diff --git a/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumHumanizeTests.cs b/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumHumanizeTests.cs
index 785ff4378..1fa438cff 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumHumanizeTests.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumHumanizeTests.cs
@@ -63,11 +63,17 @@ public void HonorsDisplayAttribute()
         {
             Assert.Equal(EnumTestsResources.MemberWithDisplayAttribute, EnumUnderTest.MemberWithDisplayAttribute.Humanize());
         }
+        [Fact]
+        public void HandlesDisplayAttributeWithNoDescription()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(EnumTestsResources.MemberWithDisplayAttributeWithoutDescription, EnumUnderTest.MemberWithDisplayAttributeWithoutDescription.Humanize());
+        }
 
         [Fact]
         public void HonorsLocalizedDisplayAttribute()
         {
             Assert.Equal(EnumTestsResources.MemberWithLocalizedDisplayAttribute, EnumUnderTest.MemberWithLocalizedDisplayAttribute.Humanize());
         }
+        
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumUnderTest.cs b/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumUnderTest.cs
index 009f3dc56..041ddc0ac 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumUnderTest.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/EnumUnderTest.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ public enum EnumUnderTest
         [Display(Description = EnumTestsResources.MemberWithDisplayAttribute)]
         MemberWithDisplayAttribute,
         [Display(Description = "MemberWithLocalizedDisplayAttribute", ResourceType = typeof(EnumTestsResources))]
-        MemberWithLocalizedDisplayAttribute
+        MemberWithLocalizedDisplayAttribute,
+        [Display(Name = EnumTestsResources.MemberWithDisplayAttributeWithoutDescription)]
+        MemberWithDisplayAttributeWithoutDescription
     }
 
     public class EnumTestsResources
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ public class EnumTestsResources
         public const string MemberWithoutDescriptionAttributeTitle = "Member Without Description Attribute";
         public const string MemberWithoutDescriptionAttributeLowerCase = "member without description attribute";
         public const string MemberWithDisplayAttribute = "Description from Display attribute";
+        public const string MemberWithDisplayAttributeWithoutDescription = "Displayattribute without description";
         public static string MemberWithLocalizedDisplayAttribute { get { return "Localized description from Display attribute"; } }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Humanizer/EnumHumanizeExtensions.cs b/src/Humanizer/EnumHumanizeExtensions.cs
index d7ce1e8bc..4aa89e8d2 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer/EnumHumanizeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer/EnumHumanizeExtensions.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public static class EnumHumanizeExtensions
     {
         private const string DisplayAttributeTypeName = "System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DisplayAttribute";
         private const string DisplayAttributeGetDescriptionMethodName = "GetDescription";
+        private const string DisplayAttributeGetNameMethodName = "GetName";
 
         private static readonly Func<PropertyInfo, bool> StringTypedProperty = p => p.PropertyType == typeof(string);
 
@@ -69,10 +70,21 @@ private static string GetCustomDescription(MemberInfo memberInfo)
                 var attrType = attr.GetType();
                 if (attrType.FullName == DisplayAttributeTypeName)
                 {
-                    var method = attrType.GetRuntimeMethod(DisplayAttributeGetDescriptionMethodName, new Type[0]);
-                    if (method != null)
-                        return method.Invoke(attr, new object[0]).ToString();
+                    var methodGetDescription = attrType.GetRuntimeMethod(DisplayAttributeGetDescriptionMethodName, new Type[0]);
+                    if (methodGetDescription != null)
+                    {
+                        var executedMethod = methodGetDescription.Invoke(attr, new object[0]);
+                        if (executedMethod != null) return executedMethod.ToString();
+                    }
+                    var methodGetName = attrType.GetRuntimeMethod(DisplayAttributeGetNameMethodName, new Type[0]);
+                    if (methodGetName != null)
+                    {
+                        var executedMethod = methodGetName.Invoke(attr, new object[0]);
+                        if (executedMethod != null) return executedMethod.ToString();
+                    }
+                    return null;
                 }
+
                 var descriptionProperty =
                     attrType.GetRuntimeProperties()
                         .Where(StringTypedProperty)