diff --git a/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
index 3d2f9c1fa..e3387e400 100644
--- a/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/settings_controller.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class SettingsController < ApplicationController
       redirect_to :action => 'edit', :tab => params[:tab]
     else
       @options = {}
-      @options[:user_format] = User::USER_FORMATS.keys.collect {|f| [User.current.name(f), f.to_s] }
+      user_format = User::USER_FORMATS.collect{|key, value| [key, value[:setting_order]]}.sort{|a, b| a[1] <=> b[1]}
+      @options[:user_format] = user_format.collect{|v| v[0]}.collect{|f| [User.current.name(f), f.to_s]}
       @deliveries = ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries
 
       @guessed_host_and_path = request.host_with_port.dup
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 73c8d6c5d..bd1488fa0 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -28,11 +28,31 @@ class User < Principal
 
   # Different ways of displaying/sorting users
   USER_FORMATS = {
-    :firstname_lastname => {:string => '#{firstname} #{lastname}', :order => %w(firstname lastname id)},
-    :firstname => {:string => '#{firstname}', :order => %w(firstname id)},
-    :lastname_firstname => {:string => '#{lastname} #{firstname}', :order => %w(lastname firstname id)},
-    :lastname_coma_firstname => {:string => '#{lastname}, #{firstname}', :order => %w(lastname firstname id)},
-    :username => {:string => '#{login}', :order => %w(login id)},
+    :firstname_lastname => {
+        :string => '#{firstname} #{lastname}',
+        :order => %w(firstname lastname id),
+        :setting_order => 1
+      },
+    :firstname => {
+        :string => '#{firstname}',
+        :order => %w(firstname id),
+        :setting_order => 2
+      },
+    :lastname_firstname => {
+        :string => '#{lastname} #{firstname}',
+        :order => %w(lastname firstname id),
+        :setting_order => 3
+      },
+    :lastname_coma_firstname => {
+        :string => '#{lastname}, #{firstname}',
+        :order => %w(lastname firstname id),
+        :setting_order => 4
+      },
+    :username => {
+        :string => '#{login}',
+        :order => %w(login id),
+        :setting_order => 5
+      },
   }
 
   MAIL_NOTIFICATION_OPTIONS = [