diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/RefVariable.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/RefVariable.cs
index faf38994..96fc6fde 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/RefVariable.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Variables/RefVariable.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace Tensorflow
         public Operation initializer => _initializer_op;
         public Operation op => _initializer_op;
 
+        public string name => _variable.name;
+
         public RefVariable(object initial_value,
             bool trainable = true,
             List<string> collections = null,