Contact Name isn't showing up in text message

I got my iphone 4s tues and all was well. My husband got one sunday and they said we could share the apple id and all our contacts etc would be linked. Not a good idea. I then had probs with siri etc. I was told to reset etc.
Now when people txt me, some people come up the name, but others with the number. What can I do to fix this.
Thank you!

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If itunes gives an error with restoring (DFU/Recovery or just normal)
try this:
open your computer and search on windows; C://windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
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#74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
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