diff --git a/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validator.ts b/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validator.ts
index 8d988fc10..83d43beb1 100644
--- a/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validator.ts
+++ b/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validator.ts
@@ -165,10 +165,14 @@ export const v = {
 
   /**
    * Validates that the value is an Object with the given properties.
-   * @param fields An object specifying the validator for each property.
+   * @param options Optional configuration for this object validator.
+   * @param options.name An optional name for this object validator.
    */
-  object: <T extends PropertyValidators>(fields: T) => {
-    return new VObject<ObjectType<T>, T>({ isOptional: "required", fields });
+  object: <T extends PropertyValidators>(
+    fields: T,
+    options?: { name?: string | undefined },
+  ) => {
+    return new VObject<ObjectType<T>, T>({ isOptional: "required", fields, name: options?.name });
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validators.ts b/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validators.ts
index 6156dbecf..3c3b62d90 100644
--- a/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validators.ts
+++ b/npm-packages/convex/src/values/validators.ts
@@ -286,15 +286,22 @@ export class VObject<
    */
   readonly kind = "object" as const;
 
+  /**
+   * A name for this object.
+   */
+  readonly name: string|undefined;
+
   /**
    * Usually you'd use `v.object({ ... })` instead.
    */
   constructor({
     isOptional,
     fields,
+    name,
   }: {
     isOptional: IsOptional;
     fields: Fields;
+    name: string|undefined;
   }) {
     super({ isOptional });
     globalThis.Object.values(fields).forEach((v) => {
@@ -303,6 +310,7 @@ export class VObject<
       }
     });
     this.fields = fields;
+    this.name = name;
   }
   /** @internal */
   get json(): ValidatorJSON {
@@ -317,6 +325,7 @@ export class VObject<
           },
         ]),
       ),
+      name: this.name,
     };
   }
   /** @internal */
@@ -324,6 +333,7 @@ export class VObject<
     return new VObject<Type | undefined, Fields, "optional", FieldPaths>({
       isOptional: "optional",
       fields: this.fields,
+      name: this.name,
     });
   }
 }
@@ -660,7 +670,7 @@ export type ValidatorJSON =
       keys: RecordKeyValidatorJSON;
       values: RecordValueValidatorJSON;
     }
-  | { type: "object"; value: Record<string, ObjectFieldType> }
+  | { type: "object"; value: Record<string, ObjectFieldType>, name: string|undefined }
   | { type: "union"; value: ValidatorJSON[] };
 
 export type RecordKeyValidatorJSON =