diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-taxonomy.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-taxonomy.php
index 4611ce9744..3a69b76551 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-taxonomy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-taxonomy.php
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ final class WP_Taxonomy {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$args['name'] = $this->name;
+
 		foreach ( $args as $property_name => $property_value ) {
 			$this->$property_name = $property_value;
 		}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php
index ca317bb395..9a4e8b2a0f 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/taxonomy.php
@@ -710,4 +710,15 @@ class Tests_Taxonomy extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse( taxonomy_exists( 'foo' ) );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 39308
+	 */
+	public function test_taxonomy_name_property_should_not_get_overridden_by_passed_args() {
+		register_taxonomy( 'foo', 'post', array( 'name' => 'bar' ) );
+
+		$taxonomy = get_taxonomy( 'foo' );
+		unregister_taxonomy( 'foo' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'foo', $taxonomy->name );
+	}
 }