How to Find Full Name from LinkedIn Profile URL?

A LinkedIn profile URL does not reliably contain the person's real name. The vanity slug in linkedin.com/in/ is chosen by the member: it can be a nickname, an initial, a fragment of a headline, or a random string such as /in/jdoe-8b4271193, and it keeps its old value after a name change. Getting a clean first and last name means reading the profile itself, not parsing the URL. Derrick does that from a sidebar in Google Sheets: paste a column of profile URLs, run Enrich Leads (1 credit per profile), and get first name, last name, headline, current company and location back in the adjacent columns, 1,000+ rows in a single pass. The FREE plan includes 100 credits per month at 0 EUR, so the first 100 profiles cost nothing and no card is required.

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Used by 31,000+ B2B sales teams Updated May 2026

What is full name?

A full name is the simplest input for B2B prospecting - a first + last name, optionally with company context. It's often the only data point a sales rep starts from after a tradeshow, a referral, or a LinkedIn search export. From a clean full name + company, modern enrichment tools resolve the prospect's LinkedIn profile, work email, phone number, job title and 30+ firmographic fields.

When you're working from a LinkedIn profile URL, the full name field becomes one of the most-requested enrichments because it lets you complete the buyer profile without forcing the prospect to fill another form. The trade-off is hit-rate: the full name value is only as findable as your LinkedIn profile URL is unambiguous.

Why you need full name for sales

Full-name-only enrichment matters because that's how B2B leads usually arrive: a name on a business card, a list from a webinar, an export from Sales Navigator. The team that can take a 1,000-row list of names and turn it into a fully enriched CRM in 5 minutes ships pipeline 10× faster than the team that manually Googles each row. Hit-rate on name-based enrichment depends on the data provider's source quality and waterfall depth.

Teams that already have LinkedIn profile URL on every record but don't enrich full name effectively waste the upstream investment. The cost of NOT having full name compounds: every outbound campaign without it drops in personalisation; every CRM report without it drops in accuracy.

Why find full name from LinkedIn profile URL?

A LinkedIn profile URL is the gold-standard input for resolving full name: it uniquely identifies the person inside the LinkedIn graph, eliminates name collisions, and gives the resolver direct access to the prospect's current job title and company affiliation. Hit-rates from LinkedIn profile URL usually exceed every other input type for full name because LinkedIn itself maintains the freshest professional graph.

Common use cases for full name

Webinar / event lead lists with names only
LinkedIn Sales Navigator name exports
Recruiter pipelines after referral intros

Step 1 - Open Google Sheets and install Derrick

Derrick will allow you to find Fullname in a few clicks without any technical skills. Just install Derrick, open Google Sheet, and launch Derrick. Now you’re ready ! You can also find data such as company Linkedin Id,lead summary,headline,jobtitle... Discover Derrick Now

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Step 1 - Open Google Sheets and install Derrick

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Congratulations, you have done the most complicated. Now let's see how to get fullname from linkedin profile url.In order to Find fullname With linkedin profile url, You will need to use the Enrich Lead Data Feature from Derrick App. It's quite easy to use. In the drop-down menu, select the column header that corresponds to a LinkedIn profile URL. Validate the operation by clicking on enrich, and let Derrick do his job.

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Is finding full name free?

The free Derrick plan ships 100 credits per month with no credit card required, which is enough to find full name for ~100 LinkedIn profile URL inputs depending on the lookup type. Paid plans start at €9/month for 4,000 credits if you need more volume.

What's the hit rate for finding full name from LinkedIn profile URL?

Derrick runs a multi-source lookup rather than querying a single database, so coverage is broader than a single-source provider. The hit rate for full name from LinkedIn profile URL depends on how uniquely your LinkedIn profile URL identifies the target, on geography, and on B2B vs B2C context, so we don't publish a single headline number. When no source returns a confident match, Derrick leaves the cell empty rather than guessing.

Can I bulk-enrich full name for thousands of rows?

Yes - Derrick processes batch enrichment runs across thousands of rows in a single Google Sheets job, with progress tracking and per-row credit accounting. The workflow above scales linearly: 1 row or 10,000 rows, the steps are identical.

How does Derrick compare to other full name finders?

Most full name tools live as standalone web apps that require CSV export then re-import. Derrick is the only Google-Sheets-native option (plus API + MCP), with hit rates competitive with premium providers and pricing 3-10× cheaper than enterprise databases. See the full sales-tool comparison for a side-by-side review.

Do I need an API key to find full name from LinkedIn profile URL?

No - the Google Sheets add-on works with a one-click sign-in (no API keys, no developer account needed). If you'd rather hit the REST API directly or drive enrichment from Claude / ChatGPT via MCP, both are available on the same credit pool. The choice is workflow-dependent, not pricing-dependent.