diff --git a/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.cc b/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.cc
index e9750b3d7..e2ec13d69 100644
--- a/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.cc
+++ b/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.cc
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Grid::Spec* atlas__grid__Grid__spec(Grid* This) {
 }
 
 void atlas__grid__Grid__uid(const Grid* This, char*& uid, int& size) {
-    ATLAS_ASSERT(This != nullptr, "Cannot access uninitialised atlas_Projection");
+    ATLAS_ASSERT(This != nullptr, "Cannot access uninitialised atlas_Grid");
     eckit::MD5 md5;
     This->hash(md5);
     std::string s = This->uid();
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ void atlas__grid__Grid__uid(const Grid* This, char*& uid, int& size) {
     std::strncpy(uid, s.c_str(), size + 1);
 }
 
+void atlas__grid__Grid__name(const Grid* This, char*& name, int& size) {
+    ATLAS_ASSERT(This != nullptr, "Cannot access uninitialised atlas_Grid");
+    std::string s = This->name();
+    size          = static_cast<int>(s.size());
+    name          = new char[size + 1];
+    std::strncpy(name, s.c_str(), size + 1);
+}
+
 Grid::Domain::Implementation* atlas__grid__Grid__lonlat_bounding_box(const Grid* This) {
     Grid::Domain::Implementation* lonlatboundingbox;
     {
diff --git a/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.h b/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.h
index 35fe9eeed..db652cf82 100644
--- a/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.h
+++ b/src/atlas/grid/detail/grid/Grid.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class GridObserver {
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 extern "C" {
+void atlas__grid__Grid__name(const Grid* This, char*& uid, int& size);
 idx_t atlas__grid__Grid__size(Grid* This);
 Grid::Spec* atlas__grid__Grid__spec(Grid* This);
 void atlas__grid__Grid__uid(const Grid* This, char*& uid, int& size);
diff --git a/src/atlas_f/grid/atlas_Grid_module.F90 b/src/atlas_f/grid/atlas_Grid_module.F90
index 42dd9e458..a2682a550 100644
--- a/src/atlas_f/grid/atlas_Grid_module.F90
+++ b/src/atlas_f/grid/atlas_Grid_module.F90
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module atlas_Grid_module
 
 !------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 contains
+  procedure :: name => atlas_Grid__name
   procedure :: size => atlas_Grid__size
   procedure :: spec => atlas_Grid__spec
   procedure :: uid
@@ -751,6 +752,19 @@ function atlas_grid_ShiftedLat__ctor_int64(nlon,nlat) result(this)
 ! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Structured members
 
+function atlas_Grid__name(this) result(name)
+  use atlas_grid_Grid_c_binding
+  use fckit_c_interop_module, only : c_ptr_to_string, c_ptr_free
+  use, intrinsic :: iso_c_binding, only : c_ptr
+  class(atlas_Grid), intent(in) :: this
+  character(len=:), allocatable :: name
+  type(c_ptr) :: name_c_str
+  integer :: size
+  call atlas__grid__Grid__name(this%CPTR_PGIBUG_A, name_c_str, size )
+  name = c_ptr_to_string(name_c_str)
+  call c_ptr_free(name_c_str)
+end function
+
 function atlas_Grid__size(this) result(npts)
   use, intrinsic :: iso_c_binding, only: c_int
   use atlas_grid_Grid_c_binding