Best way to get the labels to search, the existing model.

extensions/gii/generators/crud/Generator.php

@@ -305,8 +305,13 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
 	 */
 	public function generateSearchLabels()
 	{
+		$model = new $this->modelClass();
+		$attributeLabels = $model->attributeLabels();
 		$labels = [];
 		foreach ($this->getColumnNames() as $name) {
+			if (isset($attributeLabels[$name])) {
+				$labels[$name] = $attributeLabels[$name];
+			} else {
 				if (!strcasecmp($name, 'id')) {
 					$labels[$name] = 'ID';
 				} else {
@@ -317,6 +322,7 @@ class Generator extends \yii\gii\Generator
 					$labels[$name] = $label;
 				}
 			}
+		}
 		return $labels;
 	}