diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
index 0ad63983757..fd5ec71e872 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
@@ -1669,6 +1669,58 @@ async fn api_v1_query_group_by() {
     }
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_influxql_group_by_tag_called_name() {
+    let server = TestServer::spawn().await;
+    server
+        .write_lp_to_db(
+            "foo",
+            "\
+        bar,name=a,label=a value=1 1743693748\n\
+        bar,name=b,label=a value=2 1743693748\n\
+        bar,name=a,label=b value=3 1743693748\n\
+        bar,name=b,label=b value=4 1743693748\n\
+        ",
+            Precision::Second,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // query using the `name` column without quoting it is an error:
+    let unquoted_query_str = "SELECT time, name, label, value FROM bar GROUP BY name LIMIT 1";
+    let resp = server
+        .api_v1_query(&[("db", "foo"), ("q", unquoted_query_str)], None)
+        .await
+        .text()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_contains!(resp, "invalid InfluxQL statement");
+
+    // query grouping on the `label` column is fine:
+    let quoted_query_str = "SELECT time, \"name\", label, value FROM bar GROUP BY label LIMIT 1";
+    let resp = server
+        .api_v1_query(&[("db", "foo"), ("q", quoted_query_str)], None)
+        .await
+        .json::<Value>()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    println!("response when grouping by `label`:\n\n{resp:#}\n");
+    assert_eq!(resp.pointer("/results/0/series/0/tags/label").unwrap(), "b");
+    assert_eq!(resp.pointer("/results/0/series/1/tags/label").unwrap(), "a");
+
+    // query grouping on `\"name\"`, i.e., quoted, should also be fine:
+    let quoted_query_str = "SELECT time, \"name\", label, value FROM bar GROUP BY \"name\" LIMIT 1";
+    let resp = server
+        .api_v1_query(&[("db", "foo"), ("q", quoted_query_str)], None)
+        .await
+        .json::<Value>()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    println!("response when grouping by `\"name\"`:\n\n{resp:#}\n");
+    assert_eq!(resp.pointer("/results/0/series/0/tags/name").unwrap(), "b");
+    assert_eq!(resp.pointer("/results/0/series/1/tags/name").unwrap(), "a");
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn api_v1_query_group_by_with_nulls() {
     let server = TestServer::spawn().await;
diff --git a/influxdb3_server/src/http/v1.rs b/influxdb3_server/src/http/v1.rs
index 1e608a1253f..e3d730495f7 100644
--- a/influxdb3_server/src/http/v1.rs
+++ b/influxdb3_server/src/http/v1.rs
@@ -1002,7 +1002,9 @@ impl GroupByEval {
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|dim| match dim {
                 Dimension::Time(_) => None,
-                Dimension::VarRef(tag) => Some(Ok(GroupByEvalType::Tag(tag.to_string()))),
+                Dimension::VarRef(tag) => {
+                    Some(Ok(GroupByEvalType::Tag(tag.name.as_str().to_string())))
+                }
                 Dimension::Regex(regex) => Some(
                     Regex::new(regex.as_str())
                         .map(GroupByEvalType::Regex)