diff --git a/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb b/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb
index 22385175f82..4389125bd1a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/user_notifications_helper.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ module UserNotificationsHelper
   end
 
   def show_username_on_post(post)
-    return true if SiteSetting.prioritize_username_in_ux
     return true unless SiteSetting.enable_names?
     return true unless SiteSetting.display_name_on_posts?
     return true unless post.user.name.present?
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ module UserNotificationsHelper
   end
 
   def show_name_on_post(post)
-    return true unless SiteSetting.prioritize_username_in_ux
-
     SiteSetting.enable_names? &&
       SiteSetting.display_name_on_posts? &&
       post.user.name.present? &&
diff --git a/app/views/email/_post.html.erb b/app/views/email/_post.html.erb
index 3a56269ae26..0a744cfb9a0 100644
--- a/app/views/email/_post.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/email/_post.html.erb
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
         <img src="<%= post.user.small_avatar_url %>" title="<%= post.user.username%>">
       </td>
       <td>
-        <%- if show_username_on_post(post) %>
-        <a class="username" href="<%=Discourse.base_url%>/u/<%= post.user.username_lower%>" target="_blank"><%= post.user.username %></a>
-        <% end %>
-        <%- if show_name_on_post(post) %>
-          <a class="user-name" href="<%=Discourse.base_url%>/u/<%= post.user.username_lower%>" target="_blank"><%= post.user.name %></a>
-        <% end %>
+        <%- if SiteSetting.prioritize_username_in_ux %>
+          <a class="username username-link" href="<%=Discourse.base_url%>/u/<%= post.user.username_lower%>" target="_blank"><%= post.user.username %></a>
+          <%- if show_name_on_post(post) %>
+            <span class='user-name username-title'><%= post.user.name %></span>
+          <% end %>
+        <%- else %>
+          <a class="user-name username-link" href="<%=Discourse.base_url%>/u/<%= post.user.username_lower%>" target="_blank"><%= post.user.name %></a>
+          <%- if show_username_on_post(post) %>
+            <span class='username username-title'><%= post.user.username %></span>
+          <% end %>
+        <%- end %>
         <%- if post.user.title.present? %>
           <span class='user-title'><%= post.user.title %></span>
         <% end %>
diff --git a/lib/email/styles.rb b/lib/email/styles.rb
index 852ef80e705..95eec6be126 100644
--- a/lib/email/styles.rb
+++ b/lib/email/styles.rb
@@ -203,9 +203,11 @@ module Email
 
       style('.previous-discussion', 'font-size: 17px; color: #444; margin-bottom:10px;')
       style('.notification-date', "text-align:right;color:#999999;padding-right:5px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px")
-      style('.username', "font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#{SiteSetting.email_link_color};text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold")
-      style('.user-title', "font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;margin-left:7px;color: #999;")
-      style('.user-name', "font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;margin-left:7px;color: #{SiteSetting.email_link_color};font-weight:normal;")
+      style('.username', "font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold")
+      style('.user-name', "font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal;")
+      style('.username-link', "color:#{SiteSetting.email_link_color};")
+      style('.username-title', "color:#777;margin-left:5px;")
+      style('.user-title', "font-size:13px;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;margin-left:5px;color: #999;")
       style('.post-wrapper', "margin-bottom:25px;")
       style('.user-avatar', 'vertical-align:top;width:55px;')
       style('.user-avatar img', nil, width: '45', height: '45')