diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 46de5d855..46ac7a543 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ brand:
   public_instances: https://searx.space
   wiki_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki
   issue_url: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues
+  display_instance_name: false
   # custom:
   #   maintainer: "Jon Doe"
   #   # Custom entries in the footer: [title]: [link]
diff --git a/searx/settings_defaults.py b/searx/settings_defaults.py
index b70aaf941..03e6ac54a 100644
--- a/searx/settings_defaults.py
+++ b/searx/settings_defaults.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ SCHEMA = {
         'docs_url': SettingsValue(str, 'https://docs.searxng.org'),
         'public_instances': SettingsValue((False, str), 'https://searx.space'),
         'wiki_url': SettingsValue(str, 'https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki'),
+        'display_instance_name': SettingsValue(bool, False),
         'custom': SettingsValue(dict, {'links': {}}),
     },
     'search': {
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng-rtl.min.css b/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng-rtl.min.css
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index 8e7184b87..c93cb4cf7 100644
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng.min.css b/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng.min.css
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng.min.css.map b/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng.min.css.map
index 4dec295b7..66e621dbd 100644
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
index 7dca47402..53e9ec792 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
@@ -798,6 +798,12 @@ summary.title {
   font-size: 1em;
   color: var(--color-search-font);
 
+  h1 {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    font-size: 1.5em;
+  }
+
   a {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
@@ -818,6 +824,12 @@ summary.title {
   }
 }
 
+body.index_endpoint #instance_name {
+  position: fixed;
+  .ltr-left(1rem);
+  font-size: 2em;
+}
+
 #pagination {
   grid-area: pagination;
 
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 93a1a3902..c95c062c4 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     <nav id="links_on_top">
+      {% if get_setting('brand.display_instance_name') %}
+        <h1 id="instance_name">{{ instance_name }}</h1>
+      {% endif %}
       {%- from 'simple/icons.html' import icon_big -%}
       {%- block linkto_about -%}
         <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}" class="link_on_top_about">{{ icon_big('information-circle-outline') }}<span>{{ _('About') }}</span></a>