diff --git a/.changeset/violet-ducks-care.md b/.changeset/violet-ducks-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ba59fd2b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-ducks-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Ensure name and title are both indexed by the DefaultCatalogCollator
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts
index 8c8e3f1a25..4c1673b785 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('DefaultCatalogCollator', () => {
       },
     });
     expect(documents[1]).toMatchObject({
-      title: expectedEntities[1].metadata.title,
+      title: `${expectedEntities[1].metadata.title} (${expectedEntities[1].metadata.name})`,
       location: '/catalog/default/component/test-entity-2',
       text: expectedEntities[1].metadata.description,
       namespace: 'default',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts
index 42c6930422..74aab07fc3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ export class DefaultCatalogCollator {
     );
     return response.items.map((entity: Entity): CatalogEntityDocument => {
       return {
-        title: entity.metadata.title ?? entity.metadata.name,
+        title: entity.metadata.title
+          ? `${entity.metadata.title} (${entity.metadata.name})`
+          : entity.metadata.name,
         location: this.applyArgsToFormat(this.locationTemplate, {
           namespace: entity.metadata.namespace || 'default',
           kind: entity.kind,