diff --git a/spydrnet/ir/element.py b/spydrnet/ir/element.py
index ae406c5..24d33ef 100644
--- a/spydrnet/ir/element.py
+++ b/spydrnet/ir/element.py
@@ -36,6 +36,22 @@ class Element(object):
     @property
     def data(self):
         return DictView(self._data)
+        
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._data.get(".NAME", None)
+        
+    @name.setter
+    def name(self, value):
+        if value is None and ".NAME" in self:
+            del self[".NAME"]
+        else:
+            self[".NAME"] = value
+
+    @name.deleter
+    def name(self):
+        if ".NAME" in self:
+            del self[".NAME"]
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         """

Add .name to elements as a pointer to ['NAME']
diff --git a/spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py b/spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py
index c93d096..a9d7c20 100644
--- a/spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py
+++ b/spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ from spydrnet.ir.element import Element
 
 
 class TestElement(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.element = Element()
+
     def test_constructor(self):
         element1 = Element()
         self.assertTrue(element1, "Constructor return None type or empty collection")
@@ -11,19 +14,32 @@ class TestElement(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotEqual(element1, element2, "Unique objects are considered equal.")
 
     def test_dictionary(self):
-        element = Element()
-        self.assertFalse('NAME' in element)
-        element['NAME'] = "TestName"
-        self.assertTrue('NAME' in element)
-        for key in element:
-            self.assertEqual(element[key], "TestName")
-        del element['NAME']
-        self.assertFalse('NAME' in element)
-        element['NAME'] = "DifferentName"
-        name = element.pop('NAME')
+        self.assertFalse('NAME' in self.element)
+        self.element['NAME'] = "TestName"
+        self.assertTrue('NAME' in self.element)
+        for key in self.element:
+            self.assertEqual(self.element[key], "TestName")
+        del self.element['NAME']
+        self.assertFalse('NAME' in self.element)
+        self.element['NAME'] = "DifferentName"
+        name = self.element.pop('NAME')
         self.assertEqual(name, "DifferentName")
 
+    def test_name(self):
+        self.element.name = "TestName"
+        self.assertTrue(".NAME" in self.element)
+        self.assertEqual(self.element.name, "TestName")
+
+    def test_del_name(self):
+        self.assertIsNone(self.element.name)
+        self.element.name = None
+        self.element.name = "TestName"
+        self.element.name = None
+        self.assertFalse(".NAME" in self.element)
+        self.element.name = "TestName"
+        del self.element.name
+        self.assertFalse(".NAME" in self.element)
+
     def test_data_view(self):
-        element = Element()
-        element['NAME'] = "TestName"
-        self.assertEqual(element.data, {'NAME': 'TestName'})
+        self.element['NAME'] = "TestName"
+        self.assertEqual(self.element.data, {'NAME': 'TestName'})

pip install -e .[all]
parse_log_pytest
requirements.txt
pytest-cov pytest
apt-get update apt-get install -y gcc
3.7
requirements/base.txt
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
certifi @ file:///croot/certifi_1671487769961/work/certifi
coverage==7.2.7
exceptiongroup==1.2.2
importlib-metadata==6.7.0
iniconfig==2.0.0
packaging==24.0
pluggy==1.2.0
pytest==7.4.4
pytest-cov==4.1.0
-e git+https://github.com/byuccl/spydrnet.git@4676e42351fc755708d8b017e39b10a0f5378333#egg=spydrnet
tomli==2.0.1
typing_extensions==4.7.1
zipp==3.15.0

name: spydrnet
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2022.12.7=py37h06a4308_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_1
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - pip=22.3.1=py37h06a4308_0
  - python=3.7.16=h7a1cb2a_0
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=65.6.3=py37h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - wheel=0.38.4=py37h06a4308_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - coverage==7.2.7
      - exceptiongroup==1.2.2
      - importlib-metadata==6.7.0
      - iniconfig==2.0.0
      - packaging==24.0
      - pluggy==1.2.0
      - pytest==7.4.4
      - pytest-cov==4.1.0
      - tomli==2.0.1
      - typing-extensions==4.7.1
      - zipp==3.15.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/spydrnet

spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py::TestElement::test_del_name spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py::TestElement::test_name
spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py::TestElement::test_constructor spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py::TestElement::test_data_view spydrnet/ir/tests/test_element.py::TestElement::test_dictionary
spydrnet/ir/element.py
spydrnet/ir/element.py