Macbook and iPhone iMessages from different contact?

I was using iMessage on my Macbook Pro talking to a group of friends and the messages were showing up as the contact they had my number listed at in their phone. However, once I got a new iPhone 5, iMessages from my Macbook Pro started to come through as an iMessage from my email address, not my contact. Is there somehow I can make iMessages from my Macbook Pro come through as my contact in someones phone?

On your Mac, go to iMessages > Preferences > Accounts.
Select your iMessage account which should be your Apple ID registered with iMessage.
At Start New Converstations From, you can select your iPhone's phone number if that is what you prefer and if that is what you have selected for Start New Conversations From with your iMessage settings on your iPhone.

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