--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 };
 
 /* tagging */
-static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+#define MAX_TAGNAME_LEN 14		/* excludes TAG_PREPEND */
+#define TAG_PREPEND "%1i:"		/* formatted as 2 chars */
+#define MAX_TAGLEN 16			/* altogether */
+static char tags[][MAX_TAGLEN] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
 static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* xprop(1):
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
 static void monocle(Monitor *m);
 static void motionnotify(XEvent *e);
 static void movemouse(const Arg *arg);
+static void nametag(const Arg *arg);
 static Client *nexttiled(Client *c);
 static void pop(Client *);
 static void propertynotify(XEvent *e);
@@ -1190,6 +1191,34 @@
 		selmon = m;
 		focus(NULL);
 	}
+}
+
+void
+nametag(const Arg *arg) {
+	char *p, name[MAX_TAGNAME_LEN];
+	FILE *f;
+	int i;
+
+	errno = 0; // popen(3p) says on failure it "may" set errno
+	if(!(f = popen("dmenu < /dev/null", "r"))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwm: popen 'dmenu < /dev/null' failed%s%s\n", errno ? ": " : "", errno ? strerror(errno) : "");
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!(p = fgets(name, MAX_TAGNAME_LEN, f)) && (i = errno) && ferror(f))
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwm: fgets failed: %s\n", strerror(i));
+	if (pclose(f) < 0)
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwm: pclose failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	if(!p)
+		return;
+	if((p = strchr(name, '\n')))
+		*p = '\0';
+
+	for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++)
+		if(selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] & (1 << i)) {
+			sprintf(tags[i], TAG_PREPEND, i+1);
+			strcat(tags[i], name);
+		}
+	drawbars();
 }
 
 Client *