diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 6e0df0648fb8bf..ed0a6f6044c833 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -2265,6 +2265,12 @@ Loading and running tests
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
       Added the *durations* keyword parameter.
 
+   .. method:: getName(test)
+
+      Return a test name used in test results.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 3.15
+
 .. data:: defaultTestLoader
 
    Instance of the :class:`TestLoader` class intended to be shared.  If no
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index ed07afd2277cc0..6b06ebae9b62eb 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -1274,6 +1274,9 @@ unittest
   to control how messages are formatted.
   (Contributed by Garry Cairns in :gh:`134567`.)
 
+* The new :meth:`.TextTestResult.getName` method allows customizing test names
+  in test results.
+
 
 urllib.parse
 ------------
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unittest/test_result.py b/Lib/test/test_unittest/test_result.py
index 3f44e617303f81..cf0c2ee6eb2a26 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unittest/test_result.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unittest/test_result.py
@@ -468,6 +468,30 @@ def testGetDescriptionWithoutDocstring(self):
                 'testGetDescriptionWithoutDocstring (' + __name__ +
                 '.Test_TextTestResult.testGetDescriptionWithoutDocstring)')
 
+    def testCustomGetNameWithoutDocstring(self):
+        class CustomGetNameTextTestResult(unittest.TextTestResult):
+            def getName(self, test):
+                return test.id()
+
+        result = CustomGetNameTextTestResult(None, True, 1)
+        expected_test_name = __name__ + ".Test_TextTestResult.testCustomGetNameWithoutDocstring"
+        self.assertEqual(result.getName(self), expected_test_name)
+        self.assertEqual(result.getDescription(self), expected_test_name)
+
+    def testCustomGetNameWithDocstring(self):
+        """Test docstring."""
+        class CustomGetNameTextTestResult(unittest.TextTestResult):
+            def getName(self, test):
+                return test.id()
+
+        result = CustomGetNameTextTestResult(None, True, 1)
+        expected_test_name = __name__ + ".Test_TextTestResult.testCustomGetNameWithDocstring"
+        self.assertEqual(result.getName(self), expected_test_name)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            result.getDescription(self),
+            expected_test_name + "\nTest docstring.",
+        )
+
     def testGetSubTestDescriptionWithoutDocstring(self):
         with self.subTest(foo=1, bar=2):
             result = unittest.TextTestResult(None, True, 1)
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/runner.py b/Lib/unittest/runner.py
index 5f22d91aebd05f..d01a7d5d69713b 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/runner.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/runner.py
@@ -51,10 +51,14 @@ def __init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity, *, durations=None):
 
     def getDescription(self, test):
         doc_first_line = test.shortDescription()
+        test_name = self.getName(test)
         if self.descriptions and doc_first_line:
-            return '\n'.join((str(test), doc_first_line))
+            return f'{test_name}\n{doc_first_line}'
         else:
-            return str(test)
+            return test_name
+
+    def getName(self, test):
+        return str(test)
 
     def startTest(self, test):
         super(TextTestResult, self).startTest(test)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-27-13-05-28.gh-issue-60492.EfCUSI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-27-13-05-28.gh-issue-60492.EfCUSI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..61f9d3a8a65536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-27-13-05-28.gh-issue-60492.EfCUSI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add ``TextTestResult.getName()`` method to allow customizing test names.
+Patch by Mariusz Felisiak.