diff --git a/.changeset/shy-grapes-juggle.md b/.changeset/shy-grapes-juggle.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cb022f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-grapes-juggle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@web5/agent": patch
+"@web5/identity-agent": patch
+"@web5/proxy-agent": patch
+"@web5/user-agent": patch
+---
+
+Add ability to update the Identity Metadata name field.
diff --git a/packages/agent/src/identity-api.ts b/packages/agent/src/identity-api.ts
index f35bab22a..0b1bbd1cd 100644
--- a/packages/agent/src/identity-api.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/src/identity-api.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,39 @@ export class AgentIdentityApi<TKeyManager extends AgentKeyManager = AgentKeyMana
     await this.agent.did.update({ portableDid, tenant: this.agent.agentDid.uri });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Updates the Identity's metadata name field.
+   *
+   * @param didUri - The DID URI of the Identity to update.
+   * @param name - The new name to set for the Identity.
+   *
+   * @throws An error if the Identity is not found, name is not provided, or no changes are detected.
+   */
+  public async setMetadataName({ didUri, name }: { didUri: string; name: string }): Promise<void> {
+    if (!name) {
+      throw new Error('AgentIdentityApi: Failed to set metadata name due to missing name value.');
+    }
+
+    const identity = await this.get({ didUri });
+    if (!identity) {
+      throw new Error(`AgentIdentityApi: Failed to set metadata name due to Identity not found: ${didUri}`);
+    }
+
+    if (identity.metadata.name === name) {
+      throw new Error('AgentIdentityApi: No changes detected.');
+    }
+
+    // Update the name in the Identity's metadata and store it
+    await this._store.set({
+      id             : identity.did.uri,
+      data           : { ...identity.metadata, name },
+      agent          : this.agent,
+      tenant         : identity.metadata.tenant,
+      updateExisting : true,
+      useCache       : true
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the connected Identity, if one is available.
    *
diff --git a/packages/agent/tests/identity-api.spec.ts b/packages/agent/tests/identity-api.spec.ts
index 3ce0bcff2..3c038aa1d 100644
--- a/packages/agent/tests/identity-api.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/agent/tests/identity-api.spec.ts
@@ -440,6 +440,115 @@ describe('AgentIdentityApi', () => {
         });
       });
 
+      describe('setMetadataName', () => {
+        it('should update the name of an Identity', async () => {
+          const identity = await testHarness.agent.identity.create({
+            metadata   : { name: 'Test Identity' },
+            didMethod  : 'jwk',
+            didOptions : {
+              verificationMethods: [{
+                algorithm: 'Ed25519'
+              }]
+            }
+          });
+          expect(identity.metadata.name).to.equal('Test Identity');
+
+          // sanity fetch the identity
+          let storedIdentity = await testHarness.agent.identity.get({ didUri: identity.did.uri });
+          expect(storedIdentity).to.exist;
+          expect(storedIdentity?.metadata.name).to.equal('Test Identity');
+
+          // update the identity
+          await testHarness.agent.identity.setMetadataName({ didUri: identity.did.uri, name: 'Updated Identity' });
+
+          // fetch the updated identity
+          storedIdentity = await testHarness.agent.identity.get({ didUri: identity.did.uri });
+          expect(storedIdentity).to.exist;
+          expect(storedIdentity?.metadata.name).to.equal('Updated Identity');
+        });
+
+        it('should throw if identity does not exist', async () => {
+          try {
+            await testHarness.agent.identity.setMetadataName({ didUri: 'did:method:xyz123', name: 'Updated Identity' });
+            expect.fail('Expected an error to be thrown');
+          } catch (error: any) {
+            expect(error.message).to.include('AgentIdentityApi: Failed to set metadata name due to Identity not found');
+          }
+        });
+
+        it('should throw if name is missing or empty', async () => {
+          const storeSpy = sinon.spy(testHarness.agent.identity['_store'], 'set');
+          const identity = await testHarness.agent.identity.create({
+            metadata   : { name: 'Test Identity' },
+            didMethod  : 'jwk',
+            didOptions : {
+              verificationMethods: [{
+                algorithm: 'Ed25519'
+              }]
+            }
+          });
+
+          expect(storeSpy.callCount).to.equal(1);
+
+          try {
+            await testHarness.agent.identity.setMetadataName({ didUri: identity.did.uri, name: '' });
+            expect.fail('Expected an error to be thrown');
+          } catch (error: any) {
+            expect(error.message).to.include('Failed to set metadata name due to missing name value');
+          }
+
+          try {
+            await testHarness.agent.identity.setMetadataName({ didUri: identity.did.uri, name: undefined! });
+            expect.fail('Expected an error to be thrown');
+          } catch (error: any) {
+            expect(error.message).to.include('Failed to set metadata name due to missing name value');
+          }
+
+          // call count should not have changed
+          expect(storeSpy.callCount).to.equal(1);
+
+          // sanity confirm the name did not change
+          const storedIdentity = await testHarness.agent.identity.get({ didUri: identity.did.uri });
+          expect(storedIdentity).to.exist;
+          expect(storedIdentity?.metadata.name).to.equal('Test Identity');
+        });
+
+        it('should throw if the updated name is the same as the current name', async () => {
+          const identity = await testHarness.agent.identity.create({
+            metadata   : { name: 'Test Identity' },
+            didMethod  : 'jwk',
+            didOptions : {
+              verificationMethods: [{
+                algorithm: 'Ed25519'
+              }]
+            }
+          });
+
+          const storeSpy = sinon.spy(testHarness.agent.identity['_store'], 'set');
+
+          try {
+            await testHarness.agent.identity.setMetadataName({ didUri: identity.did.uri, name: 'Test Identity' });
+            expect.fail('Expected an error to be thrown');
+          } catch (error: any) {
+            expect(error.message).to.include('AgentIdentityApi: No changes detected');
+          }
+
+          // confirm set has not been called
+          expect(storeSpy.notCalled).to.be.true;
+
+          // sanity update the name to something else
+          await testHarness.agent.identity.setMetadataName({ didUri: identity.did.uri, name: 'Updated Identity' });
+
+          // confirm set has been called
+          expect(storeSpy.calledOnce).to.be.true;
+
+          // confirm the name was updated
+          const storedIdentity = await testHarness.agent.identity.get({ didUri: identity.did.uri });
+          expect(storedIdentity).to.exist;
+          expect(storedIdentity?.metadata.name).to.equal('Updated Identity');
+        });
+      });
+
       describe('connectedIdentity', () => {
         it('returns a connected Identity', async () => {
           // create multiple identities, some that are connected, and some that are not