c => (c.name || '').toLowerCase());
+        paTokenNameCache.set(token, names);
+    }
+    return names;
+}
+
 // Split an echo's path hex into per-hop tokens using that echo's own
 // hash_size (same logic as showPathsPopup in app.js; trailing partial kept)
 function paDecodeEcho(echo) {
@@ -133,8 +149,15 @@ function paMessageMatchesFilters(msg) {
         if (!ok) return false;
     }
     if (paFilters.token) {
-        const t = paFilters.token;
-        const ok = msg.echoView.some(e => e.tokens.some(tok => tok.startsWith(t)));
+        const raw = paFilters.token;                 // lowercase
+        const isHex = /^[0-9a-f]+$/.test(raw);
+        const hexPrefix = raw.toUpperCase();
+        // Hex input matches hash tokens by prefix; any input also matches
+        // the names of contacts the token resolves to
+        const ok = msg.echoView.some(e => e.tokens.some(tok =>
+            (isHex && tok.startsWith(hexPrefix)) ||
+            paTokenNames(tok).some(n => n.includes(raw))
+        ));
         if (!ok) return false;
     }
     if (paFilters.sender) {
@@ -754,9 +777,7 @@ async function paLoadMessages() {
 function paReadFilters() {
     paFilters.hops = document.getElementById('paHopsFilter').value;
     paFilters.hashSize = document.getElementById('paHashSizeFilter').value;
-    // Normalize token input to hex characters only (matches chip display casing)
-    paFilters.token = document.getElementById('paTokenFilter').value
-        .replace(/[^0-9a-fA-F]/g, '').toUpperCase();
+    paFilters.token = document.getElementById('paTokenFilter').value.trim().toLowerCase();
     paFilters.sender = document.getElementById('paSenderFilter').value.trim().toLowerCase();
     paFilters.content = document.getElementById('paContentFilter').value.trim().toLowerCase();
     document.getElementById('paClearFiltersBtn').classList.toggle('d-none', !paFiltersActive());
diff --git a/app/templates/path-analyzer.html b/app/templates/path-analyzer.html
index ae36ad6..ecde3ef 100644
--- a/app/templates/path-analyzer.html
+++ b/app/templates/path-analyzer.html
@@ -367,8 +367,9 @@
             <option value="2">2-byte</option>
             <option value="3">3-byte</option>
         </select>
-        <input id="paTokenFilter" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" style="width: 9.5rem;"
-               placeholder="Repeater hash (3B)" title="Match a repeater hash anywhere in a path (prefix match)">
+        <input id="paTokenFilter" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" style="width: 10.5rem;"
+               placeholder="Repeater (3B or name)"
+               title="Match a repeater anywhere in a path: hash prefix (hex) or contact name">
         <input id="paSenderFilter" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" style="width: 9.5rem;"
                placeholder="Sender" title="Filter by sender name">
         <input id="paContentFilter" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" style="width: 11rem;"