diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 709b3e9..27e168d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: gpindex
 Title: Generalized Price and Quantity Indexes
-Version: 0.6.1.9001
+Version: 0.6.1.9002
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Steve", "Martin", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
     email = "marberts@protonmail.com",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1eba944..cabe717 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Version 0.6.2
+
+- `splice_index()` now keeps names.
+
 ## Version 0.6.1
 
 - Updated maintainer email.
diff --git a/R/splice.R b/R/splice.R
index cf0fd9a..5275c58 100644
--- a/R/splice.R
+++ b/R/splice.R
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ splice_index <- function(x, periods = NULL, initial = NULL, published = FALSE) {
   }
   
   y <- lapply(x, \(z) rev(cumprod(rev(z)))[periods])
-  res <- numeric(offset + length(x))
-  res[seq_along(initial)] <- initial
+  # Use recursive = TRUE to keep names.
+  res <- c(initial, lapply(x, \(x) x[length(x)]), recursive = TRUE)
   
   iw <- seq.int(to = offset - 1L, length.out = n)[periods]
   if (published) {
diff --git a/tests/Examples/gpindex-Ex.Rout.save b/tests/Examples/gpindex-Ex.Rout.save
index 5a31498..b532116 100644
--- a/tests/Examples/gpindex-Ex.Rout.save
+++ b/tests/Examples/gpindex-Ex.Rout.save
@@ -501,12 +501,14 @@ Warning in back_period(period) :
 > # Use a movement splice to combine the indexes in each window
 > 
 > splice_index(tg, 2)
-[1] 1.391443 1.801142 2.230521 2.689833
+       2        3        4        5
+1.391443 1.801142 2.230521 2.689833
 > 
 > # ... or use a mean splice
 > 
 > splice_index(tg)
-[1] 1.391443 1.801142 2.228836 2.687826
+       2        3        4        5
+1.391443 1.801142 2.228836 2.687826
 > 
 > #---- Missing data ----
 > 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-geks.R b/tests/testthat/test-geks.R
index 8966278..9cca847 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-geks.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-geks.R
@@ -177,27 +177,36 @@ test_that("geks works with different splices", {
     splice_index(
       with(dat, tornqvist_geks(price, quantity, period, product, window = 7))
     ),
-    c(1.06202143784605, 1.1203648908828, 1.17858384039388, 1.23760852899173,
-      1.29782138422918, 1.35944797067126, 1.4190362067647, 1.48010601630221,
-      1.5422495225642, 1.60541380403309, 1.66962623911985, 1.73494499443271)
+    setNames(
+      c(1.06202143784605, 1.1203648908828, 1.17858384039388, 1.23760852899173,
+        1.29782138422918, 1.35944797067126, 1.4190362067647, 1.48010601630221,
+        1.5422495225642, 1.60541380403309, 1.66962623911985, 1.73494499443271),
+      2:13
+    )
   )
   expect_equal(
     splice_index(
       with(dat, fisher_geks(price, quantity, period, product, window = 3)),
       periods = 1
     ),
-    c(1.05490954999787, 1.11049864213464, 1.16678403299157, 1.22378841881023, 
-      1.28153702754999, 1.34005894105164, 1.3993875342448, 1.45956101762071,
-      1.52062310501187, 1.58262383588933, 1.64562059096184, 1.70967935288461)
+    setNames(
+      c(1.05490954999787, 1.11049864213464, 1.16678403299157, 1.22378841881023, 
+        1.28153702754999, 1.34005894105164, 1.3993875342448, 1.45956101762071,
+        1.52062310501187, 1.58262383588933, 1.64562059096184, 1.70967935288461),
+      2:13
+    )
   )
   expect_equal(
     splice_index(
       with(dat, jevons_geks(price, quantity, period, product, window = 6)),
       periods = 3
     ),
-    c(1.18338442313092, 1.32033674805411, 1.43711591151299, 1.54248452241533,
-      1.64048980305452, 1.73334427991861, 1.82239254133738, 1.90851390842145,
-      1.99231538702512, 2.07423380909548, 2.15459410924166, 2.23364458259815)
+    setNames(
+      c(1.18338442313092, 1.32033674805411, 1.43711591151299, 1.54248452241533,
+        1.64048980305452, 1.73334427991861, 1.82239254133738, 1.90851390842145,
+        1.99231538702512, 2.07423380909548, 2.15459410924166, 2.23364458259815),
+      2:13
+    )
   )
 })
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-splice.R b/tests/testthat/test-splice.R
index dc9af7b..2375871 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-splice.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-splice.R
@@ -97,3 +97,8 @@ test_that("splicing is the same as chaining", {
   expect_equal(splice_index(x, initial = 1:3), cumprod(c(1:3, 1:5)))
   expect_equal(splice_index(x, published = TRUE), cumprod(1:5))
 })
+
+test_that("splicing keeps names", {
+  x <- list(1:3, c(a = 1, b = 2, c = 3), z = c(1:2, c = 3))
+  expect_identical(names(splice_index(x)), c("", "", "", "c", "z.c"))
+})