diff --git a/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/locals.tf b/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/locals.tf
index c7df2a3..79effe6 100644
--- a/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/locals.tf	
+++ b/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/locals.tf	
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 locals {
   name_format = join("-", [
     "{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}",
+    var.name,
     "%s", # resource name
     local.workspace_name
   ]) # use `format(local.name_format, "<name>")` to use this
diff --git a/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/variables.tf b/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/variables.tf
index fdd2cd9..ca49379 100644
--- a/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/variables.tf	
+++ b/terraform/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/modules/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/variables.tf	
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+variable "name" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Name of the project"
+}
+
 variable "workspace" {
   type        = string
   description = "Terraform workspace name"