diff --git a/libpysal/weights/weights.py b/libpysal/weights/weights.py
index 5f43eb36e..8f9677e15 100644
--- a/libpysal/weights/weights.py
+++ b/libpysal/weights/weights.py
@@ -437,12 +437,13 @@ def to_adjlist(
 
         links = []
         focal_ix, neighbor_ix = self.sparse.nonzero()
+        names = np.asarray(self.id_order)
+        focal = names[focal_ix]
+        neighbor = names[neighbor_ix]
         idxs = np.array(list(self.neighbors.keys()))
-        focal_ix = idxs[focal_ix]
-        neighbor_ix = idxs[neighbor_ix]
         weights = self.sparse.data
         adjlist = pandas.DataFrame(
-            {focal_col: focal_ix, neighbor_col: neighbor_ix, weight_col: weights}
+            {focal_col: focal, neighbor_col: neighbor, weight_col: weights}
         )
         if remove_symmetric:
             adjlist = adjtools.filter_adjlist(adjlist)