diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/InstanceCreatePayload.json b/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/InstanceCreatePayload.json
index 3586c9166eda..f7c59362bde3 100644
--- a/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/InstanceCreatePayload.json
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/InstanceCreatePayload.json
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
         "trusted_image_certificates": [
             "cert-id-1",
             "cert-id-2"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "instance_name": "instance-00000001"
     },
     "nova_object.name":"InstanceCreatePayload",
-    "nova_object.version": "1.10"
+    "nova_object.version": "1.11"
 }
diff --git a/nova/notifications/objects/instance.py b/nova/notifications/objects/instance.py
index 77d22ff0e2b0..9488473c68cc 100644
--- a/nova/notifications/objects/instance.py
+++ b/nova/notifications/objects/instance.py
@@ -228,13 +228,14 @@ class InstanceCreatePayload(InstanceActionPayload):
     #              InstanceCreatePayload
     #         1.10: Added action_initiator_user and action_initiator_project to
     #              InstancePayload
-    VERSION = '1.10'
-
+    #         1.11: Added instance_name to InstanceCreatePayload
+    VERSION = '1.11'
     fields = {
         'keypairs': fields.ListOfObjectsField('KeypairPayload'),
         'tags': fields.ListOfStringsField(),
         'trusted_image_certificates': fields.ListOfStringsField(
-            nullable=True)
+            nullable=True),
+        'instance_name': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
     }
 
     def __init__(self, context, instance, fault, bdms):
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ class InstanceCreatePayload(InstanceActionPayload):
         self.trusted_image_certificates = None
         if instance.trusted_certs:
             self.trusted_image_certificates = instance.trusted_certs.ids
+        self.instance_name = instance.name
 
 
 @nova_base.NovaObjectRegistry.register_notification
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/notifications/objects/test_notification.py b/nova/tests/unit/notifications/objects/test_notification.py
index 221699802f1d..f76fbb3b73ec 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/notifications/objects/test_notification.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/notifications/objects/test_notification.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ notification_object_data = {
     '1.0-a73147b93b520ff0061865849d3dfa56',
     'InstanceActionVolumeSwapPayload': '1.7-d3252403a9437bcdc80f1075214f8b45',
     'InstanceCreateNotification': '1.0-a73147b93b520ff0061865849d3dfa56',
-    'InstanceCreatePayload': '1.10-291b44932569b8ff864d911814293cfc',
+    'InstanceCreatePayload': '1.11-7513127966bc8f270946634d099e71c0',
     'InstancePayload': '1.7-78354572f699b9a6ad9996b199d03375',
     'InstanceActionSnapshotNotification':
         '1.0-a73147b93b520ff0061865849d3dfa56',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-instance-name-to-instance-create-notification-4c2f5eca9e574178.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-instance-name-to-instance-create-notification-4c2f5eca9e574178.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fbd9abcae73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-instance-name-to-instance-create-notification-4c2f5eca9e574178.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The field ``instance_name`` has been added to the
+    ``InstanceCreatePayload`` in the following versioned notifications:
+
+    * ``instance.create.start``
+    * ``instance.create.end``
+    * ``instance.create.error``