---
title: entityName
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsobjectcontroller/entityname
---

# entityName

The entity name used by the receiver to create new objects.

## Declaration

```swift
var entityName: String? { get set }
```

## See Also

### Core Data support

- [fetch(_:)](appkit/nsobjectcontroller/fetch(_:).md)
- [usesLazyFetching](appkit/nsobjectcontroller/useslazyfetching.md)
- [defaultFetchRequest()](appkit/nsobjectcontroller/defaultfetchrequest().md)
- [fetchPredicate](appkit/nsobjectcontroller/fetchpredicate.md)
- [managedObjectContext](appkit/nsobjectcontroller/managedobjectcontext.md)
- [fetch(with:merge:)](appkit/nsobjectcontroller/fetch(with:merge:).md)