diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 4e6c8517375104..25b6c64abbc497 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Other Language Changes
 * Added support of ``\N{name}`` escapes in :mod:`regular expressions <re>`.
   (Contributed by Jonathan Eunice and Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`30688`.)
 
+* PEP 473 Support: the error ``NameError`` has now an optional ``name``
+  attribute.
+
 
 New Modules
 ===========
diff --git a/Include/pyerrors.h b/Include/pyerrors.h
index f289471be20ccf..b86516a9076f48 100644
--- a/Include/pyerrors.h
+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ typedef struct {
     PyObject *value;
 } PyStopIterationObject;
 
+typedef struct {
+    PyException_HEAD
+    PyObject *msg;
+    PyObject *name;
+} PyNameErrorObject;
+
 /* Compatibility typedefs */
 typedef PyOSErrorObject PyEnvironmentErrorObject;
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
@@ -315,6 +321,14 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetImportError(PyObject *, PyObject *,
     PyObject *);
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03060000
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetNameErrorSubclass(PyObject *, PyObject *,
+    PyObject *);
+#endif
+#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03030000
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetNameError(PyObject *, PyObject *);
+#endif
+
 /* Export the old function so that the existing API remains available: */
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyErr_BadInternalCall(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyErr_BadInternalCall(const char *filename, int lineno);
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 2a9ec706467f3e..8130264365c2c6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -1338,5 +1338,65 @@ def test_copy_pickle(self):
                 self.assertEqual(exc.path, orig.path)
 
 
+class NameErrorTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_attributes(self):
+        # Setting 'name' should not be a problem.
+        exc = NameError('test')
+        self.assertIsNone(exc.name)
+
+        exc = NameError('test', name='somemodule')
+        self.assertEqual(exc.name, 'somemodule')
+
+        msg = "'invalid' is an invalid keyword argument for NameError"
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg):
+            NameError('test', invalid='keyword')
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg):
+            NameError(invalid='keyword')
+
+    def test_reset_attributes(self):
+        exc = NameError('test', name='name')
+        self.assertEqual(exc.args, ('test',))
+        self.assertEqual(exc.msg, 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(exc.name, 'name')
+
+        # Reset not specified attributes
+        exc.__init__()
+        self.assertEqual(exc.args, ())
+        self.assertEqual(exc.msg, None)
+        self.assertEqual(exc.name, None)
+
+    def test_non_str_argument(self):
+        # Issue #15778
+        with check_warnings(('', BytesWarning), quiet=True):
+            arg = b'abc'
+            exc = NameError(arg)
+            self.assertEqual(str(arg), str(exc))
+
+    def test_copy_pickle(self):
+        for kwargs in (dict(), dict(name='somename')):
+            orig = NameError('test', **kwargs)
+            for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
+                exc = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(orig, proto))
+                self.assertEqual(exc.args, ('test',))
+                self.assertEqual(exc.msg, 'test')
+                self.assertEqual(exc.name, orig.name)
+            for c in copy.copy, copy.deepcopy:
+                exc = c(orig)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.args, ('test',))
+                self.assertEqual(exc.msg, 'test')
+                self.assertEqual(exc.name, orig.name)
+
+    def test_name_is_set(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(NameError) as cm:
+            x = unbound_variable
+        self.assertEqual(cm.exception.name, 'unbound_variable')
+
+        with self.assertRaises(NameError) as cm:
+            del unbound_variable
+        self.assertEqual(cm.exception.name, 'unbound_variable')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-04-08-18-30-36.bpo-33159.C2FXjN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-04-08-18-30-36.bpo-33159.C2FXjN.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..30193bf5abef8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-04-08-18-30-36.bpo-33159.C2FXjN.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PEP 473 Support: ``NameError`` has now an optional ``name`` attribue.
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index 2cce40f884442a..e27691118874bd 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -1289,14 +1289,142 @@ SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_RuntimeError, NotImplementedError,
 /*
  *    NameError extends Exception
  */
-SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, NameError,
-                       "Name not found globally.");
+static int
+NameError_init(PyNameErrorObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"name", 0};
+    PyObject *empty_tuple;
+    PyObject *msg = NULL;
+    PyObject *name = NULL;
+
+    if (BaseException_init((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self, args, NULL) == -1)
+        return -1;
+
+    empty_tuple = PyTuple_New(0);
+    if (!empty_tuple)
+        return -1;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(empty_tuple, kwds, "|$O:NameError", kwlist,
+                                     &name)) {
+        Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
+
+    Py_XINCREF(name);
+    Py_XSETREF(self->name, name);
+
+    if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 1) {
+        msg = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
+        Py_INCREF(msg);
+    }
+    Py_XSETREF(self->msg, msg);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+NameError_clear(PyNameErrorObject *self)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(self->msg);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->name);
+    return BaseException_clear((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self);
+}
+
+static void
+NameError_dealloc(PyNameErrorObject *self)
+{
+    _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(self);
+    NameError_clear(self);
+    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
+}
+
+static int
+NameError_traverse(PyNameErrorObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(self->msg);
+    Py_VISIT(self->name);
+    return BaseException_traverse((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self, visit, arg);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+NameError_str(PyNameErrorObject *self)
+{
+    if (self->msg && PyUnicode_CheckExact(self->msg)) {
+        Py_INCREF(self->msg);
+        return self->msg;
+    }
+    else {
+        return BaseException_str((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self);
+    }
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+NameError_getstate(PyNameErrorObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject *dict = ((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self)->dict;
+    if (self->name) {
+        _Py_IDENTIFIER(name);
+        _Py_IDENTIFIER(path);
+        dict = dict ? PyDict_Copy(dict) : PyDict_New();
+        if (dict == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+        if (self->name && _PyDict_SetItemId(dict, &PyId_name, self->name) < 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(dict);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return dict;
+    }
+    else if (dict) {
+        Py_INCREF(dict);
+        return dict;
+    }
+    else {
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Pickling support */
+static PyObject *
+NameError_reduce(PyNameErrorObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject *res;
+    PyObject *args;
+    PyObject *state = NameError_getstate(self);
+    if (state == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    args = ((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self)->args;
+    if (state == Py_None)
+        res = PyTuple_Pack(2, Py_TYPE(self), args);
+    else
+        res = PyTuple_Pack(3, Py_TYPE(self), args, state);
+    Py_DECREF(state);
+    return res;
+}
+
+static PyMemberDef NameError_members[] = {
+    {"msg", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyNameErrorObject, msg), 0,
+        PyDoc_STR("exception message")},
+    {"name", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyNameErrorObject, name), 0,
+        PyDoc_STR("variable name")},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef NameError_methods[] = {
+    {"__reduce__", (PyCFunction)NameError_reduce, METH_NOARGS},
+    {NULL}
+};
+
+ComplexExtendsException(PyExc_Exception, NameError,
+                        NameError, 0 /* new */,
+                        NameError_methods, NameError_members,
+                        0 /* getset */, NameError_str,
+                        "Name not found globally.");
 
 /*
  *    UnboundLocalError extends NameError
  */
-SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_NameError, UnboundLocalError,
-                       "Local name referenced but not bound to a value.");
+MiddlingExtendsException(PyExc_NameError, UnboundLocalError, NameError,
+                         "Local name referenced but not bound to a value.");
 
 /*
  *    AttributeError extends Exception
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index d18a284e9f9d22..9e42d51a361f86 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static PyObject * import_name(PyFrameObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *,
 static PyObject * import_from(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static int import_all_from(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static void format_exc_check_arg(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
+static void format_exc_name_error(PyObject *, const char *format_str, PyObject *name);
 static void format_exc_unbound(PyCodeObject *co, int oparg);
 static PyObject * unicode_concatenate(PyObject *, PyObject *,
                                       PyFrameObject *, const _Py_CODEUNIT *);
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ static int check_args_iterable(PyObject *func, PyObject *vararg);
 static void format_kwargs_mapping_error(PyObject *func, PyObject *kwargs);
 
 #define NAME_ERROR_MSG \
-    "name '%.200s' is not defined"
+    "name '%.200S' is not defined"
 #define UNBOUNDLOCAL_ERROR_MSG \
-    "local variable '%.200s' referenced before assignment"
+    "local variable '%.200S' referenced before assignment"
 #define UNBOUNDFREE_ERROR_MSG \
-    "free variable '%.200s' referenced before assignment" \
+    "free variable '%.200S' referenced before assignment" \
     " in enclosing scope"
 
 /* Dynamic execution profile */
@@ -1052,9 +1053,9 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
         TARGET(LOAD_FAST) {
             PyObject *value = GETLOCAL(oparg);
             if (value == NULL) {
-                format_exc_check_arg(PyExc_UnboundLocalError,
-                                     UNBOUNDLOCAL_ERROR_MSG,
-                                     PyTuple_GetItem(co->co_varnames, oparg));
+                format_exc_name_error(PyExc_UnboundLocalError,
+                                      UNBOUNDLOCAL_ERROR_MSG,
+                                      PyTuple_GetItem(co->co_varnames, oparg));
                 goto error;
             }
             Py_INCREF(value);
@@ -2025,9 +2026,9 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
             }
             err = PyObject_DelItem(ns, name);
             if (err != 0) {
-                format_exc_check_arg(PyExc_NameError,
-                                     NAME_ERROR_MSG,
-                                     name);
+                format_exc_name_error(PyExc_NameError,
+                                      NAME_ERROR_MSG,
+                                      name);
                 goto error;
             }
             DISPATCH();
@@ -2120,7 +2121,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
             int err;
             err = PyDict_DelItem(f->f_globals, name);
             if (err != 0) {
-                format_exc_check_arg(
+                format_exc_name_error(
                     PyExc_NameError, NAME_ERROR_MSG, name);
                 goto error;
             }
@@ -2155,7 +2156,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
                     if (PyDict_CheckExact(f->f_builtins)) {
                         v = PyDict_GetItem(f->f_builtins, name);
                         if (v == NULL) {
-                            format_exc_check_arg(
+                            format_exc_name_error(
                                         PyExc_NameError,
                                         NAME_ERROR_MSG, name);
                             goto error;
@@ -2166,7 +2167,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
                         v = PyObject_GetItem(f->f_builtins, name);
                         if (v == NULL) {
                             if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
-                                format_exc_check_arg(
+                                format_exc_name_error(
                                             PyExc_NameError,
                                             NAME_ERROR_MSG, name);
                             goto error;
@@ -2191,8 +2192,8 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
                     if (!_PyErr_OCCURRED()) {
                         /* _PyDict_LoadGlobal() returns NULL without raising
                          * an exception if the key doesn't exist */
-                        format_exc_check_arg(PyExc_NameError,
-                                             NAME_ERROR_MSG, name);
+                        format_exc_name_error(PyExc_NameError,
+                                              NAME_ERROR_MSG, name);
                     }
                     goto error;
                 }
@@ -2212,7 +2213,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
                     v = PyObject_GetItem(f->f_builtins, name);
                     if (v == NULL) {
                         if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
-                            format_exc_check_arg(
+                            format_exc_name_error(
                                         PyExc_NameError,
                                         NAME_ERROR_MSG, name);
                         goto error;
@@ -2229,7 +2230,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
                 SETLOCAL(oparg, NULL);
                 DISPATCH();
             }
-            format_exc_check_arg(
+            format_exc_name_error(
                 PyExc_UnboundLocalError,
                 UNBOUNDLOCAL_ERROR_MSG,
                 PyTuple_GetItem(co->co_varnames, oparg)
@@ -4963,6 +4964,14 @@ format_exc_check_arg(PyObject *exc, const char *format_str, PyObject *obj)
     PyErr_Format(exc, format_str, obj_str);
 }
 
+static void
+format_exc_name_error(PyObject *exc, const char *format_str, PyObject *name)
+{
+    PyObject* errmsg = PyUnicode_FromFormat(format_str, name);
+    PyErr_SetNameErrorSubclass(exc, errmsg, name);
+    Py_XDECREF(errmsg);
+}
+
 static void
 format_exc_unbound(PyCodeObject *co, int oparg)
 {
@@ -4973,15 +4982,15 @@ format_exc_unbound(PyCodeObject *co, int oparg)
     if (oparg < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(co->co_cellvars)) {
         name = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(co->co_cellvars,
                                 oparg);
-        format_exc_check_arg(
+        format_exc_name_error(
             PyExc_UnboundLocalError,
             UNBOUNDLOCAL_ERROR_MSG,
             name);
     } else {
         name = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(co->co_freevars, oparg -
                                 PyTuple_GET_SIZE(co->co_cellvars));
-        format_exc_check_arg(PyExc_NameError,
-                             UNBOUNDFREE_ERROR_MSG, name);
+        format_exc_name_error(PyExc_NameError,
+                              UNBOUNDFREE_ERROR_MSG, name);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 15e6ba05714337..4534448f0c445c 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -801,6 +801,56 @@ PyErr_SetImportError(PyObject *msg, PyObject *name, PyObject *path)
     return PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyExc_ImportError, msg, name, path);
 }
 
+PyObject *
+PyErr_SetNameErrorSubclass(PyObject *exception, PyObject *msg,
+    PyObject *name)
+{
+    int issubclass;
+    PyObject *kwargs, *error;
+
+    issubclass = PyObject_IsSubclass(exception, PyExc_NameError);
+    if (issubclass < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    else if (!issubclass) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "expected a subclass of NameError");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (msg == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "expected a message argument");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (name == NULL) {
+        name = Py_None;
+    }
+
+    kwargs = PyDict_New();
+    if (kwargs == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "name", name) < 0) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    error = _PyObject_FastCallDict(exception, &msg, 1, kwargs);
+    if (error != NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetObject((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(error), error);
+        Py_DECREF(error);
+    }
+
+done:
+    Py_DECREF(kwargs);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyErr_SetNameError(PyObject *msg, PyObject *name)
+{
+    return PyErr_SetNameErrorSubclass(PyExc_NameError, msg, name);
+}
+
 void
 _PyErr_BadInternalCall(const char *filename, int lineno)
 {