diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py
index aca364fd54..8af978f8fd 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ class SentrySpanAttribute:
     ORIGIN = "sentry.origin"
     MEASUREMENT = "sentry.measurement"
     TAG = "sentry.tag"
+    NAME = "sentry.name"
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
index 6496327834..43a17e44ff 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
@@ -1200,6 +1200,7 @@ def __init__(
         scope=None,  # type: Optional[Scope]
         start_timestamp=None,  # type: Optional[Union[datetime, float]]
         origin=None,  # type: Optional[str]
+        name=None,  # type: Optional[str]
         **_,  # type: dict[str, object]
     ):
         # type: (...) -> None
@@ -1224,6 +1225,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.origin = origin or DEFAULT_SPAN_ORIGIN
         self.op = op
         self.description = description
+        self.name = name
         if status is not None:
             self.set_status(status)
 
@@ -1303,7 +1305,9 @@ def containing_transaction(self):
         .. deprecated:: 3.0.0
             This will be removed in the future. Use :func:`root_span` instead.
         """
-        logger.warning("Deprecated: This will be removed in the future.")
+        logger.warning(
+            "Deprecated: This will be removed in the future. Use root_span instead."
+        )
         return self.root_span
 
     @containing_transaction.setter
@@ -1318,17 +1322,11 @@ def containing_transaction(self, value):
 
     @property
     def root_span(self):
-        if isinstance(self._otel_span, otel_trace.NonRecordingSpan):
-            return None
-
-        parent = None
-        while True:
-            if self._otel_span.parent:
-                parent = self._otel_span.parent
-            else:
-                break
-
-        return parent
+        # type: () -> Optional[POTelSpan]
+        # XXX implement this
+        # there's a span.parent property, but it returns the parent spancontext
+        # not sure if there's a way to retrieve the parent with pure otel.
+        return None
 
     @root_span.setter
     def root_span(self, value):
@@ -1371,7 +1369,7 @@ def op(self):
         # type: () -> Optional[str]
         from sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.consts import SentrySpanAttribute
 
-        self._otel_span.attributes.get(SentrySpanAttribute.OP)
+        return self._otel_span.attributes.get(SentrySpanAttribute.OP)
 
     @op.setter
     def op(self, value):
@@ -1383,13 +1381,18 @@ def op(self, value):
 
     @property
     def name(self):
-        # type: () -> str
-        pass
+        # type: () -> Optional[str]
+        from sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.consts import SentrySpanAttribute
+
+        return self._otel_span.attributes.get(SentrySpanAttribute.NAME)
 
     @name.setter
     def name(self, value):
-        # type: (str) -> None
-        pass
+        # type: (Optional[str]) -> None
+        from sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.consts import SentrySpanAttribute
+
+        if value is not None:
+            self._otel_span.set_attribute(SentrySpanAttribute.NAME, value)
 
     @property
     def source(self):