Using iMessage on iPad and iPhone

Hi all,
I have successfully setup iMessage on both my iPad and iPhone devices.
I was wondering if anyone can help me with the following problems:
When my iPad is in stand-by mode or with the smart cover on the screen, it will only receive the iMessage on my iPhone and not iPad. If I have both devices turned on and are readily available then I will get the iMessage on both messages at the same time. Is there perhaps a setting or a setup step that I have missed to enable my iMessages to be in sync?
Can I change the display name of my iMessage rather than it coming in under my full email address eg My Name instead of [email protected]

Assuming you use the same iCloud account for all devices, check the following on each device:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You can be reached at > enable the phone number and email addresses you use..

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