diff --git a/IMPLEMENTATION.md b/IMPLEMENTATION.md
index 15c5624..f82009e 100644
--- a/IMPLEMENTATION.md
+++ b/IMPLEMENTATION.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Each type lives in `src/FrameProcessor/Domain/`. Tests in `tests/FrameProcessor.
 - ASP.NET route value binding (e.g., `IParsable<MacAddress>`).
 - **Tests:** `MacAddressTests` covering round-trip from all four input forms, equality on bytes, rejection of bad input.
 
-### [ ] 1.2 `FrameName`
+### [x] 1.2 `FrameName`
 - `record struct` wrapping a validated string.
 - Constructor / `TryParse` enforces RFC 3986 unreserved (`A-Z a-z 0-9 - . _ ~`), non-empty.
 - JSON converter + `IParsable`.
diff --git a/src/FrameProcessor/Domain/FrameName.cs b/src/FrameProcessor/Domain/FrameName.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef3a883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FrameProcessor/Domain/FrameName.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace FrameProcessor.Domain;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// URL-friendly identifier for a frame. Valid characters are the RFC 3986
+/// "unreserved" set: <c>A-Z a-z 0-9 - . _ ~</c>. Must be non-empty.
+/// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(FrameNameJsonConverter))]
+public readonly record struct FrameName : IParsable<FrameName>, ISpanParsable<FrameName>
+{
+    private readonly string? _value;
+
+    private FrameName(string value)
+    {
+        _value = value;
+    }
+
+    public string Value => _value ?? string.Empty;
+
+    public override string ToString() => Value;
+
+    public static bool TryParse(string? s, out FrameName result)
+    {
+        if (s is null)
+        {
+            result = default;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return TryParseCore(s.AsSpan(), s, out result);
+    }
+
+    public static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, out FrameName result)
+        => TryParseCore(s, null, out result);
+
+    private static bool TryParseCore(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, string? original, out FrameName result)
+    {
+        result = default;
+        if (s.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var c in s)
+        {
+            if (!IsUnreserved(c))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        result = new FrameName(original ?? new string(s));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static FrameName Parse(string s)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(s);
+        return TryParse(s, out var result)
+            ? result
+            : throw new FormatException(
+                $"'{s}' is not a valid frame name. Allowed characters: A-Z a-z 0-9 - . _ ~ (non-empty).");
+    }
+
+    public static FrameName Parse(string s, IFormatProvider? provider) => Parse(s);
+
+    public static bool TryParse(string? s, IFormatProvider? provider, out FrameName result)
+        => TryParse(s, out result);
+
+    public static FrameName Parse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider? provider)
+        => TryParse(s, out var result)
+            ? result
+            : throw new FormatException(
+                $"'{new string(s)}' is not a valid frame name. Allowed characters: A-Z a-z 0-9 - . _ ~ (non-empty).");
+
+    public static bool TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<char> s, IFormatProvider? provider, out FrameName result)
+        => TryParse(s, out result);
+
+    private static bool IsUnreserved(char c)
+        => (uint)(c - 'A') <= 25
+            || (uint)(c - 'a') <= 25
+            || (uint)(c - '0') <= 9
+            || c is '-' or '.' or '_' or '~';
+}
+
+internal sealed class FrameNameJsonConverter : JsonConverter<FrameName>
+{
+    public override FrameName Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        var s = reader.GetString();
+        if (!FrameName.TryParse(s, out var name))
+        {
+            throw new JsonException(
+                $"'{s}' is not a valid frame name. Allowed characters: A-Z a-z 0-9 - . _ ~ (non-empty).");
+        }
+
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, FrameName value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        => writer.WriteStringValue(value.Value);
+}
diff --git a/tests/FrameProcessor.Tests/FrameNameTests.cs b/tests/FrameProcessor.Tests/FrameNameTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b054e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FrameProcessor.Tests/FrameNameTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using FrameProcessor.Domain;
+
+namespace FrameProcessor.Tests;
+
+public class FrameNameTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("living-room")]
+    [InlineData("kitchen")]
+    [InlineData("Bedroom_2")]
+    [InlineData("frame.1")]
+    [InlineData("a~b")]
+    [InlineData("ABC")]
+    [InlineData("0")]
+    [InlineData("A-Za-z0-9-._~")]
+    public void TryParse_AcceptsUrlSafeNames(string input)
+    {
+        Assert.True(FrameName.TryParse(input, out var name));
+        Assert.Equal(input, name.Value);
+        Assert.Equal(input, name.ToString());
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData(" ")]
+    [InlineData("living room")]            // space
+    [InlineData("living/room")]            // reserved
+    [InlineData("living?room")]            // reserved
+    [InlineData("living#room")]            // reserved
+    [InlineData("living%20room")]          // percent
+    [InlineData("café")]                   // non-ASCII
+    [InlineData("\tname")]                 // whitespace
+    [InlineData("name\n")]                 // newline
+    public void TryParse_RejectsInvalidNames(string input)
+    {
+        Assert.False(FrameName.TryParse(input, out _));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryParse_Null_ReturnsFalse()
+    {
+        Assert.False(FrameName.TryParse((string?)null, out _));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_Throws_OnBadInput()
+    {
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<FormatException>(() => FrameName.Parse("bad name"));
+        Assert.Contains("bad name", ex.Message);
+        Assert.Contains("A-Z", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Equality_IsValueWise()
+    {
+        Assert.True(FrameName.TryParse("living-room", out var a));
+        Assert.True(FrameName.TryParse("living-room", out var b));
+        Assert.True(FrameName.TryParse("kitchen", out var c));
+
+        Assert.Equal(a, b);
+        Assert.Equal(a.GetHashCode(), b.GetHashCode());
+        Assert.NotEqual(a, c);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void JsonRoundTrip_PreservesValue()
+    {
+        var json = "\"living-room\"";
+        var name = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<FrameName>(json);
+        var written = JsonSerializer.Serialize(name);
+
+        Assert.Equal("living-room", name.Value);
+        Assert.Equal(json, written);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void JsonDeserialize_BadInput_Throws()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<JsonException>(() => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<FrameName>("\"bad name\""));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IParsable_Hookup_Works()
+    {
+        var name = FrameName.Parse("living-room", provider: null);
+        Assert.Equal("living-room", name.Value);
+
+        Assert.True(FrameName.TryParse("living-room", provider: null, out var name2));
+        Assert.Equal(name, name2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_HasEmptyValue()
+    {
+        FrameName name = default;
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, name.Value);
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, name.ToString());
+    }
+}