diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index dca722dca5..9d43e22497 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ message HelloResponse {
   // and only exists for debugging/logging purposes.
   // For example "ESPHome v1.10.0 on ESP8266"
   string server_info = 3;
+
+  // The name of the server (App.get_name())
+  string name = 4;
 }
 
 // Message sent at the beginning of each connection to authenticate the client
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 1f629c2c85..20011c0954 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -766,6 +766,8 @@ HelloResponse APIConnection::hello(const HelloRequest &msg) {
   resp.api_version_major = 1;
   resp.api_version_minor = 6;
   resp.server_info = App.get_name() + " (esphome v" ESPHOME_VERSION ")";
+  resp.name = App.get_name();
+
   this->connection_state_ = ConnectionState::CONNECTED;
   return resp;
 }
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
index d9eadb2aaa..9f0ab82a52 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "proto.h"
 #include <cstring>
 
@@ -302,9 +303,16 @@ APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::state_action_() {
   }
   if (state_ == State::SERVER_HELLO) {
     // send server hello
-    uint8_t msg[1];
-    msg[0] = 0x01;  // chosen proto
-    aerr = write_frame_(msg, 1);
+    std::vector<uint8_t> msg;
+    // chosen proto
+    msg.push_back(0x01);
+
+    // node name, terminated by null byte
+    const std::string &name = App.get_name();
+    const uint8_t *name_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(name.c_str());
+    msg.insert(msg.end(), name_ptr, name_ptr + name.size() + 1);
+
+    aerr = write_frame_(msg.data(), msg.size());
     if (aerr != APIError::OK)
       return aerr;
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index 5b6853c276..4ecd727f29 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ bool HelloResponse::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value)
       this->server_info = value.as_string();
       return true;
     }
+    case 4: {
+      this->name = value.as_string();
+      return true;
+    }
     default:
       return false;
   }
@@ -327,6 +331,7 @@ void HelloResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const {
   buffer.encode_uint32(1, this->api_version_major);
   buffer.encode_uint32(2, this->api_version_minor);
   buffer.encode_string(3, this->server_info);
+  buffer.encode_string(4, this->name);
 }
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
 void HelloResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
@@ -345,6 +350,10 @@ void HelloResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   out.append("  server_info: ");
   out.append("'").append(this->server_info).append("'");
   out.append("\n");
+
+  out.append("  name: ");
+  out.append("'").append(this->name).append("'");
+  out.append("\n");
   out.append("}");
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
index e92b2fa4b6..48ecb5f682 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class HelloResponse : public ProtoMessage {
   uint32_t api_version_major{0};
   uint32_t api_version_minor{0};
   std::string server_info{};
+  std::string name{};
   void encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const override;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   void dump_to(std::string &out) const override;