diff --git a/scripts/smoke-dist.mjs b/scripts/smoke-dist.mjs
index 82c547b..ed3da15 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke-dist.mjs
+++ b/scripts/smoke-dist.mjs
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ for (const [name, mod] of results) {
     expected,
     `${name}: parse`,
   )
+  // Minifiers rename classes, so `name` must survive in every build.
+  for (const errorName of expectedExports.filter(e => e.endsWith('Error'))) {
+    const error = new mod[errorName]('k')
+    assert.equal(error.name, errorName, `${name}: ${errorName} name`)
+    assert.match(
+      String(error),
+      new RegExp(`^${errorName}: `),
+      `${name}: ${errorName} toString`,
+    )
+  }
   assert.doesNotMatch(
     readFileSync(new URL(`../${files[name]}`, import.meta.url), 'utf8'),
     loadsRemixFile,
diff --git a/src/__tests__/index.ts b/src/__tests__/index.ts
index ebe3198..8e282c1 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/index.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/index.ts
@@ -442,8 +442,65 @@ describe('errors', () => {
     formData.append('foo[]', 'test2')
     expect(() => parseFormData(formData)).toThrow(new MixedArrayError('foo[]'))
   })
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: 'DuplicateKeyError',
+      ErrorClass: DuplicateKeyError,
+      entries: [
+        ['a', '1'],
+        ['a', '2'],
+      ],
+      depth: Infinity,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'MixedArrayError',
+      ErrorClass: MixedArrayError,
+      entries: [
+        ['a[]', '1'],
+        ['a[0]', '2'],
+      ],
+      depth: Infinity,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'ForbiddenKeyError',
+      ErrorClass: ForbiddenKeyError,
+      entries: [['__proto__.x', '1']],
+      depth: Infinity,
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'DepthLimitError',
+      ErrorClass: DepthLimitError,
+      entries: [['a.b', '1']],
+      depth: 1,
+    },
+  ] satisfies Array<{
+    name: string
+    ErrorClass: new (key: string) => Error
+    entries: Array<[string, string]>
+    depth: number
+  }>)('sets the name of $name', ({name, ErrorClass, entries, depth}) => {
+    const error = errorThrownBy(() => parseFormData(entries, {depth}))
+    expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(ErrorClass)
+    expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+    expect(error.name).toBe(name)
+    expect(String(error)).toBe(`${name}: ${error.message}`)
+    expect(error.stack).toMatch(new RegExp(`^${name}: `))
+    expect(new ErrorClass('k').name).toBe(name)
+  })
 })
 
+// The error `fn` throws. Anything else comes back as a plain `Error`, which
+// fails the `instanceof` check of the error class.
+function errorThrownBy(fn: () => unknown): Error {
+  try {
+    fn()
+  } catch (error) {
+    return error instanceof Error ? error : new Error('threw a non-Error')
+  }
+  return new Error('did not throw')
+}
+
 describe('complex examples', () => {
   it('can mix array types `foo[$n].foo, -foo[$n].bar, &foo[$n+1] -> {foo: [{foo: value1, bar: null}, Boolean(Number($value3))]}`', () => {
     const formData = new FormData()
diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
index dd1550f..03afc96 100644
--- a/src/errors.ts
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // The errors `parseFormData` throws. All of them are exported from the package.
+// Each class sets `name` as a string literal: minifiers rename the classes, so
+// `this.constructor.name` would be `e` or `t` in the minified build.
 
 /**
  * Thrown when a path is used multiple times or has mismatching path parts.
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ export class DuplicateKeyError extends Error {
   key: string
   constructor(key: string) {
     super(`Duplicate key at path part ${key}`)
+    this.name = 'DuplicateKeyError'
     this.key = key
   }
 }
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ export class MixedArrayError extends Error {
   key: string
   constructor(key: string) {
     super(`Mixed array at path part ${key}`)
+    this.name = 'MixedArrayError'
     this.key = key
   }
 }
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ export class ForbiddenKeyError extends Error {
   constructor(key: string) {
     key = shortKey(key)
     super(`Forbidden key at path part ${key}`)
+    this.name = 'ForbiddenKeyError'
     this.key = key
   }
 }
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ export class DepthLimitError extends Error {
   constructor(key: string) {
     key = shortKey(key)
     super(`Depth limit exceeded at path part ${key}`)
+    this.name = 'DepthLimitError'
     this.key = key
   }
 }