diff --git a/ads/aqua/model/model.py b/ads/aqua/model/model.py
index 2b5d7108f..c848b2103 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/model/model.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/model/model.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ def create(
         compartment_id: Optional[str] = None,
         freeform_tags: Optional[Dict] = None,
         defined_tags: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        display_name: Optional[str] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> DataScienceModel:
         """
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ def create(
             Freeform tags for the model.
         defined_tags : Optional[Dict]
             Defined tags for the model.
+        display_name: ptional[str]
+            The display name of the custom model.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -204,6 +207,9 @@ def create(
             **(defined_tags or {}),
         }
 
+        if display_name:
+            service_model.display_name = display_name
+
         custom_model = (
             DataScienceModel()
             .with_compartment_id(target_compartment)
diff --git a/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py b/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py
index 3e93f38ee..c11425f17 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/deployment.py
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ def create(
             )
             aqua_model = model_app.create(
                 model_id=create_deployment_details.model_id,
+                display_name=create_deployment_details.model_name,
                 compartment_id=compartment_id,
                 project_id=project_id,
                 freeform_tags=freeform_tags,
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ def _create(
             cmd_var_string = aqua_model.custom_metadata_list.get(
                 AQUA_DEPLOYMENT_CONTAINER_CMD_VAR_METADATA_NAME
             ).value
+
             default_cmd_var = shlex.split(cmd_var_string)
             if default_cmd_var:
                 cmd_var = validate_cmd_var(default_cmd_var, cmd_var)
@@ -538,7 +540,6 @@ def _create(
                 )
 
         deployment_params = get_combined_params(config_params, user_params)
-
         params = f"{params} {deployment_params}".strip()
         if params:
             env_var.update({"PARAMS": params})
diff --git a/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/entities.py b/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/entities.py
index ebce26dc8..5b31f1611 100644
--- a/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/entities.py
+++ b/ads/aqua/modeldeployment/entities.py
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ class CreateModelDeploymentDetails(BaseModel):
         None, description="The description of the deployment."
     )
     model_id: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="The model OCID to deploy.")
+    model_name: Optional[str] = Field(
+        None, description="The model name specified by user to deploy."
+    )
     models: Optional[List[AquaMultiModelRef]] = Field(
         None, description="List of models for multimodel deployment."
     )