diff --git a/packages/thirdweb/src/chain/index.ts b/packages/thirdweb/src/chain/index.ts
index 3ffffd21434..ebb61cb38b2 100644
--- a/packages/thirdweb/src/chain/index.ts
+++ b/packages/thirdweb/src/chain/index.ts
@@ -122,10 +122,38 @@ export async function getChainDecimals(chain: Chain): Promise<number> {
         return 18;
       });
   }
-  // if we have a symbol, return it
+  // if we have decimals, return it
   return chain.nativeCurrency.decimals;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieves the name of the native currency for a given chain.
+ * If the chain object does not have a native currency name, it attempts to fetch the chain data and retrieve the native currency name from there.
+ * If fetching the chain data fails, it falls back to returning "ETH".
+ * @param chain The chain object for which to retrieve the native currency name.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to the native currency name.
+ * @internal
+ */
+export async function getChainNativeCurrencyName(
+  chain: Chain,
+): Promise<string> {
+  if (
+    typeof chain === "bigint" ||
+    typeof chain === "number" ||
+    !chain.nativeCurrency?.name
+  ) {
+    const chainId = getChainIdFromChain(chain);
+    return getChainDataForChainId(chainId)
+      .then((data) => data.nativeCurrency.name)
+      .catch(() => {
+        // if we fail to fetch the chain data, return 18 as a fallback (most likely it's 18)
+        return "ETH";
+      });
+  }
+  // if we have a name, return it
+  return chain.nativeCurrency.name;
+}
+
 type FetchChainResponse =
   | {
       data: ApiChain;
diff --git a/packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/utils/getTokenBalance.ts b/packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/utils/getTokenBalance.ts
index 6b4db1811fd..4fc6809591c 100644
--- a/packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/utils/getTokenBalance.ts
+++ b/packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/utils/getTokenBalance.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   getChainSymbol,
   type Chain,
   getChainDecimals,
+  getChainNativeCurrencyName,
 } from "../../chain/index.js";
 import type { ThirdwebClient } from "../../client/client.js";
 import { getContract } from "../../contract/index.js";
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ type GetTokenBalanceResult = {
   decimals: number;
   displayValue: string;
   symbol: string;
+  name: string;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -54,16 +56,19 @@ export async function getTokenBalance(
   // native token case
   const rpcRequest = getRpcClient({ client, chain });
 
-  const [nativeSymbol, nativeDecimals, nativeBalance] = await Promise.all([
-    getChainSymbol(chain),
-    getChainDecimals(chain),
-    eth_getBalance(rpcRequest, { address: account.address }),
-  ]);
+  const [nativeSymbol, nativeDecimals, nativeName, nativeBalance] =
+    await Promise.all([
+      getChainSymbol(chain),
+      getChainDecimals(chain),
+      getChainNativeCurrencyName(chain),
+      eth_getBalance(rpcRequest, { address: account.address }),
+    ]);
 
   return {
     value: nativeBalance,
     decimals: nativeDecimals,
     displayValue: formatUnits(nativeBalance, nativeDecimals),
     symbol: nativeSymbol,
+    name: nativeName,
   };
 }