Group Calendar - display of names

Hi,
if you share your calendar with many users the display of user names as <FirstName> <LastName> becomes confusing. Our users requested <Lastname>, <FirstName> as preferred display. Is it possible to modify this?
TIA,
Michael

Michael, at this time it is not possible to modify.

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