diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 27ea0ea..a81f7b6 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use org\example\{Base, Inject, Fixture};
 $type= Reflection::type(Fixture::class);
 
 $type->name();                // org.example.Fixture
+$type->declaredName();        // Fixture
 $type->literal();             // Fixture::class
 $type->modifiers();           // Modifiers<public>
 $type->comment();             // (api doc comment)
diff --git a/src/main/php/lang/reflection/Type.class.php b/src/main/php/lang/reflection/Type.class.php
index 60f97af..876fd55 100755
--- a/src/main/php/lang/reflection/Type.class.php
+++ b/src/main/php/lang/reflection/Type.class.php
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ public function __construct($reflect) {
   /** Returns type name (in dotted form) */
   public function name(): string { return strtr($this->reflect->name, '\\', '.'); }
 
+  /** Returns declared name (without namespace) */
+  public function declaredName(): string { return $this->reflect->getShortName(); }
+
   /** Returns type literal (in namespaced form) */
   public function literal(): string { return $this->reflect->name; }
 
diff --git a/src/test/php/lang/reflection/unittest/TypeTest.class.php b/src/test/php/lang/reflection/unittest/TypeTest.class.php
index ee25e8b..896ba69 100755
--- a/src/test/php/lang/reflection/unittest/TypeTest.class.php
+++ b/src/test/php/lang/reflection/unittest/TypeTest.class.php
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ public function package() {
     Assert::equals(new Package(__NAMESPACE__), $this->fixture->package());
   }
 
+  #[Test]
+  public function declaredName() {
+    $qualified= nameof($this).'Fixture';
+    Assert::equals(substr($qualified, strrpos($qualified, '.') + 1), $this->fixture->declaredName());
+  }
+
   #[Test]
   public function global_namespace() {
     Assert::null(Reflection::of(\Throwable::class)->package());