diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml b/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml
index 21762022d84e565b42a9808389c03c6777d0d5ae..8bf281411f8b171dce5a5b627a8c3e9c3fbe4b77 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@
                     <item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
                         <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
                     </item>
+                    <item name="imports" xsi:type="array">
+                        <item name="default" xsi:type="string">${ $.provider }:data.customer.firstname</item>
+                    </item>
                 </item>
             </argument>
         </field>
@@ -325,6 +328,9 @@
                     <item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
                         <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
                     </item>
+                    <item name="imports" xsi:type="array">
+                        <item name="default" xsi:type="string">${ $.provider }:data.customer.lastname</item>
+                    </item>
                 </item>
             </argument>
         </field>