diff --git a/src/hooks/useENSName.ts b/src/hooks/useENSName.ts
index 97a140d7ab9..3d4ac2b007e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useENSName.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useENSName.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { isAddress } from '../utils'
 import isZero from '../utils/isZero'
 import { useENSRegistrarContract, useENSResolverContract } from './useContract'
 import useDebounce from './useDebounce'
+import useENSAddress from './useENSAddress'
 
 /**
  * Does a reverse lookup for an address to find its ENS name.
@@ -24,14 +25,22 @@ export default function useENSName(address?: string): { ENSName: string | null;
     resolverAddressResult && !isZero(resolverAddressResult) ? resolverAddressResult : undefined,
     false
   )
-  const name = useSingleCallResult(resolverContract, 'name', ensNodeArgument)
+  const nameCallRes = useSingleCallResult(resolverContract, 'name', ensNodeArgument)
+  const name = nameCallRes.result?.[0]
+
+  /* ENS does not enforce that an address owns a .eth domain before setting it as a reverse proxy 
+     and recommends that you perform a match on the forward resolution
+     see: https://docs.ens.domains/dapp-developer-guide/resolving-names#reverse-resolution
+  */
+  const fwdAddr = useENSAddress(name)
+  const checkedName = address === fwdAddr?.address ? name : null
 
   const changed = debouncedAddress !== address
   return useMemo(
     () => ({
-      ENSName: changed ? null : name.result?.[0] ?? null,
-      loading: changed || resolverAddress.loading || name.loading,
+      ENSName: changed ? null : checkedName,
+      loading: changed || resolverAddress.loading || nameCallRes.loading,
     }),
-    [changed, name.loading, name.result, resolverAddress.loading]
+    [changed, nameCallRes.loading, checkedName, resolverAddress.loading]
   )
 }