diff --git a/src/Http/Routing/src/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Http/Routing/src/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.cs
index 02addb8e468b..15281a28ccb3 100644
--- a/src/Http/Routing/src/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Http/Routing/src/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Patterns;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
 {
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ public static MinimalActionEndpointConventionBuilder MapMethods(
             }
 
             var builder = endpoints.Map(RoutePatternFactory.Parse(pattern), action);
-            builder.WithDisplayName($"{pattern} HTTP: {string.Join(", ", httpMethods)}");
+            // Prepends the HTTP method to the DisplayName produced with pattern + method name
+            builder.Add(b => b.DisplayName = $"HTTP: {string.Join(", ", httpMethods)} {b.DisplayName}");
             builder.WithMetadata(new HttpMethodMetadata(httpMethods));
             return builder;
         }
@@ -184,6 +187,19 @@ public static MinimalActionEndpointConventionBuilder Map(
             // Add MethodInfo as metadata to assist with OpenAPI generation for the endpoint.
             builder.Metadata.Add(action.Method);
 
+            // Methods defined in a top-level program are generated as statics so the delegate
+            // target will be null. Inline lambdas are compiler generated method so they can
+            // be filtered that way.
+            if (GeneratedNameParser.TryParseLocalFunctionName(action.Method.Name, out var endpointName)
+                || !TypeHelper.IsCompilerGeneratedMethod(action.Method))
+            {
+                endpointName ??= action.Method.Name;
+
+                builder.Metadata.Add(new EndpointNameMetadata(endpointName));
+                builder.Metadata.Add(new RouteNameMetadata(endpointName));
+                builder.DisplayName = $"{builder.DisplayName} => {endpointName}";
+            }
+
             // Add delegate attributes as metadata
             var attributes = action.Method.GetCustomAttributes();
 
diff --git a/src/Http/Routing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.csproj b/src/Http/Routing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.csproj
index 4c0c0a1a5443..e92de9551933 100644
--- a/src/Http/Routing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.csproj
+++ b/src/Http/Routing/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.RouteCollection</Description>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)PropertyHelper\*.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)RoslynUtils\TypeHelper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)RoslynUtils\GeneratedNameParser.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Http/Routing/test/UnitTests/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensionsTest.cs b/src/Http/Routing/test/UnitTests/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensionsTest.cs
index 4dd5bbaa4569..2d1edcbd7094 100644
--- a/src/Http/Routing/test/UnitTests/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/src/Http/Routing/test/UnitTests/Builder/MinimalActionEndpointRouteBuilderExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public void MapGet_BuildsEndpointWithCorrectMethod()
             Assert.Equal("GET", method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal("/ HTTP: GET", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: GET /", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal("/", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
         }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public async Task MapGetWithRouteParameter_BuildsEndpointWithRouteSpecificBindin
             Assert.Equal("GET", method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal("/{id} HTTP: GET", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: GET /{id}", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal("/{id}", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
 
             // Assert that we don't fallback to the query string
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public async Task MapGetWithoutRouteParameter_BuildsEndpointWithQuerySpecificBin
             Assert.Equal("GET", method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal("/ HTTP: GET", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: GET /", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal("/", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
 
             // Assert that we don't fallback to the route values
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public async Task MapVerbWithExplicitRouteParameterIsCaseInsensitive(Action<IEnd
             Assert.Equal(expectedMethod, method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal($"/{{ID}} HTTP: {expectedMethod}", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal($"HTTP: {expectedMethod} /{{ID}}", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal($"/{{ID}}", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
 
             var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public async Task MapVerbWithRouteParameterDoesNotFallbackToQuery(Action<IEndpoi
             Assert.Equal(expectedMethod, method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal($"/{{ID}} HTTP: {expectedMethod}", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal($"HTTP: {expectedMethod} /{{ID}}", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal($"/{{ID}}", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
 
             // Assert that we don't fallback to the query string
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public void MapPost_BuildsEndpointWithCorrectMethod()
             Assert.Equal("POST", method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal("/ HTTP: POST", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: POST /", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal("/", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
         }
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public void MapPut_BuildsEndpointWithCorrectMethod()
             Assert.Equal("PUT", method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal("/ HTTP: PUT", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: PUT /", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal("/", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
         }
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public void MapDelete_BuildsEndpointWithCorrectMethod()
             Assert.Equal("DELETE", method);
 
             var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
-            Assert.Equal("/ HTTP: DELETE", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: DELETE /", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
             Assert.Equal("/", routeEndpointBuilder.RoutePattern.RawText);
         }
 
@@ -359,6 +359,106 @@ public void MapFallbackWithoutPath_BuildsEndpointWithLowestRouteOrder()
             Assert.Equal(int.MaxValue, routeEndpointBuilder.Order);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        // This test scenario simulates methods defined in a top-level program
+        // which are compiler generated. We currently do some manually parsing leveraging
+        // code in Roslyn to support this scenario. More info at https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/55651.
+        public void MapMethod_DoesNotEndpointNameForInnerMethod()
+        {
+            var name = "InnerGetString";
+            var builder = new DefaultEndpointRouteBuilder(new ApplicationBuilder(new EmptyServiceProvdier()));
+            string InnerGetString() => "TestString";
+            _ = builder.MapDelete("/", InnerGetString);
+
+            var dataSource = GetBuilderEndpointDataSource(builder);
+            // Trigger Endpoint build by calling getter.
+            var endpoint = Assert.Single(dataSource.Endpoints);
+
+            var endpointName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IEndpointNameMetadata>();
+            var routeName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IRouteNameMetadata>();
+            var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
+            Assert.Equal(name, endpointName?.EndpointName);
+            Assert.Equal(name, routeName?.RouteName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: DELETE / => InnerGetString", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void MapMethod_DoesNotEndpointNameForInnerMethodWithTarget()
+        {
+            var name = "InnerGetString";
+            var builder = new DefaultEndpointRouteBuilder(new ApplicationBuilder(new EmptyServiceProvdier()));
+            var testString = "TestString";
+            string InnerGetString() => testString;
+            _ = builder.MapDelete("/", InnerGetString);
+
+            var dataSource = GetBuilderEndpointDataSource(builder);
+            // Trigger Endpoint build by calling getter.
+            var endpoint = Assert.Single(dataSource.Endpoints);
+
+            var endpointName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IEndpointNameMetadata>();
+            var routeName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IRouteNameMetadata>();
+            var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
+            Assert.Equal(name, endpointName?.EndpointName);
+            Assert.Equal(name, routeName?.RouteName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: DELETE / => InnerGetString", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+        }
+
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void MapMethod_SetsEndpointNameForMethodGroup()
+        {
+            var name = "GetString";
+            var builder = new DefaultEndpointRouteBuilder(new ApplicationBuilder(new EmptyServiceProvdier()));
+            _ = builder.MapDelete("/", GetString);
+
+            var dataSource = GetBuilderEndpointDataSource(builder);
+            // Trigger Endpoint build by calling getter.
+            var endpoint = Assert.Single(dataSource.Endpoints);
+
+            var endpointName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IEndpointNameMetadata>();
+            var routeName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IRouteNameMetadata>();
+            var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
+            Assert.Equal(name, endpointName?.EndpointName);
+            Assert.Equal(name, routeName?.RouteName);
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: DELETE / => GetString", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WithNameOverridesDefaultEndpointName()
+        {
+            var name = "SomeCustomName";
+            var builder = new DefaultEndpointRouteBuilder(new ApplicationBuilder(new EmptyServiceProvdier()));
+            _ = builder.MapDelete("/", GetString).WithName(name);
+
+            var dataSource = GetBuilderEndpointDataSource(builder);
+            // Trigger Endpoint build by calling getter.
+            var endpoint = Assert.Single(dataSource.Endpoints);
+
+            var endpointName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IEndpointNameMetadata>();
+            var routeName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IRouteNameMetadata>();
+            var routeEndpointBuilder = GetRouteEndpointBuilder(builder);
+            Assert.Equal(name, endpointName?.EndpointName);
+            Assert.Equal(name, routeName?.RouteName);
+            // Will still use the original method name, not the custom endpoint name
+            Assert.Equal("HTTP: DELETE / => GetString", routeEndpointBuilder.DisplayName);
+        }
+
+        private string GetString() => "TestString";
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void MapMethod_DoesNotSetEndpointNameForLambda()
+        {
+            var builder = new DefaultEndpointRouteBuilder(new ApplicationBuilder(new EmptyServiceProvdier()));
+            _ = builder.MapDelete("/", () => { });
+
+            var dataSource = GetBuilderEndpointDataSource(builder);
+            // Trigger Endpoint build by calling getter.
+            var endpoint = Assert.Single(dataSource.Endpoints);
+
+            var endpointName = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IEndpointNameMetadata>();
+            Assert.Null(endpointName);
+        }
+
         class FromRoute : Attribute, IFromRouteMetadata
         {
             public string? Name { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/EndpointMetadataApiDescriptionProvider.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/EndpointMetadataApiDescriptionProvider.cs
index 06084059080c..9bebda2d0709 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/EndpointMetadataApiDescriptionProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/EndpointMetadataApiDescriptionProvider.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ private ApiDescription CreateApiDescription(RouteEndpoint routeEndpoint, string
             // For now, put all methods defined the same declaring type together.
             string controllerName;
 
-            if (methodInfo.DeclaringType is not null && !IsCompilerGenerated(methodInfo.DeclaringType))
+            if (methodInfo.DeclaringType is not null && !TypeHelper.IsCompilerGeneratedType(methodInfo.DeclaringType))
             {
                 controllerName = methodInfo.DeclaringType.Name;
             }
@@ -364,11 +364,5 @@ private static void AddActionDescriptorEndpointMetadata(
                 actionDescriptor.EndpointMetadata = new List<object>(endpointMetadata);
             }
         }
-
-        // The CompilerGeneratedAttribute doesn't always get added so we also check if the type name starts with "<"
-        // For example, "<>c" is a "declaring" type the C# compiler will generate without the attribute for a top-level lambda
-        // REVIEW: Is there a better way to do this?
-        private static bool IsCompilerGenerated(Type type) =>
-            Attribute.IsDefined(type, typeof(CompilerGeneratedAttribute)) || type.Name.StartsWith('<');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj
index 4b86355d1087..a1170d9393e4 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ApiExplorer/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)TryParseMethodCache.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)RoslynUtils\TypeHelper.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Shared/RoslynUtils/GeneratedNameParser.cs b/src/Shared/RoslynUtils/GeneratedNameParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5976fa27b7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Shared/RoslynUtils/GeneratedNameParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+// This code is a stop-gap and exists to address the issues with extracting
+// original method names from generated local functions. See https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/55651
+// for more info.
+namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols
+{
+    internal static class GeneratedNameParser
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses generated local function name out of a generated method name.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool TryParseLocalFunctionName(string generatedName, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? originalName)
+        {
+            originalName = null;
+
+            var startIndex = generatedName.LastIndexOf(">g__", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            var endIndex = generatedName.LastIndexOf("|", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            if (startIndex >= 0 && endIndex >= 0 && endIndex - startIndex > 4)
+            {
+                originalName = generatedName.Substring(startIndex + 4, endIndex - startIndex - 4);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Shared/RoslynUtils/TypeHelper.cs b/src/Shared/RoslynUtils/TypeHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7e1f068d62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Shared/RoslynUtils/TypeHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
+{
+    internal static class TypeHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks to see if a given type is compiler generated.
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// The compiler will annotate either the target type or the declaring type
+        /// with the CompilerGenerated attribute. We walk up the declaring types until
+        /// we find a CompilerGenerated attribute or declare the type as not compiler
+        /// generated otherwise.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="type">The type to evaluate.</param>
+        /// <returns><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="type"/> is compiler generated.</returns>
+        internal static bool IsCompilerGeneratedType(Type? type = null)
+        {
+            if (type is not null)
+            {
+                return Attribute.IsDefined(type, typeof(CompilerGeneratedAttribute)) || IsCompilerGeneratedType(type.DeclaringType);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks to see if a given method is compiler generated.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="method">The method to evaluate.</param>
+        /// <returns><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="method"/> is compiler generated.</returns>
+        internal static bool IsCompilerGeneratedMethod(MethodInfo method)
+        {
+            return Attribute.IsDefined(method, typeof(CompilerGeneratedAttribute)) || IsCompilerGeneratedType(method.DeclaringType);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file