diff --git a/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt b/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt
index 10264b1..3a19597 100644
--- a/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt
+++ b/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ actual fun currencyDecimalDigits(code: String): Int = try {
 } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
     2
 }
+
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Locale(language, country) still works fine; Locale.of() needs newer Android API levels.
+actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? {
+    if (regionCode !in Locale.getISOCountries()) return null
+    return Locale("", regionCode).getDisplayCountry(Locale.getDefault())
+}
diff --git a/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt b/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt
index 41dd0a3..ef123ec 100644
--- a/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt
+++ b/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ actual fun currencyDecimalDigits(code: String): Int {
     formatter.currencyCode = code
     return formatter.maximumFractionDigits.toInt()
 }
+
+actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? =
+    NSLocale.currentLocale.localizedStringForCountryCode(regionCode)
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt
index 9836323..0d21955 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt
@@ -16,24 +16,31 @@ private val MULTI_COUNTRY_CURRENCY_REGION_CODES: Map<String, List<String>> = map
 private const val MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY = 3
 
 /**
- * A country flag emoji for [code], derived from the first two letters of the ISO 4217 code —
- * which double as the issuing country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for ordinary national
- * currencies — or null when there's no flag to show. [MULTI_COUNTRY_CURRENCY_REGION_CODES]
- * lists every country sharing a currency with no single issuer, so those show all their flags
- * side by side, unless there are more than [MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY] of them; the remaining
- * "X"-prefixed codes are precious metals, testing codes, and other non-national codes (XAU, XTS,
- * XXX, ...), none of which has a country to show. EUR is a special case handled separately, using
- * the EU's own flag.
+ * ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes of every country that issues [code], derived from the first two
+ * letters of the ISO 4217 code — which double as the issuing country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
+ * for ordinary national currencies — or empty when [code] isn't tied to any country.
+ * [MULTI_COUNTRY_CURRENCY_REGION_CODES] lists every country sharing a currency with no single
+ * issuer; the remaining "X"-prefixed codes are precious metals, testing codes, and other
+ * non-national codes (XAU, XTS, XXX, ...), none of which has a country. EUR is a special case,
+ * using the EU's own region code. Shared by [currencyFlagEmoji] and currency search-by-country.
+ */
+internal fun issuingCountryCodes(code: String): List<String> {
+    MULTI_COUNTRY_CURRENCY_REGION_CODES[code]?.let { return it }
+    if (code.startsWith("X")) return emptyList()
+    val regionCode = if (code == "EUR") "EU" else code.take(2)
+    if (regionCode.length != 2 || regionCode.any { it !in 'A'..'Z' }) return emptyList()
+    return listOf(regionCode)
+}
+
+/**
+ * A country flag emoji for [code], or null when there's no flag to show — either because [code]
+ * isn't tied to any country, or because it's shared by more than [MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY]
+ * countries, which would be too visually noisy to show side by side.
  */
 fun currencyFlagEmoji(code: String): String? {
-    MULTI_COUNTRY_CURRENCY_REGION_CODES[code]?.let { regionCodes ->
-        if (regionCodes.size > MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY) return null
-        return regionCodes.joinToString(" ") { regionFlagEmoji(it) }
-    }
-    if (code.startsWith("X")) return null
-    val regionCode = if (code == "EUR") "EU" else code.take(2)
-    if (regionCode.length != 2 || regionCode.any { it !in 'A'..'Z' }) return null
-    return regionFlagEmoji(regionCode)
+    val regionCodes = issuingCountryCodes(code)
+    if (regionCodes.isEmpty() || regionCodes.size > MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY) return null
+    return regionCodes.joinToString(" ") { regionFlagEmoji(it) }
 }
 
 /** The flag emoji for the 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 [regionCode]. */
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt
index 95c3459..2ad23c5 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt
@@ -3,14 +3,31 @@ package xyz.tyiu.satsprice
 data class CurrencyInfo(val code: String, val displayName: String)
 
 /**
- * Whether [info]'s code or display name contains [query], case-insensitively. A plain function
- * (rather than a `CurrencyInfo` extension) so Kotlin/Native exports a predictable, positionally
- * clear Swift signature, matching [currencyFlagEmoji]'s style.
+ * Whether [info]'s code, display name, or the localized name of any country that issues it (e.g.
+ * "Japan" for JPY) contains [query], case-insensitively. A plain function (rather than a
+ * `CurrencyInfo` extension) so Kotlin/Native exports a predictable, positionally clear Swift
+ * signature, matching [currencyFlagEmoji]'s style.
  */
-fun matchesCurrencySearch(info: CurrencyInfo, query: String): Boolean =
-    query.isBlank() ||
-        info.code.contains(query, ignoreCase = true) ||
-        info.displayName.contains(query, ignoreCase = true)
+fun matchesCurrencySearch(info: CurrencyInfo, query: String): Boolean {
+    if (query.isBlank()) return true
+    if (info.code.contains(query, ignoreCase = true)) return true
+    if (info.displayName.contains(query, ignoreCase = true)) return true
+    return issuingCountryCodes(info.code).any { regionCode ->
+        localizedRegionName(regionCode)?.contains(query, ignoreCase = true) == true
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A localized display name for ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 [regionCode] (e.g. "Canada"), or null if the
+ * platform doesn't recognize it. "EU" is handled directly since it's not a real ISO 3166-1
+ * country code — it's [issuingCountryCodes]' own stand-in for EUR's region/flag — and platform
+ * locale data doesn't reliably resolve it to a name the way it does real country codes.
+ */
+private fun localizedRegionName(regionCode: String): String? =
+    if (regionCode == "EU") "European Union" else regionDisplayName(regionCode)
+
+/** The current platform's localized display name for ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 [regionCode], if known. */
+expect fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String?
 
 /**
  * ISO 4217 codes for the precious metals actively traded today. These aren't tied to any
diff --git a/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrenciesTest.kt b/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrenciesTest.kt
index ecacf10..751f1a3 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrenciesTest.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrenciesTest.kt
@@ -36,4 +36,28 @@ class SystemCurrenciesTest {
         assertFalse(matchesCurrencySearch(usd, "EUR"))
         assertFalse(matchesCurrencySearch(usd, "Euro"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun matchesCurrencySearch_matchesByIssuingCountryName() {
+        // "Canadian Dollar" doesn't contain "Canada" as a substring, so this only passes if the
+        // country-name path (rather than just code/display-name matching) is actually consulted.
+        val cad = CurrencyInfo("CAD", "Canadian Dollar")
+        val countryName = regionDisplayName("CA")
+        assertTrue(countryName != null && countryName.isNotBlank(), "expected a display name for CA")
+
+        assertTrue(matchesCurrencySearch(cad, countryName))
+        assertTrue(matchesCurrencySearch(cad, countryName.lowercase()))
+        assertFalse(matchesCurrencySearch(cad, "Definitely not a matching country name"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun matchesCurrencySearch_matchesEurozoneByHardcodedEuropeanUnionName() {
+        // "EU" isn't a real ISO 3166-1 country code, so platform locale data can't be relied on
+        // to name it — this is hardcoded rather than delegated to [regionDisplayName].
+        val eur = CurrencyInfo("EUR", "Euro")
+
+        assertTrue(matchesCurrencySearch(eur, "European"))
+        assertTrue(matchesCurrencySearch(eur, "union"))
+        assertFalse(matchesCurrencySearch(eur, "Germany"))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt
index 10264b1..3a19597 100644
--- a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt
+++ b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ actual fun currencyDecimalDigits(code: String): Int = try {
 } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
     2
 }
+
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Locale(language, country) still works fine; Locale.of() needs newer Android API levels.
+actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? {
+    if (regionCode !in Locale.getISOCountries()) return null
+    return Locale("", regionCode).getDisplayCountry(Locale.getDefault())
+}
diff --git a/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt b/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt
index ce077b1..5b5cdc6 100644
--- a/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt
+++ b/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt
@@ -36,3 +36,20 @@ actual fun currencyDecimalDigits(code: String): Int = try {
 } catch (e: Exception) {
     2
 }
+
+// Falls back to the region code itself (rather than a JS null/undefined) when unrecognized, since
+// a plain `-> String?` return type doesn't reliably round-trip through js() interop here; that
+// fallback is filtered back out to null actual-side below, same as the other platforms.
+private fun jsRegionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String = js(
+    """(function() {
+        try {
+            var names = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], { type: 'region' });
+            return names.of(regionCode) || regionCode;
+        } catch (e) {
+            return regionCode;
+        }
+    })()""",
+)
+
+actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? =
+    jsRegionDisplayName(regionCode).takeIf { it != regionCode }