diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d8beb865..085c8075 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Features
 * Add `--unbuffered` mode which fetches rows as needed, to save memory.
 * Default to standards-compliant `utf8mb4` character set.
 * Stream input from STDIN to consume less memory, adding `--noninteractive` and `--format=` CLI arguments.
+* Remove suggested quoting on completions for identifiers with uppercase.
 
 
 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/mycli/sqlcompleter.py b/mycli/sqlcompleter.py
index e27fcfa6..e765a815 100644
--- a/mycli/sqlcompleter.py
+++ b/mycli/sqlcompleter.py
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.reserved_words = set()
         for x in self.keywords:
             self.reserved_words.update(x.split())
-        self.name_pattern = re.compile(r"^[_a-z][_a-z0-9\$]*$")
+        self.name_pattern = re.compile(r"^[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9\$]*$")
 
         self.special_commands: list[str] = []
         self.table_formats = supported_formats
diff --git a/test/test_smart_completion_public_schema_only.py b/test/test_smart_completion_public_schema_only.py
index f841db49..0d1ed11a 100644
--- a/test/test_smart_completion_public_schema_only.py
+++ b/test/test_smart_completion_public_schema_only.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ def test_auto_escaped_col_names(completer, complete_event):
         Completion(text="*", start_position=0),
         Completion(text="id", start_position=0),
         Completion(text="`insert`", start_position=0),
-        Completion(text="`ABC`", start_position=0),
+        Completion(text="ABC", start_position=0),
     ] + list(map(Completion, completer.functions)) + [Completion(text="select", start_position=0)] + list(
         map(Completion, completer.keywords)
     )
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def test_un_escaped_table_names(completer, complete_event):
             Completion(text="*", start_position=0),
             Completion(text="id", start_position=0),
             Completion(text="`insert`", start_position=0),
-            Completion(text="`ABC`", start_position=0),
+            Completion(text="ABC", start_position=0),
         ]
         + list(map(Completion, completer.functions))
         + [Completion(text="réveillé", start_position=0)]