Switch iMessage display from nickname to contact name?

Just made the switch to iOS 7 and it now shows all of my nicknames for people instead of their first and last name. How do I change this?

I have my iPhone using nicknames and they all work except my husband's. For some reason, it displays his first and last name when all of my other contacts use nicknames. I feel like I have tried everything possible...deleting his contact and re-entering it, changed names on his contact multiple times, etc. Just doesn't make any sense. OH, and by the way, his nickname works on my iPad...go figure. Help please (cause it just flat out bugs the crap out of me!)...thanks!

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