diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/DisplayName.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/DisplayName.tsx
index 684a9fe53b..6bcf4a65a0 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/DisplayName.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/DisplayName.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {type AppBskyActorDefs, type ModerationDecision} from '@atproto/api'
 import {sanitizeDisplayName} from '#/lib/strings/display-names'
 import {sanitizeHandle} from '#/lib/strings/handles'
 import {type Shadow} from '#/state/cache/types'
-import {atoms as a, platform, useBreakpoints, useTheme} from '#/alf'
+import {atoms as a, useBreakpoints, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {ProfileBadges} from '#/components/ProfileBadges'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 
@@ -18,15 +18,24 @@ export function ProfileHeaderDisplayName({
   const t = useTheme()
   const {gtMobile} = useBreakpoints()
 
+  /*
+   * The badges are a sibling of the name rather than a child of it, because an
+   * inline view inside a `Text` is measured in SP on Android: the space
+   * reserved for it is multiplied by the device font scale a second time (once
+   * by `ProfileBadges` itself, then again by the platform), so the badge
+   * over-reserves, wraps onto a line of its own and gets painted over the
+   * handle below. Baseline alignment keeps the badge sitting on the name's
+   * baseline the way an inline view would.
+   */
   return (
-    <View>
+    <View style={[a.flex_row, a.align_baseline, a.gap_xs]}>
       <Text
         emoji
         testID="profileHeaderDisplayName"
         style={[
           t.atoms.text,
           gtMobile ? a.text_4xl : a.text_3xl,
-          a.self_start,
+          a.flex_shrink,
           a.font_bold,
           a.leading_tight,
         ]}>
@@ -34,10 +43,8 @@ export function ProfileHeaderDisplayName({
           profile.displayName || sanitizeHandle(profile.handle),
           moderation.ui('displayName'),
         )}
-        <View style={[a.pl_xs, {marginTop: platform({ios: 2})}]}>
-          <ProfileBadges profile={profile} size="lg" interactive />
-        </View>
       </Text>
+      <ProfileBadges profile={profile} size="lg" interactive />
     </View>
   )
 }