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# name

The name of the peripheral.

```
var name: String? { get }
```

## Discussion

Use this property to retrieve a human-readable name of the peripheral. A peripheral may have two different name types: one that the device advertises and another that the device publishes in its database as its Bluetooth low energy Generic Access Profile (GAP) device name. If a peripheral has both types of names, this property returns its GAP device name.

## Topics

### Related Documentation

[`peripheralDidUpdateName(_:)`](/documentation/CoreBluetooth/CBPeripheralDelegate/peripheralDidUpdateName(_:))

Tells the delegate that a peripheral’s name changed.


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