diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5f869d52..4baa93c9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,5 +157,13 @@ post_hooks:
    - "black ."
 ```
 
+### use_path_prefixes_for_title_model_names
+
+By default, `openapi-python-client` generates class names which include the full path to the schema, including any parent-types. This can result in very long class names like `MyRouteSomeClassAnotherClassResponse`—which is very unique and unlikely to cause conflicts with future API additions, but also super verbose.
+
+If you are carefully curating your `title` properties already to ensure no duplicate class names, you can turn off this prefixing feature by setting `use_path_prefixes_for_title_model_names` to `false` in your config file. This will use the `title` property of any object that has it set _without_ prefixing.
+
+If this option results in conflicts, you will need to manually override class names instead via the `class_overrides` option.
+
 [changelog.md]: CHANGELOG.md
 [poetry]: https://python-poetry.org/
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/config.py b/openapi_python_client/config.py
index ace95c6b1..d63d708db 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/config.py
+++ b/openapi_python_client/config.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Config(BaseModel):
     project_name_override: Optional[str]
     package_name_override: Optional[str]
     package_version_override: Optional[str]
+    use_path_prefixes_for_title_model_names: bool = True
     post_hooks: List[str] = [
         "autoflake -i -r --remove-all-unused-imports --remove-unused-variables --ignore-init-module-imports .",
         "isort .",
diff --git a/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py b/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py
index 18e4c4c43..38080cd40 100644
--- a/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py
+++ b/openapi_python_client/parser/properties/model_property.py
@@ -391,9 +391,14 @@ def build_model_property(
         roots: Set of strings that identify schema objects on which the new ModelProperty will depend
         process_properties: Determines whether the new ModelProperty will be initialized with property data
     """
-    class_string = data.title or name
-    if parent_name:
-        class_string = f"{utils.pascal_case(parent_name)}{utils.pascal_case(class_string)}"
+    if not config.use_path_prefixes_for_title_model_names and data.title:
+        class_string = data.title
+    else:
+        title = data.title or name
+        if parent_name:
+            class_string = f"{utils.pascal_case(parent_name)}{utils.pascal_case(title)}"
+        else:
+            class_string = title
     class_info = Class.from_string(string=class_string, config=config)
     model_roots = {*roots, class_info.name}
     required_properties: Optional[List[Property]] = None
diff --git a/tests/test_parser/test_properties/test_model_property.py b/tests/test_parser/test_properties/test_model_property.py
index 7f8a92270..8e82145bb 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser/test_properties/test_model_property.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser/test_properties/test_model_property.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from typing import Optional
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
@@ -201,6 +202,46 @@ def test_model_name_conflict(self):
         assert new_schemas == schemas
         assert err == PropertyError(detail='Attempted to generate duplicate models with name "OtherModel"', data=data)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "name, title, parent_name, use_title_prefixing, expected",
+        ids=(
+            "basic name only",
+            "title override",
+            "name with parent",
+            "name with parent and title prefixing disabled",
+            "title with parent",
+            "title with parent and title prefixing disabled",
+        ),
+        argvalues=(
+            ("prop", None, None, True, "Prop"),
+            ("prop", "MyModel", None, True, "MyModel"),
+            ("prop", None, "parent", True, "ParentProp"),
+            ("prop", None, "parent", False, "ParentProp"),
+            ("prop", "MyModel", "parent", True, "ParentMyModel"),
+            ("prop", "MyModel", "parent", False, "MyModel"),
+        ),
+    )
+    def test_model_naming(
+        self, name: str, title: Optional[str], parent_name: Optional[str], use_title_prefixing: bool, expected: str
+    ):
+        from openapi_python_client.parser.properties import Schemas, build_model_property
+
+        data = oai.Schema(
+            title=title,
+            properties={},
+        )
+        result = build_model_property(
+            data=data,
+            name=name,
+            schemas=Schemas(),
+            required=True,
+            parent_name=parent_name,
+            config=Config(use_path_prefixes_for_title_model_names=use_title_prefixing),
+            roots={"root"},
+            process_properties=True,
+        )[0]
+        assert result.class_info.name == expected
+
     def test_model_bad_properties(self):
         from openapi_python_client.parser.properties import Schemas, build_model_property