diff --git a/hermes_cli/main.py b/hermes_cli/main.py
index ab145c38116..4316bc1f535 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/main.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/main.py
@@ -11676,7 +11676,8 @@ def cmd_profile(args):
                 )
                 print(f"Skills:         {p.skill_count} installed")
                 if p.alias_path:
-                    print(f"Alias:          {p.name} → hermes -p {p.name}")
+                    alias_display = p.alias_name or p.name
+                    print(f"Alias:          {alias_display} → hermes -p {p.name}")
                 break
         print()
         return
@@ -11708,7 +11709,7 @@ def cmd_profile(args):
             name = p.name
             model = (p.model or "—")[:26]
             gw = "running" if p.gateway_running else "stopped"
-            alias = p.name if p.alias_path else "—"
+            alias = (p.alias_name or p.name) if p.alias_path else "—"
             if p.is_default:
                 alias = "—"
             if p.distribution_name:
@@ -11958,6 +11959,8 @@ def cmd_profile(args):
             _check_gateway_running,
             _count_skills,
             _read_distribution_meta,
+            _get_wrapper_dir,
+            find_alias_for_profile,
         )
 
         if not profile_exists(name):
@@ -11968,7 +11971,7 @@ def cmd_profile(args):
         gw = _check_gateway_running(profile_dir)
         skills = _count_skills(profile_dir)
         dist_name, dist_version, dist_source = _read_distribution_meta(profile_dir)
-        wrapper = _get_wrapper_dir() / name
+        alias_name = find_alias_for_profile(name)
 
         print(f"\nProfile: {name}")
         print(f"Path:    {profile_dir}")
@@ -11987,8 +11990,10 @@ def cmd_profile(args):
             if dist_source:
                 print(f"Installed from: {dist_source}")
             print(f"  (run `hermes profile info {name}` for full manifest)")
-        if wrapper.exists():
-            print(f"Alias:   {wrapper}")
+        if alias_name:
+            is_windows = sys.platform == "win32"
+            wrapper = _get_wrapper_dir() / (f"{alias_name}.bat" if is_windows else alias_name)
+            print(f"Alias:   {alias_name} → hermes -p {name}  ({wrapper})")
         print()
 
     elif action == "alias":
diff --git a/hermes_cli/profiles.py b/hermes_cli/profiles.py
index 31dbf8dfb4a..f2fc0112be3 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/profiles.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/profiles.py
@@ -422,6 +422,50 @@ def remove_wrapper_script(name: str) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
+def find_alias_for_profile(profile_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the alias name of the wrapper that activates *profile_name*, or None.
+
+    A wrapper created by :func:`create_wrapper_script` is a file named after the
+    alias whose body invokes ``hermes -p <profile>``. When the alias name equals
+    the profile name this is trivial, but a custom alias (``hermes profile alias
+    <profile> --name <custom>``) produces a differently-named file — so the
+    display side cannot assume ``wrapper == profile`` and must reverse-look-up.
+
+    A custom alias (name != profile) is preferred over the profile-named wrapper
+    so ``profile list``/``show`` surface the command the user actually typed.
+    Results are sorted for deterministic output when several aliases match.
+    """
+    wrapper_dir = _get_wrapper_dir()
+    if not wrapper_dir.is_dir():
+        return None
+    canon = normalize_profile_name(profile_name)
+    is_windows = sys.platform == "win32"
+    needle = f"hermes -p {canon}"
+
+    custom: Optional[str] = None
+    profile_named: Optional[str] = None
+    for entry in sorted(wrapper_dir.iterdir()):
+        if not entry.is_file():
+            continue
+        # Only our own wrappers are named with the alias and (on Windows) .bat.
+        if is_windows and entry.suffix != ".bat":
+            continue
+        if not is_windows and entry.suffix:
+            continue
+        try:
+            content = entry.read_text()
+        except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+            continue
+        if needle not in content:
+            continue
+        alias = entry.stem if is_windows else entry.name
+        if alias == canon:
+            profile_named = alias
+        elif custom is None:
+            custom = alias
+    return custom if custom is not None else profile_named
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ProfileInfo
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -438,6 +482,10 @@ class ProfileInfo:
     has_env: bool = False
     skill_count: int = 0
     alias_path: Optional[Path] = None
+    # Custom alias name (the wrapper file name) when it differs from ``name``;
+    # falls back to ``name`` when a profile-named wrapper exists. None if no
+    # wrapper points at this profile. See ``find_alias_for_profile``.
+    alias_name: Optional[str] = None
     # Distribution metadata (None if the profile wasn't installed from a distribution).
     distribution_name: Optional[str] = None
     distribution_version: Optional[str] = None
@@ -638,7 +686,12 @@ def list_profiles() -> List[ProfileInfo]:
             if not _PROFILE_ID_RE.match(name):
                 continue
             model, provider = _read_config_model(entry)
-            alias_path = wrapper_dir / name
+            alias_name = find_alias_for_profile(name)
+            if alias_name:
+                is_windows = sys.platform == "win32"
+                alias_path = wrapper_dir / (f"{alias_name}.bat" if is_windows else alias_name)
+            else:
+                alias_path = None
             dist_name, dist_version, dist_source = _read_distribution_meta(entry)
             meta = read_profile_meta(entry)
             profiles.append(ProfileInfo(
@@ -650,7 +703,8 @@ def list_profiles() -> List[ProfileInfo]:
                 provider=provider,
                 has_env=(entry / ".env").exists(),
                 skill_count=_count_skills(entry),
-                alias_path=alias_path if alias_path.exists() else None,
+                alias_path=alias_path if (alias_path and alias_path.exists()) else None,
+                alias_name=alias_name,
                 distribution_name=dist_name,
                 distribution_version=dist_version,
                 distribution_source=dist_source,
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py
index dd336030928..a1060e5e95b 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py
@@ -709,6 +709,63 @@ class TestWrapperScript:
         assert "#!/bin/sh" not in content
 
 
+# ===================================================================
+# TestFindAliasForProfile — display-side reverse lookup
+# ===================================================================
+
+class TestFindAliasForProfile:
+    """Tests for find_alias_for_profile() and alias display in list/show."""
+
+    def test_profile_named_alias(self, profile_env, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "darwin")
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import create_wrapper_script, find_alias_for_profile
+        create_wrapper_script("steve")
+        assert find_alias_for_profile("steve") == "steve"
+
+    def test_custom_alias_name_preferred(self, profile_env, monkeypatch):
+        # qiaobusi -> steve-jobs: the custom alias name must surface, not the
+        # profile name, because that's the command the user actually typed.
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "darwin")
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import create_wrapper_script, find_alias_for_profile
+        create_wrapper_script("qiaobusi", target="steve")
+        assert find_alias_for_profile("steve") == "qiaobusi"
+
+    def test_no_alias_returns_none(self, profile_env, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "darwin")
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import find_alias_for_profile
+        assert find_alias_for_profile("steve") is None
+
+    def test_ignores_unrelated_files(self, profile_env, monkeypatch):
+        # ~/.local/bin commonly holds unrelated binaries; they must not match.
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "darwin")
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import _get_wrapper_dir, find_alias_for_profile
+        wrapper_dir = _get_wrapper_dir()
+        wrapper_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        (wrapper_dir / "pip").write_text("#!/bin/sh\nexec python -m pip \"$@\"\n")
+        assert find_alias_for_profile("steve") is None
+
+    def test_custom_alias_on_windows(self, profile_env, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "win32")
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import create_wrapper_script, find_alias_for_profile
+        create_wrapper_script("qiaobusi", target="steve")
+        # The .bat extension must be stripped from the returned alias name.
+        assert find_alias_for_profile("steve") == "qiaobusi"
+
+    def test_list_profiles_surfaces_custom_alias(self, profile_env, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "darwin")
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import (
+            create_profile,
+            create_wrapper_script,
+            list_profiles,
+        )
+        create_profile("steve", no_alias=True)
+        create_wrapper_script("qiaobusi", target="steve")
+        info = next(p for p in list_profiles() if p.name == "steve")
+        assert info.alias_name == "qiaobusi"
+        assert info.alias_path is not None
+        assert info.alias_path.name == "qiaobusi"
+
+
 # ===================================================================
 # TestRenameProfile
 # ===================================================================