diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-moons-search.md b/.changeset/breezy-moons-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b73abc9211ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-moons-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@rocket.chat/meteor': patch
+---
+
+Fixes own account showing twice in navbar room search when searching by username
diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.spec.ts b/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a4e132dfbb197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { mockAppRoot } from '@rocket.chat/mock-providers';
+import type { SubscriptionWithRoom } from '@rocket.chat/ui-contexts';
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import { useSearchItems } from './useSearchItems';
+
+describe('useSearchItems', () => {
+	it('should deduplicate a user if they already exist in local subscriptions as a self-DM', async () => {
+		const myUserName = 'rocketchat.internal.admin.test';
+		const myUserId = 'user_id_456';
+
+		const wrapper = mockAppRoot()
+			.withSubscriptions([
+				{
+					_id: 'local_room_123',
+					t: 'd',
+					name: myUserName,
+					uids: [myUserId],
+				} as unknown as SubscriptionWithRoom,
+			])
+			.withEndpoint('GET', '/v1/spotlight', () => ({
+				users: [{ _id: myUserId, username: myUserName, name: 'Rocket Chat Test' }],
+				rooms: [],
+			}))
+			.build();
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useSearchItems(myUserName), { wrapper });
+
+		expect(result.current.items).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result.current.items[0]._id).toBe('local_room_123');
+
+		await waitFor(() => {
+			expect(result.current.isLoading).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		expect(result.current.items).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result.current.items[0]._id).toBe('local_room_123');
+		expect(result.current.items[0].name).toBe(myUserName);
+	});
+
+	it('should append users from the server if they are NOT duplicates', async () => {
+		const wrapper = mockAppRoot()
+			.withSubscriptions([{ _id: 'local_room_123', t: 'd', name: 'general' } as unknown as SubscriptionWithRoom])
+			.withEndpoint('GET', '/v1/spotlight', () => ({
+				users: [{ _id: 'user_id_456', username: 'john.doe', name: 'John Doe' }],
+				rooms: [],
+			}))
+			.build();
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() => useSearchItems('jo'), { wrapper });
+
+		await waitFor(() => {
+			expect(result.current.isLoading).toBe(false);
+			expect(result.current.items).toHaveLength(2);
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.ts b/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.ts
index 1804e054a95ff..00784c386cd84 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/navbar/NavBarSearch/hooks/useSearchItems.ts
@@ -133,12 +133,13 @@ export const useSearchItems = (filterText: string): { items: SubscriptionWithRoo
 		// local subscription, checked against the *current* localRooms. The query isn't keyed on
 		// localRooms (to avoid refetching on every subscription change), so subscriptions that load
 		// in after the fetch would otherwise render twice — once from localRooms, once from server.
-		const isLocalDuplicate = (item: { _id: string; t?: string; uids?: string[] }): boolean =>
+		const isLocalDuplicate = (item: { _id: string; t?: string; uids?: string[]; name: string }): boolean =>
 			localRooms.some((room) => {
 				const sameRoom = [room.rid, room._id].includes(item._id);
 				const sameGroupDM = item.t === 'd' && !!item.uids && item.uids.length > 1 && item.uids.includes(room._id);
 				const sameDirectDM = item.t === 'd' && room.t === 'd' && !!room.uids && room.uids.length === 2 && room.uids.includes(item._id);
-				return sameRoom || sameGroupDM || sameDirectDM;
+				const sameUserDM = item.t === 'd' && room.t === 'd' && item.name === room.name;
+				return sameRoom || sameGroupDM || sameDirectDM || sameUserDM;
 			});
 
 		// When local subscriptions already fill the limit the server query is disabled, but React Query