diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTable.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTable.cs
index a090dfc..b69831d 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTable.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTable.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                     foreach (var cell in headersRow.Cells())
                     {
                         var name = cell.GetString();
-                        if (XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name)) 
+                        if (XLHelper.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
                         {
                             name = "Column" + (cellPos + 1);
                             cell.SetValue(name);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                         if (_fieldNames.ContainsKey(name))
                             throw new ArgumentException("The header row contains more than one field name '" + name + "'.");
 
-                        _fieldNames.Add(name, new XLTableField(this) {Index = cellPos++ });
+                        _fieldNames.Add(name, new XLTableField(this, name) {Index = cellPos++ });
                     }
                 }
                 else
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                         {
                             var name = "Column" + i;
 
-                            _fieldNames.Add(name, new XLTableField(this) {Index = i - 1 });
+                            _fieldNames.Add(name, new XLTableField(this, name) {Index = i - 1 });
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             Int32 cellPos = 0;
             foreach(var name in fieldNames)
             {
-                _fieldNames.Add(name, new XLTableField(this) { Index = cellPos++, Name = name });
+                _fieldNames.Add(name, new XLTableField(this, name) { Index = cellPos++ });
             }
         }
 
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@
         public Boolean ShowColumnStripes { get; set; }
 
         private Boolean _showAutoFilter;
-        public Boolean ShowAutoFilter { 
-            get { return _showHeaderRow && _showAutoFilter; } 
+        public Boolean ShowAutoFilter {
+            get { return _showHeaderRow && _showAutoFilter; }
             set { _showAutoFilter = value; }
             }
         public XLTableTheme Theme { get; set; }
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
                         _uniqueNames.Add(c.GetString());
                         co++;
                     }
-                    
+
                     headersRow.Clear();
                     RangeAddress.FirstAddress = new XLAddress(Worksheet, RangeAddress.FirstAddress.RowNumber + 1,
                                           RangeAddress.FirstAddress.ColumnNumber,
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
                 else
                 {
                     using(var asRange = Worksheet.Range(
-                        RangeAddress.FirstAddress.RowNumber - 1 , 
+                        RangeAddress.FirstAddress.RowNumber - 1 ,
                         RangeAddress.FirstAddress.ColumnNumber,
                         RangeAddress.LastAddress.RowNumber,
                         RangeAddress.LastAddress.ColumnNumber
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
                                 if (firstRow.IsEmpty(true))
                                 {
                                     rangeRow = firstRow;
-                                    RangeAddress.FirstAddress = new XLAddress(Worksheet, 
+                                    RangeAddress.FirstAddress = new XLAddress(Worksheet,
                                           RangeAddress.FirstAddress.RowNumber - 1,
                                           RangeAddress.FirstAddress.ColumnNumber,
                                           RangeAddress.FirstAddress.FixedRow,
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
         public IXLTable SetShowHeaderRow()
         {
             return SetShowHeaderRow(true);
-        } 
+        }
         public IXLTable SetShowHeaderRow(Boolean value)
         {
             ShowHeaderRow = value;
@@ -529,4 +529,4 @@
         }
 
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs
index 0f98646..19e9655 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Tables/XLTableField.cs
@@ -5,22 +5,28 @@
     internal class XLTableField: IXLTableField
     {
         private XLTable table;
-        public XLTableField(XLTable table)
+        public XLTableField(XLTable table, String name)
         {
             this.table = table;
+            this.name = name;
         }
 
         public Int32 Index { get; internal set; }
 
-        public String Name 
+        private String name;
+
+        public String Name
         {
             get
             {
-                return table.HeadersRow().Cell(Index + 1).GetString();
+                return name;
             }
             set
             {
-                table.HeadersRow().Cell(Index + 1).SetValue(value);
+                if (table.ShowHeaderRow)
+                    table.HeadersRow().Cell(Index + 1).SetValue(value);
+
+                name = value;
             }
         }
 
@@ -28,18 +34,18 @@
         public String TotalsRowLabel
         {
             get { return totalsRowLabel; }
-            set 
+            set
             {
                 totalsRowFunction = XLTotalsRowFunction.None;
                 table.TotalsRow().Cell(Index + 1).SetValue(value);
-                totalsRowLabel = value; 
+                totalsRowLabel = value;
             }
         }
 
         public String TotalsRowFormulaA1
         {
             get { return table.TotalsRow().Cell(Index + 1).FormulaA1; }
-            set 
+            set
             {
                 totalsRowFunction = XLTotalsRowFunction.Custom;
                 table.TotalsRow().Cell(Index + 1).FormulaA1 = value;
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@
         public XLTotalsRowFunction TotalsRowFunction
         {
             get { return totalsRowFunction; }
-            set 
+            set
             {
                 if (value != XLTotalsRowFunction.None && value != XLTotalsRowFunction.Custom)
                 {
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@
                         cell.Style.NumberFormat = lastCell.Style.NumberFormat;
                     }
                 }
-                totalsRowFunction = value; 
+                totalsRowFunction = value;
             }
         }
     }