diff --git a/src/OBJECT/SMESH_Actor.cxx b/src/OBJECT/SMESH_Actor.cxx
index 49d838bac..0bd5e0dac 100644
--- a/src/OBJECT/SMESH_Actor.cxx
+++ b/src/OBJECT/SMESH_Actor.cxx
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 #include "SMESH_ActorDef.h"
 #include "SMESH_ActorUtils.h"
 #include "SMESH_DeviceActor.h"
+#include "SMESH_ObjectDef.h"
 #include "SMESH_ControlsDef.hxx"
 #include "VTKViewer_ExtractUnstructuredGrid.h"
+#include "VTKViewer_FramedTextActor.h"
 #include "SALOME_InteractiveObject.hxx"
 
 #include "SUIT_Session.h"
@@ -415,6 +417,10 @@ SMESH_ActorDef::SMESH_ActorDef()
   // Clipping planes
   myImplicitBoolean = vtkImplicitBoolean::New();
   myImplicitBoolean->SetOperationTypeToIntersection();
+
+  // Set color of the name actor
+  SMESH::GetColor( "SMESH", "fill_color", anRGB[0], anRGB[1], anRGB[2], QColor( 0, 170, 255 ) );
+  myNameActor->SetBackgroundColor(anRGB[0], anRGB[1], anRGB[2]);
 }
 
 
@@ -875,6 +881,9 @@ bool SMESH_ActorDef::Init(TVisualObjPtr theVisualObj,
     SetShrink();
   }
 
+  if( dynamic_cast<SMESH_GroupObj*>( myVisualObj.get() ) )
+    SetIsDisplayNameActor( true );
+
   myTimeStamp->Modified();
   Modified();
   return true;
@@ -1416,6 +1425,7 @@ vtkFloatingPointType SMESH_ActorDef::GetOpacity(){
 
 void SMESH_ActorDef::SetSufaceColor(vtkFloatingPointType r,vtkFloatingPointType g,vtkFloatingPointType b){
   mySurfaceProp->SetColor(r,g,b);
+  myNameActor->SetBackgroundColor(r,g,b);
   Modified();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI.cxx b/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI.cxx
index 64398d225..1e32987ca 100644
--- a/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI.cxx
@@ -2120,6 +2120,15 @@ bool SMESHGUI::OnGUIEvent( int theCommandID )
               {
                 SMESHGUI::GetSMESHGen()->SetName(obj->GetIOR().c_str(), newName.toLatin1().data());
 
+		// update name of group object and its actor
+		SMESH::SMESH_GroupBase_var aGroupObject = SMESH::IObjectToInterface<SMESH::SMESH_GroupBase>(IObject);
+		if( !aGroupObject->_is_nil() )
+		{
+		  aGroupObject->SetName( newName.toLatin1().data() );
+		  if ( SMESH_Actor *anActor = SMESH::FindActorByEntry( IObject->getEntry() ) )
+		    anActor->setName( newName.toLatin1().data() );
+		}
+
                 updateObjBrowser();
               }
             }
diff --git a/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_GroupDlg.cxx b/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_GroupDlg.cxx
index 24246eec6..dc98cd310 100644
--- a/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_GroupDlg.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESHGUI/SMESHGUI_GroupDlg.cxx
@@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ bool SMESHGUI_GroupDlg::onApply()
 
       _PTR(SObject) aMeshGroupSO = SMESH::FindSObject(myGroup);
       if(SMESH_Actor *anActor = SMESH::FindActorByEntry(aMeshGroupSO->GetID().c_str())) {
+	anActor->setName(myName->text().toLatin1().data());
 	switch ( myTypeId ) {
 	case 0: anActor->SetNodeColor( aColor.R, aColor.G, aColor.B ); break;
 	case 1: anActor->SetEdgeColor( aColor.R, aColor.G, aColor.B ); break;
@@ -935,6 +936,7 @@ bool SMESHGUI_GroupDlg::onApply()
 
       _PTR(SObject) aMeshGroupSO = SMESH::FindSObject(myGroupOnGeom);
       if(SMESH_Actor *anActor = SMESH::FindActorByEntry(aMeshGroupSO->GetID().c_str())) {
+	anActor->setName(myName->text().toLatin1().data());
 	switch ( myTypeId ) {
 	case 0: anActor->SetNodeColor( aColor.R, aColor.G, aColor.B ); break;
 	case 1: anActor->SetEdgeColor( aColor.R, aColor.G, aColor.B ); break;