diff --git a/moli-indexeddb/src/lib.rs b/moli-indexeddb/src/lib.rs
index ece79d1b0d..72de5373d6 100644
--- a/moli-indexeddb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/moli-indexeddb/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 //! adapt request results into `IDB*` wrappers and event dispatch.
 
 mod cursor;
+mod name;
+pub use name::IndexedDbName;
 mod error;
 mod key;
 mod manager;
diff --git a/moli-indexeddb/src/name.rs b/moli-indexeddb/src/name.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00cebf456e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moli-indexeddb/src/name.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+use std::fmt;
+
+/// An IndexedDB DOMString name, ordered by UTF-16 code units. Unlike Rust
+/// text, this preserves unpaired surrogates and keeps them distinct from U+FFFD.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
+pub struct IndexedDbName(Vec<u16>);
+
+impl IndexedDbName {
+    pub fn from_utf16(units: Vec<u16>) -> Self {
+        Self(units)
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_utf16(&self) -> &[u16] {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    pub fn usage_bytes(&self) -> u64 {
+        // Retain UTF-8 accounting for existing names, using three bytes for
+        // each unpaired surrogate as in WTF-8.
+        char::decode_utf16(self.0.iter().copied())
+            .map(|value| value.map_or(3, char::len_utf8) as u64)
+            .sum()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&str> for IndexedDbName {
+    fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(value.encode_utf16().collect())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for IndexedDbName {
+    fn from(value: String) -> Self {
+        Self::from(value.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&String> for IndexedDbName {
+    fn from(value: &String) -> Self {
+        Self::from(value.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&IndexedDbName> for IndexedDbName {
+    fn from(value: &IndexedDbName) -> Self {
+        value.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for IndexedDbName {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        // This projection is only for diagnostics, never identity or storage.
+        formatter.write_str(&String::from_utf16_lossy(&self.0))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::{
+        collections::{BTreeSet, HashSet},
+        hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn native_names_keep_utf16_identity_and_diagnostic_projection_separate() {
+        let names = [
+            IndexedDbName::from_utf16(vec![0xd800]),
+            IndexedDbName::from_utf16(vec![0xd801]),
+            IndexedDbName::from("\u{fffd}"),
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(
+            names.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            vec!["\u{fffd}"; 3]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(names.iter().cloned().collect::<HashSet<_>>().len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(names.iter().cloned().collect::<BTreeSet<_>>().len(), 3);
+        for name in names {
+            let copied = IndexedDbName::from(&name);
+            assert_eq!(copied, name);
+            assert_eq!(copied.as_utf16(), name.as_utf16());
+            let hash = |value: &IndexedDbName| {
+                let mut h = std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::new();
+                value.hash(&mut h);
+                h.finish()
+            };
+            assert_eq!(hash(&copied), hash(&name));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn native_names_use_code_unit_order_and_wtf8_usage_accounting() {
+        let astral = IndexedDbName::from("\u{10000}");
+        let bmp = IndexedDbName::from("\u{e000}");
+        assert!(astral < bmp);
+        for (units, bytes) in [
+            (vec![], 0),
+            (vec![0], 1),
+            (vec![0x7f], 1),
+            (vec![0x80], 2),
+            (vec![0xe000], 3),
+            (vec![0xd800, 0xdc00], 4),
+            (vec![0xd800, 0x61, 0xdc00], 7),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(IndexedDbName::from_utf16(units).usage_bytes(), bytes);
+        }
+    }
+}