diff --git a/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-index b/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-index
index c8f062565..5e7b034ca 100755
--- a/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-index
+++ b/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-index
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ A = {
     # introducesDeclarationLinkHash is the method — two hops, where TypeScript has boundFunctionLinkHash in one
     boundNames=dict(file='all-javascript-variables.csv', name='name', only=lambda r: r.get('initializerKind') == 'FUNCTION',
                     via=dict(key='initializerExpressionLinkHash', file='all-javascript-expressions.csv', id='jsExpressionUniqueHash', method='introducesDeclarationLinkHash')),
+    # `exports.getUser = function …`, `obj.x = () => …`, `{ all: page => … }`: the function is named for the property it
+    # is the value of, the way the language's own name inference does it, and is owned by the object's variable
+    memberNames=dict(file='all-javascript-expressions.csv', id='jsExpressionUniqueHash', method='introducesDeclarationLinkHash',
+                     vars='all-javascript-variables.csv'),
     skipped='skipped-javascript-files.csv'),
  'csharp': dict(
     modules=dict(file='all-csharp-modules.csv', id='csModuleUniqueHash', filePath='filePath'),
@@ -254,6 +258,49 @@ if A['boundNames']:
     else:
         for r in rows(b['file']):
             if r.get(b['method']): bound.setdefault(r[b['method']], r[b['name']])
+# a function that is the value of a property takes the property's name: `recv.key = function …` (an ASSIGNMENT whose
+# target is a non-computed property access) and `{ key: () => … }` (an OBJECT_LITERAL's PROPERTY_VALUE, keyed by the
+# PROPERTY_KEY sibling at the same childIndex). The owner is the receiver as written (`helpers`, `Foo` for
+# `Foo.prototype`), none for `exports` / `module.exports` / `this`; for a literal, the variable it initialises or the
+# key chain of the literal it is nested in. A named function expression keeps its own name: only placeholders move.
+bound_owner = {}
+if A.get('memberNames'):
+    mn = A['memberNames']; ex = {}; kids = collections.defaultdict(list)
+    for r in rows(mn['file']):
+        ex[r[mn['id']]] = r; kids[r.get('parentExpressionLinkHash', '')].append(r)
+    lit_var = {r['initializerExpressionLinkHash']: r['name'] for r in rows(mn['vars']) if r.get('initializerExpressionLinkHash') and r.get('name')}
+    DOTTED = re.compile(r'^[A-Za-z_$][\w$]*(\.[A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)*$')
+    def key_of(parent, role, idx):
+        for k in kids.get(parent, ()):
+            if k.get('edgeRole') == role and (idx is None or k.get('childIndex') == idx):
+                return k
+    def literal_owner(lit, depth=0):
+        if lit.get(mn['id']) in lit_var: return lit_var[lit[mn['id']]]
+        p = ex.get(lit.get('parentExpressionLinkHash', ''))
+        if depth > 8 or not p or lit.get('edgeRole') != 'PROPERTY_VALUE' or p.get('expressionKind') != 'OBJECT_LITERAL': return None
+        k = key_of(p[mn['id']], 'PROPERTY_KEY', lit.get('childIndex'))
+        if not k or k.get('isComputedName') == 'true' or not k.get('name'): return None
+        o = literal_owner(p, depth + 1)
+        return f"{o}.{k['name']}" if o else k['name']
+    for r in ex.values():
+        m_ = r.get(mn['method'])
+        if not m_ or m_ in bound or r.get('expressionKind') != 'FUNCTION_EXPRESSION': continue
+        p = ex.get(r.get('parentExpressionLinkHash', ''))
+        if not p: continue
+        role = r.get('edgeRole'); name = owner = None
+        if role == 'ASSIGNMENT_VALUE' and p.get('expressionKind') == 'ASSIGNMENT' and p.get('operatorString') == '=':
+            t = key_of(p[mn['id']], 'ASSIGNMENT_TARGET', None)
+            if t and t.get('expressionKind') == 'PROPERTY_ACCESS' and t.get('isComputedName') != 'true' and t.get('name'):
+                name = t['name']; recv = (t.get('text') or '')[:-(len(name) + 1)]
+                if recv.endswith('.prototype'): recv = recv[:-len('.prototype')]
+                if DOTTED.match(recv) and recv not in ('exports', 'module.exports', 'this', 'module'): owner = recv
+        elif role == 'PROPERTY_VALUE' and p.get('expressionKind') == 'OBJECT_LITERAL':
+            k = key_of(p[mn['id']], 'PROPERTY_KEY', r.get('childIndex'))
+            if k and k.get('isComputedName') != 'true' and k.get('name'):
+                name = k['name']; owner = literal_owner(p)
+        if name:
+            bound[m_] = name
+            if owner: bound_owner[m_] = owner
 # Java: a method declared in an enum CONSTANT's body (`Initial { boolean process(...) {…} }`) is registered per constant with the
 # same qualified_name and the enum as owner — 23 `HtmlTreeBuilderState.process` rows in the JVM parser. The constant's span names it.
 econst = collections.defaultdict(list)
@@ -270,7 +317,7 @@ bound_at = set()                                     # (file, line, name) of a v
 for m in c.execute("SELECT id, name, qualified_name, signature, kind, owner_type_id, owner_qualified_name, file_path, start_line, end_line FROM methods WHERE provenance='client'"):
     name = m['name'] or ''
     if name.startswith('<') and m['id'] in bound: name = bound[m['id']]; bound_at.add((rel(m['file_path']), m['start_line'], name))
-    od = tdisplay(m['owner_type_id']) if m['owner_type_id'] else None
+    od = tdisplay(m['owner_type_id']) if m['owner_type_id'] else bound_owner.get(m['id'])
     if m['kind'] == 'ENUM_CONSTANT_METHOD' and od:
         k_ = enum_constant_of(rel(m['file_path']), m['start_line'] or 0)
         if k_: od = f"{od}.{k_}"
diff --git a/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/api.js b/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4045f7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// exports.x = function / arrow: CommonJS controller shape
+exports.getUser = function (req, res) {
+  return lookup(req.id);
+};
+exports.postUser = (req, res) => {
+  return lookup(req.body.id);
+};
+module.exports.slugify = function (s) {
+  return s.toLowerCase();
+};
+
+function lookup(id) {
+  return id;
+}
+
+// an object literal key bound to an arrow or a function expression
+const Articles = {
+  all: page => request('/articles', page),
+  get: function (slug) {
+    return request('/articles/' + slug);
+  },
+  // CONTROL: method shorthand already keeps its name
+  del(slug) {
+    return request('/articles/' + slug, 'DELETE');
+  },
+};
+
+// obj.x = function
+const helpers = {};
+helpers.titleCase = function (s) {
+  return s.toUpperCase();
+};
+
+// CONTROL: a named function expression keeps its OWN name, not the key's
+exports.alias = function realName(s) {
+  return s;
+};
+
+// CONTROL: an arrow passed as an argument has no name to take
+[1, 2].map(n => lookup(n));
+
+function request(url, arg) {
+  return url + arg;
+}
+
+module.exports.Articles = Articles;
diff --git a/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/case.json b/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/case.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d7046ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/case.json
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+ "lang": "javascript",
+ "src": ".",
+ "checks": [
+  {
+   "why": "a function assigned to exports.x is named x: `impact getUser` answered `type getUser (not declared here)` because the function was `<function-expression>`",
+   "run": ["impact", "getUser"],
+   "want": ["change: getUser   [method]", "[resolved] run   use.js:4"],
+   "avoid": ["not declared here", "<function-expression>"]
+  },
+  {
+   "why": "an arrow assigned to exports.x, and a function to module.exports.x, are named for the property too",
+   "run": ["impact", "postUser", "slugify"],
+   "want": ["change: postUser   [method]", "change: slugify   [method]", "calls it (2 sites)   [for postUser, slugify]"],
+   "avoid": ["not declared here", "<arrow>"]
+  },
+  {
+   "why": "an arrow that is the value of an object-literal key is named for the key and owned by the variable the literal initialises",
+   "run": ["impact", "Articles.all"],
+   "want": ["change: Articles.all   [method]", "[resolved] run   use.js:7"],
+   "avoid": ["nothing named"]
+  },
+  {
+   "why": "the bare key finds it as well, and a function expression under a key is named the same way",
+   "run": ["impact", "Articles.get"],
+   "want": ["change: Articles.get   [method]", "[resolved] run   use.js:8"],
+   "avoid": ["nothing named"]
+  },
+  {
+   "why": "obj.x = function is named x and owned by obj",
+   "run": ["impact", "titleCase"],
+   "want": ["change: helpers.titleCase   [method]"],
+   "avoid": ["not declared here"]
+  },
+  {
+   "why": "CONTROL: a named function expression keeps its own name, not the property's",
+   "run": ["impact", "realName"],
+   "want": ["change: realName   [method]"],
+   "avoid": ["alias"]
+  },
+  {
+   "why": "CONTROL: an arrow passed as an argument has no property to take a name from and stays a placeholder; method shorthand keeps its name",
+   "run": ["impact", "api.js:40", "del"],
+   "want": ["<arrow>", "del"],
+   "avoid": ["Articles.del", "map"]
+  }
+ ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/use.js b/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/use.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39ea8c2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/javascript/member-assigned-function-names/use.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const api = require('./api');
+
+function run(req, res) {
+  api.getUser(req, res);
+  api.postUser(req, res);
+  api.slugify('A B');
+  api.Articles.all(1);
+  api.Articles.get('x');
+  api.Articles.del('x');
+}
+
+module.exports = { run };