diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
index f704c16ad..948f55577 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ void WindowManager::updateVisible()
   if (mode == GM_Name)
   {
       if (!nameDialog)
-          nameDialog = new TextInputDialog(environment, "Name", nameChosen, gui->getViewSize());
+      {
+          std::string sName = getGameSettingString("sName", "Name");
+          nameDialog = new TextInputDialog(environment, sName, nameChosen, gui->getViewSize());
+      }
       nameDialog->eventDone = MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &WindowManager::onNameDialogDone);
       nameDialog->setVisible(true);
       return;
@@ -152,6 +155,14 @@ void WindowManager::messageBox (const std::string& message, const std::vector<st
     }
 }
 
+const std::string &WindowManager::getGameSettingString(const std::string &id, const std::string &default)
+{
+    const ESM::GameSetting *setting = environment.mWorld->getStore().gameSettings.search(id);
+    if (setting && setting->type == ESM::VT_String)
+        return setting->str;
+    return default;
+}
+
 void WindowManager::updateCharacterGeneration()
 {
     if (raceDialog)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.hpp
index 2dcbb848d..bca7fb839 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.hpp
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ namespace MWGui
     void messageBox (const std::string& message, const std::vector<std::string>& buttons);
 
   private:
+    /**
+     * Fetches a GMST string from the store, if there is no setting with the given
+     * ID or it is not a string the default string is returned.
+     *
+     * @param id Identifier for the GMST setting, e.g. "aName"
+     * @param default Default value if the GMST setting cannot be used.
+     */
+    const std::string &getGameSettingString(const std::string &id, const std::string &default);
+
     void updateCharacterGeneration();
     void checkCharacterGeneration(GuiMode mode);