diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53e248b6d..cbd5be92d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -109,3 +109,5 @@ venv.bak/
 resources/taggers/
 regression_train/
 /doc_build/
+
+scripts/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flair/embeddings/token.py b/flair/embeddings/token.py
index 76173bac8..7cfbd73b9 100644
--- a/flair/embeddings/token.py
+++ b/flair/embeddings/token.py
@@ -454,13 +454,14 @@ def __init__(
         path_to_char_dict: Optional[Union[str, Dictionary]] = None,
         char_embedding_dim: int = 25,
         hidden_size_char: int = 25,
+        name: str = "Char",
     ) -> None:
         """Instantiates a bidirectional lstm layer toi encode words by their character representation.
 
         Uses the default character dictionary if none provided.
         """
         super().__init__()
-        self.name = "Char"
+        self.name = name
         self.static_embeddings = False
         self.instance_parameters = self.get_instance_parameters(locals=locals())
 
@@ -556,6 +557,7 @@ def to_params(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             "path_to_char_dict": self.char_dictionary,
             "char_embedding_dim": self.char_embedding_dim,
             "hidden_size_char": self.hidden_size_char,
+            "name": self.name,
         }