diff --git a/mod/label/lang/en/label.php b/mod/label/lang/en/label.php
index 0a50c887442..5856a0b9363 100644
--- a/mod/label/lang/en/label.php
+++ b/mod/label/lang/en/label.php
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ $string['indicator:socialbreadthdef_help'] = 'The participant has reached this p
 $string['indicator:socialbreadthdef_link'] = 'Learning_analytics_indicators#Social_breadth';
 $string['label:addinstance'] = 'Add a new Text and media area';
 $string['label:view'] = 'View Text and media area';
+$string['labelname'] = 'Name';
+$string['labelname_help'] = 'Will be shown in course index, activity completion, etc. If left empty, will automatically be generated from the first characters of the text.';
 $string['labeltext'] = 'Text';
 $string['modulename'] = 'Text and media area';
 $string['modulename_help'] = 'The Text and media area enables you to display text and multimedia on the course page.
diff --git a/mod/label/lib.php b/mod/label/lib.php
index a9258f8d459..aff5cbceaa0 100644
--- a/mod/label/lib.php
+++ b/mod/label/lib.php
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ define("LABEL_MAX_NAME_LENGTH", 50);
  * @return string
  */
 function get_label_name($label) {
+    // Return label name if not empty.
+    if ($label->name) {
+        return $label->name;
+    }
+
     $context = context_module::instance($label->coursemodule);
     $intro = format_text($label->intro, $label->introformat, ['filter' => false, 'context' => $context]);
     $name = html_to_text(format_string($intro, true, ['context' => $context]));
diff --git a/mod/label/mod_form.php b/mod/label/mod_form.php
index fec23dfcd57..e84417e6133 100644
--- a/mod/label/mod_form.php
+++ b/mod/label/mod_form.php
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ class mod_label_mod_form extends moodleform_mod {
         $mform = $this->_form;
 
         $mform->addElement('header', 'generalhdr', get_string('general'));
+
+        // Add element for name.
+        $mform->addElement('text', 'name', get_string('labelname', 'label'), array('size' => '64'));
+        if (!empty($CFG->formatstringstriptags)) {
+            $mform->setType('name', PARAM_TEXT);
+        } else {
+            $mform->setType('name', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
+        }
+        $mform->addHelpButton('name', 'labelname', 'label');
+
         $this->standard_intro_elements(get_string('labeltext', 'label'));
 
         // Label does not add "Show description" checkbox meaning that 'intro' is always shown on the course page.
@@ -51,4 +61,22 @@ class mod_label_mod_form extends moodleform_mod {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Override validation in order to make name field non-required.
+     *
+     * @param array $data
+     * @param array $files
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function validation($data, $files) {
+        $errors = parent::validation($data, $files);
+        // Name field should not be required.
+        if (array_key_exists('name', $errors)) {
+            if ($errors['name'] === get_string('required')) {
+                unset($errors['name']);
+            }
+        }
+        return $errors;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/mod/label/version.php b/mod/label/version.php
index 2e373641a0f..ea3539a53c5 100644
--- a/mod/label/version.php
+++ b/mod/label/version.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$plugin->version   = 2023042400;       // The current module version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->version   = 2023042401;       // The current module version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
 $plugin->requires  = 2023041800;    // Requires this Moodle version.
 $plugin->component = 'mod_label'; // Full name of the plugin (used for diagnostics)
 $plugin->cron      = 0;