diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/IXLTableField.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/IXLTableField.cs
index 1adc144..5898961 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/IXLTableField.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/IXLTableField.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     public interface IXLTableField
     {
-        Int32 Index { get; set; }
+        Int32 Index { get; }
         String Name { get; set; }
         String TotalsRowLabel { get; set; }
         String TotalsRowFormulaA1 { get; set; }
diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs
index 7d9b9d9..0f98646 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,19 @@
             this.table = table;
         }
 
-        public Int32 Index { get; set; }
-        public String Name { get; set; }
+        public Int32 Index { get; internal set; }
+
+        public String Name 
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return table.HeadersRow().Cell(Index + 1).GetString();
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                table.HeadersRow().Cell(Index + 1).SetValue(value);
+            }
+        }
 
         internal String totalsRowLabel;
         public String TotalsRowLabel
diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorksheet.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorksheet.cs
index 8b447b2..c752057 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorksheet.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorksheet.cs
@@ -609,10 +609,12 @@
                 Int32 fieldCount = t.ColumnCount();
                 for (Int32 f = 0; f < fieldCount; f++)
                 {
-                    table.Field(f).Index = t.Field(f).Index;
-                    table.Field(f).Name = t.Field(f).Name;
-                    (table.Field(f) as XLTableField).totalsRowLabel = (t.Field(f) as XLTableField).totalsRowLabel;
-                    (table.Field(f) as XLTableField).totalsRowFunction = (t.Field(f) as XLTableField).totalsRowFunction;
+                    var tableField = table.Field(f) as XLTableField;
+                    var tField = t.Field(f) as XLTableField;
+                    tableField.Index = tField.Index;
+                    tableField.Name = tField.Name;
+                    tableField.totalsRowLabel = tField.totalsRowLabel;
+                    tableField.totalsRowFunction = tField.totalsRowFunction;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Sandbox/Program.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Sandbox/Program.cs
index 8024764..4a92057 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Sandbox/Program.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Sandbox/Program.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,20 @@
 
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            XLWorkbook wb = new XLWorkbook(@"c:\temp\test.xlsx");
+
+            XLWorkbook wb = new XLWorkbook(); //( @"c:\temp\test.xlsx");
+
+            var ws = wb.AddWorksheet("Sheet");
+            ws.Cell("A1").SetValue("FName")
+                .CellBelow().SetValue("John");
+
+            ws.Cell("B1").SetValue("LName")
+                .CellBelow().SetValue("Doe");
+
+            var tbl = ws.RangeUsed().CreateTable();
+            var nameBefore = tbl.Field(tbl.Fields.Last().Index).Name;
+            tbl.Field(tbl.Fields.Last().Index).Name = "LastName";
+            var nameAfter = tbl.Field(tbl.Fields.Last().Index).Name;
             var start = DateTime.Now;
             wb.SaveAs(@"c:\temp\saved.xlsx");
             var end = DateTime.Now;
diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs
index 62c6900..8bd1f63 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs
@@ -308,5 +308,29 @@
             Assert.AreEqual("A", table.DataRange.FirstCell().GetString());
             Assert.AreEqual("C", table.DataRange.LastCell().GetString());
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ChangeFieldName()
+        {
+            XLWorkbook wb = new XLWorkbook(); //( @"c:\temp\test.xlsx");
+
+            var ws = wb.AddWorksheet("Sheet");
+            ws.Cell("A1").SetValue("FName")
+                .CellBelow().SetValue("John");
+
+            ws.Cell("B1").SetValue("LName")
+                .CellBelow().SetValue("Doe");
+
+            var tbl = ws.RangeUsed().CreateTable();
+            var nameBefore = tbl.Field(tbl.Fields.Last().Index).Name;
+            tbl.Field(tbl.Fields.Last().Index).Name = "LastName";
+            var nameAfter = tbl.Field(tbl.Fields.Last().Index).Name;
+
+            var cellValue = ws.Cell("B1").GetString();
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("LName", nameBefore);
+            Assert.AreEqual("LastName", nameAfter);
+            Assert.AreEqual("LastName", cellValue);
+        }
     }
 }
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