diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c658d1..d38ea65 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ A simple card which displays energy usage details of one or multiple entities.
 - Variable amount of monitoring entities
 - Voltage, Current, Power, Frequency and Power Factor display
 - Automatic unit of measurement detection
-- Adjustable colors, labels and icons
+- Adjustable names, colors, labels and icons
 - Configurable dynamic animations adapting to power usage
 
 *Three-phase power monitoring example:*
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Direct configuration via YAML is also available. For details see below.
 | current        | state entity    | *Optional*   | State entity for current           |                                        |
 | frequency      | state entity    | *Optional*   | State entity for frequency         |                                        |
 | power_factor   | state entity    | *Optional*   | State entity for power_factor      |                                        |
+| name           | string          | *Optional*   | Name label                         |                                        |
 | icon_leading   | string          | *Optional*   | Leading MD icon                    | `mdi:transmission-tower`               |
 | icon_trailing  | string          | *Optional*   | Trailing MD icon                   | `mdi:home-lightning-bolt`              |
 | label_leading  | string          | *Optional*   | Leading label                      |                                        |
diff --git a/src/energy-overview-card.ts b/src/energy-overview-card.ts
index ae3783c..9eda40e 100644
--- a/src/energy-overview-card.ts
+++ b/src/energy-overview-card.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ export class EnergyOverviewCard extends LitElement {
         frequency_unit: this._extractUnit(entity.frequency, UnitOfFrequency.HERTZ),
         power_factor: entity.power_factor ? states[entity.power_factor].state : undefined,
         power_factor_unit: this._extractUnit(entity.power_factor, ''),
+        name: entity.name ? entity.name : '',
         color: entity.color ? entity.color : 'var(--energy-grid-consumption-color)',
         label_trailing: entity.label_trailing ? entity.label_trailing : '',
         label_leading: entity.label_leading ? entity.label_leading : '',
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ export class EnergyOverviewCard extends LitElement {
 					<!--suppress CssUnresolvedCustomProperty -->
 					<div class="entity entity-${i}"
 					     style="--energy-line-color: ${entity.color};">
+						${entity.name ? html`<span class="primary name">${entity.name}</span>` : ''}
 						<div class="metadata">
 							${entity.current || entity.voltage || entity.frequency ? html`
 									<div class="metadata-left">
diff --git a/src/schemas.ts b/src/schemas.ts
index 75bc67a..8326ccb 100644
--- a/src/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/schemas.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export const ENTITY_DATA_SCHEMA = [
 ];
 
 export const ENTITY_VISUALS_SCHEMA = [
+  {name: "name", selector: {text: {}}},
   {
     type: "grid",
     name: "",
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 371c9a7..880e05c 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface EnergyOverviewEntity {
   voltage?: string;
   frequency?: string;
   power_factor?: string;
+  name?: string;
   label_trailing?: string;
   label_leading?: string;
   icon_trailing?: string;