diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-util-358e56d3.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-util-358e56d3.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ad28ce444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-util-358e56d3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "type": "bugfix",
+  "category": "util",
+  "description": "Fix `name.endsWith is not a function` exception when inspecting some generated errors with some versions of nodejs"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 3234171521..e2f9e6cbeb 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ var util = {
       Object.defineProperty(err, 'message', {enumerable: true});
     }
 
-    err.name = options && options.name || err.name || err.code || 'Error';
+    err.name = String(options && options.name || err.name || err.code || 'Error');
     err.time = new Date();
 
     if (originalError) err.originalError = originalError;