diff --git a/pandas/core/format.py b/pandas/core/format.py
index 482932f73e67c..92079e8d4c7d9 100644
--- a/pandas/core/format.py
+++ b/pandas/core/format.py
@@ -78,8 +78,22 @@ def _get_footer(self):
 
             if footer and self.series.name:
                 footer += ', '
-            footer += ("Name: %s" % str(self.series.name)
-                       if self.series.name is not None else '')
+
+            if self.series.name:
+                if isinstance(self.series.name,basestring):
+                    series_name=self.series.name
+                elif hasattr(self.series.name, "__getitem__") or \
+                    hasattr(self.series.name, "__iter__"):
+                    series_name="('"
+                    series_name+= "', '".join(map(unicode,self.series.name))
+                    series_name+= "')"
+                else:
+                    series_name=str(self.series.name)
+            else:
+                series_name=self.series.name
+
+            footer += (("Name: %s" % series_name)
+                       if series_name is not None else '')
 
         if self.length:
             if footer:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_format.py b/pandas/tests/test_format.py
index 01f5d5923ad14..cfd8ff209c34a 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_format.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_format.py
@@ -694,6 +694,11 @@ def test_to_string_float_na_spacing(self):
                     '4       NaN')
         self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
+    def test_unicode_name_in_footer(self):
+        s=Series([1,2],name=u'\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea')
+        sf=fmt.SeriesFormatter(s,name=u'\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea')
+        sf._get_footer() # should not raise exception
+
 class TestEngFormatter(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_eng_float_formatter(self):