diff --git a/lib/bulk_imports/projects/graphql/get_project_query.rb b/lib/bulk_imports/projects/graphql/get_project_query.rb
index a2d7094d570b3f490885e9f859ef9fcd7f97b80f..a2cba2fcfc0fda055befed7027086a1cafee3162 100644
--- a/lib/bulk_imports/projects/graphql/get_project_query.rb
+++ b/lib/bulk_imports/projects/graphql/get_project_query.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ def to_s
           query($full_path: ID!) {
             project(fullPath: $full_path) {
               id
+              name
               visibility
               created_at: createdAt
             }
diff --git a/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer.rb b/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer.rb
index d36b0af88291e3ffcf7bb648a38a7aadb2e288bf..72b32ad5b3b90009d32314eb0e308e030c2f4bd2 100644
--- a/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer.rb
+++ b/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def transform(context, data)
           namespace = Namespace.find_by_full_path(entity.destination_namespace)
           path = normalize_path(entity.destination_slug)
 
-          project[:name] = uniquify(namespace, entity.destination_slug, :name)
+          project[:name] = uniquify(namespace, data['name'], :name)
           project[:path] = uniquify(namespace, path, :path)
           project[:created_at] = data['created_at']
           project[:import_type] = PROJECT_IMPORT_TYPE
diff --git a/spec/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer_spec.rb
index d64a0114f7b424894a6cffa547e86d33fff01b94..40ad4ee8be52f98fdeecda98d5ab0b919504b10c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/bulk_imports/projects/transformers/project_attributes_transformer_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 RSpec.describe BulkImports::Projects::Transformers::ProjectAttributesTransformer, feature_category: :importers do
   describe '#transform' do
     let_it_be(:user) { create(:user) }
-    let_it_be(:project) { create(:project, name: 'My Source Project') }
     let_it_be(:bulk_import) { create(:bulk_import, user: user) }
 
     let(:entity) do
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
     let(:context) { BulkImports::Pipeline::Context.new(tracker) }
     let(:data) do
       {
+        'name' => 'My Project',
         'visibility' => 'private',
         'created_at' => '2016-11-18T09:29:42.634Z'
       }
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 
     subject(:transformed_data) { described_class.new.transform(context, data) }
 
-    it 'transforms name to destination slug' do
-      expect(transformed_data[:name]).to eq(entity.destination_slug)
+    it 'uniquifies project name' do
+      create(:project, group: destination_group, name: 'My Project')
+      expect(transformed_data[:name]).to eq('My Project_1')
     end
 
     it 'adds path as normalized name' do
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@
       end
 
       it 'makes the name unique by appending a counter' do
+        data = {
+          'visibility' => 'private',
+          'created_at' => '2016-11-18T09:29:42.634Z',
+          'name' => 'Destination-Project-Name'
+        }
+
         transformed_data = described_class.new.transform(context, data)
         expect(transformed_data['name']).to eq('Destination-Project-Name_2')
       end