@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ tkinter
   arguments passed by keyword.
   (Contributed by Zhikang Yan in :gh:`126899`.)
 
+* Add ability to specify name for :class:`!tkinter.OptionMenu` and
+  :class:`!tkinter.ttk.OptionMenu`.
+  (Contributed by Zhikang Yan in :gh:`130482`.)
 
 turtle
 ------

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ def test_bad_kwarg(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TclError, r"^unknown option -image$"):
             tkinter.OptionMenu(self.root, None, 'b', image='')
 
+    def test_specify_name(self):
+        widget = tkinter.OptionMenu(self.root, None, ':)', name="option_menu")
+        self.assertEqual(str(widget), ".option_menu")
+        self.assertIs(self.root.children["option_menu"], widget)
+
 @add_configure_tests(IntegerSizeTests, StandardOptionsTests)
 class EntryTest(AbstractWidgetTest, unittest.TestCase):
     _rounds_pixels = (tk_version < (9, 0))

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_extensions.py b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_extensions.py
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ def cb_test(*args):
         textvar.trace_remove("write", cb_name)
         optmenu.destroy()
 
+    def test_specify_name(self):
+        textvar = tkinter.StringVar(self.root)
+        widget = ttk.OptionMenu(self.root, textvar, ":)", name="option_menu_ex")
+        self.assertEqual(str(widget), ".option_menu_ex")
+        self.assertIs(self.root.children["option_menu_ex"], widget)
+
 
 class DefaultRootTest(AbstractDefaultRootTest, unittest.TestCase):
 

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -4187,7 +4187,7 @@ def __init__(self, master, variable, value, *values, **kwargs):
         keyword argument command."""
         kw = {"borderwidth": 2, "textvariable": variable,
               "indicatoron": 1, "relief": RAISED, "anchor": "c",
-              "highlightthickness": 2}
+              "highlightthickness": 2, "name": kwargs.pop("name", None)}
         Widget.__init__(self, master, "menubutton", kw)
         self.widgetName = 'tk_optionMenu'
         menu = self.__menu = Menu(self, name="menu", tearoff=0)

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py b/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
@@ -1603,7 +1603,8 @@ def __init__(self, master, variable, default=None, *values, **kwargs):
                 A callback that will be invoked after selecting an item.
         """
         kw = {'textvariable': variable, 'style': kwargs.pop('style', None),
-              'direction': kwargs.pop('direction', None)}
+              'direction': kwargs.pop('direction', None),
+              'name': kwargs.pop('name', None)}
         Menubutton.__init__(self, master, **kw)
         self['menu'] = tkinter.Menu(self, tearoff=False)
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-24-12-22-51.gh-issue-130482.p2DrrL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-24-12-22-51.gh-issue-130482.p2DrrL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add ability to specify name for :class:`!tkinter.OptionMenu` and
+:class:`!tkinter.ttk.OptionMenu`.
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		@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
		Add ability to specify name for :class:`!tkinter.OptionMenu` and
		:class:`!tkinter.ttk.OptionMenu`.