diff --git a/migrations/archive/2022/20220915_transactions_user_name.js b/migrations/archive/2022/20220915_transactions_user_name.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d652126ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/archive/2022/20220915_transactions_user_name.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { model as UserModel } from '../../../website/server/models/user';
+import { TransactionModel } from '../../../website/server/models/transaction';
+
+const MIGRATION_NAME = '20220915_transactions_user_name';
+
+/* transaction config */
+const transactionPerRun = 500;
+const progressCount = 1000;
+const transactionQuery = {
+  migration: { $ne: MIGRATION_NAME }, // skip already migrated entries
+  'transactionType': { $in: ['gift_send', 'gift_receive'] },
+};
+
+let count = 0;
+async function updateTransaction (transaction, userNameMap) {
+  count++;
+
+  const set = {
+    migration: MIGRATION_NAME,
+  };
+
+  if (userNameMap.has(transaction.reference)) {
+    set['referenceText'] = userNameMap.get(transaction.reference);
+  } else {
+    set['referenceText'] = 'Account not found';
+  }
+
+  if (count % progressCount === 0) {
+    console.warn(`${count} ${transaction._id}`);
+  }
+
+  return TransactionModel.updateOne({
+    _id: transaction._id
+  }, { $set: set }).exec();
+}
+
+export default async function processTransactions () {
+  const fields = {
+    _id: 1,
+    reference: 1,
+    referenceText: 1,
+  };
+
+  const userNameMap = new Map();
+
+  while (true) { // eslint-disable-line no-constant-condition
+    const foundTransactions = await TransactionModel // eslint-disable-line no-await-in-loop
+      .find(transactionQuery)
+      .limit(transactionPerRun)
+      .sort({reference: 1})
+      .select(fields)
+      .lean()
+      .exec();
+
+    if (foundTransactions.length === 0) {
+      console.warn('All appropriate transactions found and modified.');
+      console.warn(`\n${count} transactions processed\n`);
+      break;
+    }
+
+    // check for unknown users and load the names
+    const userIdsToLoad = [];
+    for (const foundTransaction of foundTransactions) {
+      const userId = foundTransaction.reference;
+      if (userNameMap.has(userId))  {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      userIdsToLoad.push(userId);
+    }
+
+    const users = await UserModel // eslint-disable-line no-await-in-loop
+      .find({
+        _id: { $in: userIdsToLoad }
+      })
+      .select({
+        _id: 1,
+        'auth.local.username': 1,
+      })
+      .lean()
+      .exec();
+
+    for (const user of users) {
+      const localUserName = user.auth?.local?.username;
+
+      if (!localUserName) {
+        console.warn(`\nNo Username found for ID: ${user._id}\n`);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      userNameMap.set(user._id, localUserName)
+    }
+
+    await Promise.all(foundTransactions.map(t => updateTransaction(t, userNameMap))); // eslint-disable-line no-await-in-loop
+  }
+};
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v4/members.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v4/members.js
index c4a49c09d1..360f0e948e 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v4/members.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v4/members.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { authWithHeaders } from '../../middlewares/auth';
 import { chatReporterFactory } from '../../libs/chatReporting/chatReporterFactory';
 import { ensurePermission } from '../../middlewares/ensureAccessRight';
-import { model as Transaction } from '../../models/transaction';
+import { TransactionModel as Transaction } from '../../models/transaction';
 
 const api = {};
 
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v4/user.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v4/user.js
index 1bf32bd982..b0e6e59773 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v4/user.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v4/user.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { authWithHeaders } from '../../middlewares/auth';
 import * as userLib from '../../libs/user';
 import { verifyDisplayName } from '../../libs/user/validation';
 import common from '../../../common';
-import { model as Transaction } from '../../models/transaction';
+import { TransactionModel as Transaction } from '../../models/transaction';
 
 const api = {};
 
diff --git a/website/server/models/subscriptionPlan.js b/website/server/models/subscriptionPlan.js
index 71d92feea2..dc04661142 100644
--- a/website/server/models/subscriptionPlan.js
+++ b/website/server/models/subscriptionPlan.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 import validator from 'validator';
 import baseModel from '../libs/baseModel';
-import { model as Transaction } from './transaction';
+import { TransactionModel as Transaction } from './transaction';
 
 export const schema = new mongoose.Schema({
   planId: String,
diff --git a/website/server/models/transaction.js b/website/server/models/transaction.js
index 56687f86c9..1820234afd 100644
--- a/website/server/models/transaction.js
+++ b/website/server/models/transaction.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const schema = new Schema({
   userId: {
     $type: String, ref: 'User', required: true, validate: [v => validator.isUUID(v), 'Invalid uuid for Transaction.'],
   },
+  migration: String,
 }, {
   strict: true,
   minimize: false, // So empty objects are returned
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ schema.plugin(baseModel, {
     'referenceText',
     'amount',
     'currentAmount',
+    'migration',
   ], // Nothing can be set from the client
   timestamps: true,
   _id: false, // using custom _id
 });
 
-export const model = mongoose.model('Transaction', schema);
+export const TransactionModel = mongoose.model('Transaction', schema);
diff --git a/website/server/models/user/methods.js b/website/server/models/user/methods.js
index f339cff896..8ecd8c8455 100644
--- a/website/server/models/user/methods.js
+++ b/website/server/models/user/methods.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import amazonPayments from '../../libs/payments/amazon'; // eslint-disable-line
 import stripePayments from '../../libs/payments/stripe'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-cycle
 import paypalPayments from '../../libs/payments/paypal'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-cycle
 import { model as NewsPost } from '../newsPost';
-import { model as Transaction } from '../transaction';
+import { TransactionModel as Transaction } from '../transaction';
 
 const { daysSince } = common;