diff --git a/admin/src/views/FormView.vue b/admin/src/views/FormView.vue
index e33162b..4da5440 100644
--- a/admin/src/views/FormView.vue
+++ b/admin/src/views/FormView.vue
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ const recordId = mode === 'update' ? Number(route.params.id) : null
 const schema = ref<FormView | null>(null)
 const values = ref<AdminRecord>({})
 const labels = ref<RecordMeta['labels']>({})
+/** The controller's record title (meta.title, pact.FormRecordTitle); '' when it names none. */
+const recordTitle = ref('')
 const errors = ref<Record<string, string[]>>({})
 // The text of a save the server refused with 403 (UI-SPEC S6). It is a
 // banner, not a toast: it stays readable until the next save attempt.
@@ -157,9 +159,11 @@ const panelFields = computed(() => {
   return fields.value.filter((field) => tabOf(field) === key)
 })
 
-/** The record's display name: the first text-like field's value, in schema order. */
-const recordName = computed(() =>
-  recordDisplayName(schema.value?.fields, values.value, schemaEnabledLocales(schema.value?.meta)),
+/** The record's display name: the controller's title, else the first text-like field's value, in schema order. */
+const recordName = computed(
+  () =>
+    recordTitle.value ||
+    recordDisplayName(schema.value?.fields, values.value, schemaEnabledLocales(schema.value?.meta)),
 )
 
 const title = computed(() => {
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ function adopt(record: RecordEnvelope | undefined): void {
     }
     values.value = next
     labels.value = record.meta.labels ?? {}
+    recordTitle.value = record.meta.title ?? ''
   }
   saved.value = snapshot(editablePayload(fields.value, values.value, mode))
 }
diff --git a/admin/src/views/PreviewView.vue b/admin/src/views/PreviewView.vue
index 684a2ed..76aff54 100644
--- a/admin/src/views/PreviewView.vue
+++ b/admin/src/views/PreviewView.vue
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ const recordPath = `${listPath}/${recordId}`
 const schema = ref<FormView | null>(null)
 const values = ref<AdminRecord>({})
 const labels = ref<RecordMeta['labels']>({})
+/** The controller's record title (meta.title, pact.FormRecordTitle); '' when it names none. */
+const recordTitle = ref('')
 const actions = ref<RecordAction[]>([])
 const loading = ref(true)
 const failed = ref(false)
@@ -112,9 +114,11 @@ const panelFields = computed(() => {
   return fields.value.filter((field) => tabOf(field) === key)
 })
 
-/** The record's display name: the first text-like field's value, in schema order. */
-const recordName = computed(() =>
-  recordDisplayName(schema.value?.fields, values.value, schemaEnabledLocales(schema.value?.meta)),
+/** The record's display name: the controller's title, else the first text-like field's value, in schema order. */
+const recordName = computed(
+  () =>
+    recordTitle.value ||
+    recordDisplayName(schema.value?.fields, values.value, schemaEnabledLocales(schema.value?.meta)),
 )
 
 const subtitle = computed(() => message(schema.value?.messages.preview, undefined, { name: recordName.value }))
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ async function loadRecord(): Promise<boolean> {
     }
     values.value = { ...result.data.data }
     labels.value = result.data.meta.labels ?? {}
+    recordTitle.value = result.data.meta.title ?? ''
     actions.value = result.data.meta.actions ?? []
     return true
   } catch {
diff --git a/admin/tests/form/FormView.test.ts b/admin/tests/form/FormView.test.ts
index 49b15a9..b45c0c5 100644
--- a/admin/tests/form/FormView.test.ts
+++ b/admin/tests/form/FormView.test.ts
@@ -623,6 +623,14 @@ describe('password and preset on the form (UI-SPEC S7, D-19, D-27 G7)', () => {
     expect(editor(wrapper, 'slug').element.value).toBe('ada-lovelace')
   })
 
+  it("titles a record by the controller's meta.title when it sends one, and publishes it as the crumb", async () => {
+    const record = clone(rosterRecordFixture)
+    ;(record.meta as { title?: string }).title = 'Person #1 (Ada)'
+    const { wrapper } = await mountApp('/acme/roster/people/1', people({ [`GET ${PERSON}`]: { body: record } }))
+    expect(wrapper.find('h1').text()).toBe('Person #1 (Ada)')
+    expect(recordCrumb.value).toBe('Person #1 (Ada)')
+  })
+
   it('titles a record by the default locale of an mltext first field, and publishes it as the crumb', async () => {
     const record = clone(rosterRecordFixture)
     record.data.name = { en: 'Ada Lovelace', pl: 'Ada Lovelace PL' }
diff --git a/admin/tests/form/PreviewView.test.ts b/admin/tests/form/PreviewView.test.ts
index 24e2065..4cce0ef 100644
--- a/admin/tests/form/PreviewView.test.ts
+++ b/admin/tests/form/PreviewView.test.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,19 @@ describe('preview view (UI-SPEC S3, D-11)', () => {
     expect(recordCrumb.value).toBe('Ada Lovelace')
   })
 
+  it("heads the record by the controller's meta.title when it sends one, before the first text field", async () => {
+    const { wrapper } = await mountApp(
+      PREVIEW,
+      routes({
+        [`GET ${RECORD}`]: recordWith((record) => {
+          ;(record.meta as { title?: string }).title = 'Person #1 (Ada)'
+        }),
+      }),
+    )
+    expect(wrapper.find('h1').text()).toBe('Person #1 (Ada)')
+    expect(recordCrumb.value).toBe('Person #1 (Ada)')
+  })
+
   it('shows the muted dash for an empty value and the label of a relation, never its id', async () => {
     const { wrapper } = await mountApp(PREVIEW, routes({ [`GET ${RECORD}`]: recordWith((record) => (record.data.joined_ip = null)) }))
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-preview-field="joined_ip"] [data-empty]').text()).toBe('—')