# use sys._getframe() -- it returns a frame object, whose attribute # f_code is a code object, whose attribute co_name is the name: import sys this_function_name = sys._getframe().f_code.co_name # the frame and code objects also offer other useful information: this_line_number = sys._getframe().f_lineno this_filename = sys._getframe().f_code.co_filename # also, by calling sys._getframe(1), you can get this information # for the *caller* of the current function. So you can package # this functionality up into your own handy functions: def whoami(): import sys return sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name me = whoami() # this uses argument 1, because the call to whoami is now frame 0. # and similarly: def callersname(): import sys return sys._getframe(2).f_code.co_name him = callersname()