From b344c4a3ee21ac2a83a6cd9a46fa9267eb698358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus <6626239+Markus-Be@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:53:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix contemporary - reinsert first and last name into
 letter-header (#279)

* fix contemporary - reinsert first and last name into letter-header

* Chaneglog entry for #278
---
 CHANGELOG           | 1 +
 moderncvheadvii.sty | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index aa31cb6..384d3b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version next
 - Adding optional \postscript{PS text} command to cover letter in all current styles (#271)
 - Decreasing the size of born symbol to "tiny" and raising it by .5ex,
   to look typograpically more in line with born symbols outside moderncv (#273)
+- Fix missing Senders Name in Header (#278)
 
 version 2.5.1 (31 Jan 2026)
 - Fix french babel breaking contemporary style (#219)
diff --git a/moderncvheadvii.sty b/moderncvheadvii.sty
index 7a8fe66..f2149ac 100644
--- a/moderncvheadvii.sty
+++ b/moderncvheadvii.sty
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
       \addressfont\color{headtext}%
       \if@left\begin{tabular}[b]{@{}r@{}}\fi%
       \if@right\begin{tabular}[b]{@{}l@{}}\fi%
+        {\bfseries\upshape\@firstname~\@lastname}\@firstdetailselementfalse%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@addressstreet}}{}{\makenewline\addresssymbol\@addressstreet%
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscity}{}}{}{\makenewline\@addresscity}% if \addresstreet is defined, \addresscity and addresscountry will always be defined but could be empty
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscountry}{}}{}{\makenewline\@addresscountry}}%
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@
   \end{tikzpicture}%
 
   \hfill
-  \llap{\usebox{\makeletterdetailsbox}}% \llap is used to suppress 
+  \llap{\usebox{\makeletterdetailsbox}}% \llap is used to suppress
   \\[.15em]%
   \tikzmark{letter-head-end}\\[.15em]%