Computer short name counted twice in System Profiler

My Macbook Pro's Short Name is somehow being counted twice when I look in System Profiler. It shows (2) next to the name of my computer.
Any idea how to fix this?

So, to rephrase my question:
Why is my user account being counted twice in System Profiler, like this: myusername (2)?
I I just went into my system profiler. I did:
Blue Apple > about this Mac > more info
this brought up the system profiler. I do not see a short user name here. I do see the computer name.
Could we have more info on where you see the short user name and what is our around it?
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