diff --git a/core/reactor_common.c b/core/reactor_common.c
index 358480eb8..7257e5132 100644
--- a/core/reactor_common.c
+++ b/core/reactor_common.c
@@ -149,6 +149,38 @@ void lf_set_stop_tag(environment_t* env, tag_t tag) {
   }
 }
 
+const char* lf_reactor_name(self_base_t* self) { return self->name; }
+
+const char* lf_reactor_full_name(self_base_t* self) {
+  if (self->full_name != NULL) {
+    return self->full_name;
+  }
+  // First find the length of the full name.
+  size_t name_len = strlen(self->name);
+  size_t len = name_len;
+  self_base_t* parent = self->parent;
+  while (parent != NULL) {
+    len++; // For the dot.
+    len += strlen(parent->name);
+    parent = parent->parent;
+  }
+  self->full_name = (char*)lf_allocate(len + 1, sizeof(char), &self->allocations);
+  self->full_name[len] = '\0'; // Null terminate the string.
+
+  size_t location = len - name_len;
+  memcpy(&self->full_name[location], self->name, name_len);
+  parent = self->parent;
+  while (parent != NULL) {
+    location--;
+    self->full_name[location] = '.';
+    size_t parent_len = strlen(parent->name);
+    location -= parent_len;
+    memcpy(&self->full_name[location], parent->name, parent_len);
+    parent = parent->parent;
+  }
+  return self->full_name;
+}
+
 #ifdef FEDERATED_DECENTRALIZED
 
 interval_t lf_get_stp_offset() { return lf_fed_STA_offset; }
diff --git a/include/api/reaction_macros.h b/include/api/reaction_macros.h
index 52c39e125..c73cde530 100644
--- a/include/api/reaction_macros.h
+++ b/include/api/reaction_macros.h
@@ -199,4 +199,25 @@
  */
 #define lf_time_logical_elapsed() lf_time_logical_elapsed(self->base.environment)
 
+/**
+ * @brief Return the instance name of the reactor.
+ *
+ * The instance name is the name of given to the instance created by the `new` operator in LF.
+ * If the instance is in a bank, then the name will have a suffix of the form `[bank_index]`.
+ *
+ * @param reactor The reactor to get the name of.
+ */
+#define lf_reactor_name(reactor) lf_reactor_name(&reactor->base)
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return the fully qualified name of the reactor.
+ *
+ * The fully qualified name of a reactor is the instance name of the reactor concatenated with the names of all
+ * of its parents, separated by dots. If the reactor or any of its parents is a bank, then the name
+ * will have a suffix of the form `[bank_index]`.
+ *
+ * @param reactor The reactor to get the name of.
+ */
+#define lf_reactor_full_name(reactor) lf_reactor_full_name(&reactor->base)
+
 #endif // REACTION_MACROS_H
diff --git a/include/api/reaction_macros_undef.h b/include/api/reaction_macros_undef.h
index 601ea34d3..26ab86b2e 100644
--- a/include/api/reaction_macros_undef.h
+++ b/include/api/reaction_macros_undef.h
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@
 #undef lf_time_logical
 #undef lf_time_logical_elapsed
 
+#undef lf_reactor_name
+#undef lf_reactor_full_name
+
 #endif // REACTION_MACROS_H
diff --git a/include/core/lf_types.h b/include/core/lf_types.h
index b6d754ca2..385fc654e 100644
--- a/include/core/lf_types.h
+++ b/include/core/lf_types.h
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ struct trigger_t {
  * An allocation record that is used by a destructor for a reactor
  * to free memory that has been dynamically allocated for the particular
  * instance of the reactor.  This will be an element of linked list.
- * If the indirect field is true, then the allocated pointer points to
- * pointer to allocated memory, rather than directly to the allocated memory.
+ * The `allocated` pointer points to the allocated memory, and the `next`
+ * pointer points to the next allocation record (or NULL if there are no more).
  */
 typedef struct allocation_record_t {
   void* allocated;
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ typedef struct self_base_t {
   struct allocation_record_t* allocations;
   struct reaction_t* executing_reaction; // The currently executing reaction of the reactor.
   environment_t* environment;
+  char* name;          // The name of the reactor. If a bank, appended with [index].
+  char* full_name;     // The full name of the reactor or NULL if lf_reactor_full_name() is not called.
+  self_base_t* parent; // The parent of this reactor.
 #if !defined(LF_SINGLE_THREADED)
   void* reactor_mutex; // If not null, this is expected to point to an lf_mutex_t.
                        // It is not declared as such to avoid a dependence on platform.h.
diff --git a/include/core/reactor.h b/include/core/reactor.h
index fffa9ba19..c98f2e93b 100644
--- a/include/core/reactor.h
+++ b/include/core/reactor.h
@@ -128,5 +128,26 @@ void lf_free_all_reactors(void);
  */
 void lf_free_reactor(self_base_t* self);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Return the instance name of the reactor.
+ *
+ * The instance name is the name of given to the instance created by the `new` operator in LF.
+ * If the instance is in a bank, then the name will have a suffix of the form `[bank_index]`.
+ *
+ * @param self The self struct of the reactor.
+ */
+const char* lf_reactor_name(self_base_t* self);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return the full name of the reactor.
+ *
+ * The fully qualified name of a reactor is the instance name of the reactor concatenated with the names of all
+ * of its parents, separated by dots. If the reactor or any of its parents is a bank, then the name
+ * will have a suffix of the form `[bank_index]`.
+ *
+ * @param self The self struct of the reactor.
+ */
+const char* lf_reactor_full_name(self_base_t* self);
+
 #endif /* REACTOR_H */
 /** @} */