Some contacts are numbers instead of names in messages on Mac

On my Macbook, I have a few contacts that aren't coming up in my messages. When they send a message, their phone number shows up instead of their name. I have current software on both and I have disabled and inabled my messages on both my phone and Mac. When I go to add the contact in messages on my Macbook, it creates a duplicate contact in my phone. Why is this happening?

Contacts not displaying properly on Messages for Mac

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