diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/onboarding/hosted_community_selection.dart b/mobile/lib/features/onboarding/hosted_community_selection.dart
index 094c038921..db29411225 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/onboarding/hosted_community_selection.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/onboarding/hosted_community_selection.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import 'package:flutter_hooks/flutter_hooks.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
 import '../../shared/hosted/hosted_flow.dart';
-import '../../shared/hosted/hosted_environment.dart';
 import '../../shared/theme/grid.dart';
 import '../../shared/community/community_grid.dart';
 import '../../shared/community/community_grid_option.dart';
@@ -75,10 +74,7 @@ class HostedCommunitySelection extends HookConsumerWidget {
         for (final community in flow.communities)
           CommunityGridOption(
             id: community.relayUrl,
-            name: HostedEnvironment.communityDisplayName(
-              community.name,
-              community.relayUrl,
-            ),
+            name: community.name,
             relayUrl: community.relayUrl,
             onSelect: (_) async {
               flow.chooseLandingCommunity(community.relayUrl);
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/community/community.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/community/community.dart
index 96c2b5f7a2..a992c28228 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/community/community.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/community/community.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
 
+import '../hosted/hosted_environment.dart';
 import '../push/push_subscription.dart';
 
 const _uuid = Uuid();
@@ -24,7 +25,14 @@ class Community {
   static const _pushNotificationsEnabledKey = 'pushNotificationsEnabledV2';
 
   final String id;
-  final String name;
+
+  /// Saved label, which may be a hosted relay's full host name.
+  final String _name;
+
+  /// User-facing label. Every reader goes through here so hosted host-name
+  /// fallbacks always appear in the short form onboarding shows.
+  String get name => HostedEnvironment.communityDisplayName(_name, relayUrl);
+
   final String relayUrl;
   final String? pubkey;
   final String? nsec;
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ class Community {
 
   const Community({
     required this.id,
-    required this.name,
+    required String name,
     required this.relayUrl,
     this.pubkey,
     this.nsec,
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ class Community {
     this.pushLeaseInstallationId,
     this.starterSetupIncomplete = false,
     required this.addedAt,
-  });
+  }) : _name = name;
 
   factory Community.create({
     required String name,
@@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ class Community {
   }) {
     return Community(
       id: id,
-      name: name ?? this.name,
+      name: name ?? _name,
       relayUrl: relayUrl ?? this.relayUrl,
       pubkey: pubkey == _sentinel ? this.pubkey : pubkey as String?,
       nsec: nsec == _sentinel ? this.nsec : nsec as String?,
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ class Community {
 
   Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
     'id': id,
-    'name': name,
+    'name': _name,
     'relayUrl': relayUrl,
     if (pubkey != null) 'pubkey': pubkey,
     if (nsec != null) 'nsec': nsec,
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/deep_link.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/deep_link.dart
index 14c38489c6..b4a67b10f0 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/deep_link.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/deeplink/deep_link.dart
@@ -375,8 +375,14 @@ class NostrBindDeepLink extends BuzzDeepLink {
 class AddCommunityDeepLink extends BuzzDeepLink {
   @override
   final String relayUrl;
-  final String name;
-  const AddCommunityDeepLink({required this.relayUrl, required this.name});
+
+  final String _name;
+
+  /// User-facing label, shortening hosted host-name fallbacks like [Community].
+  String get name => HostedEnvironment.communityDisplayName(_name, relayUrl);
+
+  const AddCommunityDeepLink({required this.relayUrl, required String name})
+    : _name = name;
 }
 
 bool _webHandoffShape(Uri uri, String host, Set<String> allowed) =>
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/channels_page_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/channels_page_test.dart
index 542207bfc4..87f3977ea4 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/channels_page_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/channels_page_test.dart
@@ -1669,8 +1669,9 @@ void main() {
       ),
       Community(
         id: 'bravo',
-        name: 'Bravo',
-        relayUrl: 'wss://bravo.example.com',
+        // Hosted communities without relay metadata store their host.
+        name: 'bravo.communities.buzz.xyz',
+        relayUrl: 'wss://bravo.communities.buzz.xyz',
         addedAt: DateTime(2025),
       ),
     ];
@@ -1717,7 +1718,11 @@ void main() {
 
     expect(find.byTooltip('Close community switcher'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('alpha.example.com'), findsNothing);
-    expect(find.text('bravo.example.com'), findsNothing);
+    expect(find.text('bravo.communities.buzz.xyz'), findsNothing);
+    expect(
+      find.descendant(of: options, matching: find.text('bravo')),
+      findsOneWidget,
+    );
 
     expect(find.text('Rename'), findsNothing);
     expect(
@@ -1790,13 +1795,13 @@ void main() {
     expect(activeSelection, findsNothing);
     expect(inactiveSelection, findsNothing);
 
-    await tester.tap(find.byTooltip('Remove Bravo'));
+    await tester.tap(find.byTooltip('Remove bravo'));
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
 
     expect(find.text('Remove community?'), findsOneWidget);
     expect(
       find.text(
-        'Are you sure you want to remove “Bravo”? '
+        'Are you sure you want to remove “bravo”? '
         'You can pair with it again later.',
       ),
       findsOneWidget,
@@ -1807,7 +1812,7 @@ void main() {
 
     expect(communityNotifier.removedIds, ['bravo']);
     expect(find.text('Switch Community'), findsOneWidget);
-    expect(find.text('Bravo'), findsNothing);
+    expect(find.text('bravo'), findsNothing);
     expect(find.text('Done'), findsOneWidget);
 
     await tester.tap(find.text('Done'));
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_community_labels_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_community_labels_test.dart
index 27144531de..d7c69a8328 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_community_labels_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_community_labels_test.dart
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void main() {
         find.byType(CommunityGridOption),
       );
       expect(tile.relayUrl, relay);
-      expect(fixture.flow.communities.single.name, name);
+      expect(fixture.flow.communities.single.name, expected);
       if (name != expected) expect(find.text(name), findsNothing);
       await tester.pumpWidget(const SizedBox.shrink());
     }
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_journeys_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_journeys_test.dart
index 0318db733d..914b4e862b 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_journeys_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/onboarding/hosted_journeys_test.dart
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ void main() {
         findsOneWidget,
       );
       final firstSaved = (await f.storage.loadAll()).firstWhere(
-        (c) => c.name == 'one.communities.buzz.xyz',
+        (c) => c.relayUrl == 'wss://one.communities.buzz.xyz',
       );
       Navigator.of(
         tester.element(find.byType(ProfileSetupPage, skipOffstage: false)),
@@ -1108,16 +1108,18 @@ void main() {
         isTrue,
       );
       expect(
-        saved.singleWhere((c) => c.name == 'one.communities.buzz.xyz').id,
+        saved
+            .singleWhere((c) => c.relayUrl == 'wss://one.communities.buzz.xyz')
+            .id,
         firstSaved.id,
       );
       expect(await f.storage.loadActiveId(), firstSaved.id);
       expect(
-        f.probes.where((c) => c.name == 'one.communities.buzz.xyz'),
+        f.probes.where((c) => c.relayUrl == 'wss://one.communities.buzz.xyz'),
         hasLength(1),
       );
       expect(
-        f.probes.where((c) => c.name == 'two.communities.buzz.xyz'),
+        f.probes.where((c) => c.relayUrl == 'wss://two.communities.buzz.xyz'),
         hasLength(2),
       );
       expect(find.byType(OnboardingAppEntry), findsNothing);
@@ -1173,11 +1175,14 @@ void main() {
         final communities = await f.storage.loadAll();
         expect(communities, hasLength(2));
         expect(
-          communities.map((c) => c.name),
-          containsAll(['one.communities.buzz.xyz', 'two.communities.buzz.xyz']),
+          communities.map((c) => c.relayUrl),
+          containsAll([
+            'wss://one.communities.buzz.xyz',
+            'wss://two.communities.buzz.xyz',
+          ]),
         );
         final saved = communities.singleWhere(
-          (c) => c.name == 'two.communities.buzz.xyz',
+          (c) => c.relayUrl == 'wss://two.communities.buzz.xyz',
         );
         expect(saved.nsec, f.keys.nsec);
         expect(saved.pubkey, f.keys.public);
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/onboarding/onboarding_entry_routes_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/onboarding/onboarding_entry_routes_test.dart
index 00e4f9e993..ae8dd029d8 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/onboarding/onboarding_entry_routes_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/onboarding/onboarding_entry_routes_test.dart
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void main() {
       f.beforeAdmission = null;
       await tester.tap(find.text('Try again').hitTestable());
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-      expect(f.admitted, ['paired']);
+      expect(f.admitted, ['paired.communities.buzz.xyz']);
       expect(f.remembered, contains('wss://paired.communities.buzz.xyz'));
       expect(find.byType(OnboardingAppEntry), findsNothing);
       expect(find.text('Add community').hitTestable(), findsOneWidget);
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/pairing/pairing_hosted_handoff_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/pairing/pairing_hosted_handoff_test.dart
index 474b6d5ad7..048573da39 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/pairing/pairing_hosted_handoff_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/pairing/pairing_hosted_handoff_test.dart
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void main() {
         await container.read(pairingProvider.notifier).pair(_payload(f.keys));
         await settled.future.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 2));
         expect(legacyProbes, 0);
-        expect(f.admitted, backup ? ['paired'] : isEmpty);
+        expect(f.admitted, backup ? ['paired.communities.buzz.xyz'] : isEmpty);
         expect((await f.store.read())?.pubkey, f.keys.public);
       },
     );
diff --git a/mobile/test/helpers/hosted_communities_fixture.dart b/mobile/test/helpers/hosted_communities_fixture.dart
index fe6caf7942..5b00911ea8 100644
--- a/mobile/test/helpers/hosted_communities_fixture.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/helpers/hosted_communities_fixture.dart
@@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ class HostedCommunitiesFixture {
         if (current()) openedCommunity = link.relayUrl;
       },
       enterCommunity: (link, subject, pubkey, current) async {
-        final target = link as AddCommunityDeepLink;
-        await beforeAdmission?.call(target.name);
-        if (current()) admitted.add(target.name);
+        // Record the relay host: names are display labels.
+        final host = Uri.parse((link as AddCommunityDeepLink).relayUrl).host;
+        await beforeAdmission?.call(host);
+        if (current()) admitted.add(host);
       },
     );
   }