diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0b9984c9..20a94149 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # tidytable 0.11.1 (in development)
 
+#### Functionality improvements
+* `pmap()` now preserves names (#809)
+
 #### Bug fixes
 * Attempting to rename columns using `group_by()` now leads to an error (#799)
 * `pmap()` family works with data frame inputs (#803)
diff --git a/R/purrr-pmap.R b/R/purrr-pmap.R
index 2e068ca1..00298f45 100644
--- a/R/purrr-pmap.R
+++ b/R/purrr-pmap.R
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@
 pmap <- function(.l, .f, ...) {
   .f <- as_function(.f)
   args <- .args_recycle(.l)
-  do.call("mapply", c(
+  out <- do.call("mapply", c(
     FUN = list(quote(.f)),
     args, MoreArgs = quote(list(...)),
     SIMPLIFY = FALSE, USE.NAMES = FALSE
   ))
+  if (obj_is_list(args)) {
+    if (is_named(args[[1]])) {
+      names(out) <- names(args[[1]])
+    }
+  }
+  out
 }
 
 #' @export
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-purrr.R b/tests/testthat/test-purrr.R
index 66f1ab09..f70da530 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-purrr.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-purrr.R
@@ -63,8 +63,15 @@ test_that("pmap works", {
   expect_equal(.vec, c(2, 4, 6))
   # Works on data.frame inputs, #803
   df <- tidytable(a = 1:3, b = 4:6)
-  out <- pmap(df, ~ .x + .y)
-  expect_equal(out, list(5, 7, 9))
+  res <- pmap(df, ~ .x + .y)
+  expect_equal(res, list(5, 7, 9))
+  # Preserves names, #809
+  l <- list(
+    vals1 = list(a = 1, b = 2),
+    vals2 = list(c = 3, d = 4)
+  )
+  res <- pmap(l, ~ .x + .y)
+  expect_equal(names(res), c("a", "b"))
 })