diff --git a/bindings/pyroot/pythonizations/python/ROOT/_pythonization/_rfile.py b/bindings/pyroot/pythonizations/python/ROOT/_pythonization/_rfile.py
index a36bcbe51b669..34336b4c87737 100644
--- a/bindings/pyroot/pythonizations/python/ROOT/_pythonization/_rfile.py
+++ b/bindings/pyroot/pythonizations/python/ROOT/_pythonization/_rfile.py
@@ -127,10 +127,24 @@ class _RFile_Put:
     def __init__(self, rfile):
         self._rfile = rfile
 
-    def __call__(self, name, obj, title = ""):
+    def __call__(self, path, obj = None, title = ""):
         """
         Non-templated Put()
         """
+        import ROOT
+
+        if isinstance(path, ROOT.TNamed):
+            # TNamed-specific overload: arguments are actually Put(namedObj, dirPath).
+            path, obj = obj, path
+            fullPath = ""
+            if isinstance(path, str):
+                fullPath = f"{path}/"
+            elif path is not None:
+                raise TypeError(f"Put(TNamed, dirPath) only accepts a string as the dirPath, not a {type(path)}")
+            fullPath += obj.GetName()
+            path = fullPath
+            title = obj.GetTitle()
+
         objType = type(obj)
         if isinstance(obj, str):
             # special case: automatically convert python str to std::string
@@ -139,7 +153,7 @@ def __call__(self, name, obj, title = ""):
             raise TypeError(f"type {objType} is not supported by ROOT I/O")
         else:
             className = objType.__cpp_name__
-        self._rfile.Put[className](name, obj, title)
+        self._rfile.Put[className](path, obj, title)
 
     def __getitem__(self, template_arg):
         """
diff --git a/io/io/inc/ROOT/RFile.hxx b/io/io/inc/ROOT/RFile.hxx
index 09bbb74fdc450..c3d7fe8637270 100644
--- a/io/io/inc/ROOT/RFile.hxx
+++ b/io/io/inc/ROOT/RFile.hxx
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ class RFile final {
    /// Flags used in PutInternal()
    enum EPutFlags {
       /// When encountering an object at the specified path, overwrite it with the new one instead of erroring out.
-      kPutFlag_AllowOverwrite = 0x1,
+      kPutFlag_AllowOverwrite = BIT(0),
       /// When overwriting an object, preserve the existing one and create a new cycle, rather than removing it.
-      kPutFlag_OverwriteKeepCycle = 0x2,
+      kPutFlag_OverwriteKeepCycle = BIT(1),
    };
 
    std::unique_ptr<TFile> fFile;
@@ -277,9 +277,8 @@ class RFile final {
    void PutUntyped(std::string_view path, const std::type_info &type, const void *obj, std::uint32_t flags,
                    std::string_view title);
 
-   /// \see Put
    template <typename T>
-   void PutInternal(std::string_view path, const T &obj, std::uint32_t flags, std::string_view title = "")
+   void PutInternal(std::string_view path, const T &obj, std::uint32_t flags, std::string_view title)
    {
       PutUntyped(path, typeid(T), &obj, flags, title);
    }
@@ -361,7 +360,8 @@ public:
       return std::unique_ptr<T>(static_cast<T *>(obj));
    }
 
-   /// Puts object `obj` into the file, optionally giving it a title.
+   /// Puts object `obj` into the file and gives it a title.
+   /// The application retains ownership of the object.
    /// The object will be effectively copied into the file, so any further modifications won't be seen by the object
    /// inside the file.
    /// Note that the object is not necessarily written to storage until the RFile is closed or `Flush()` is called.
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ public:
       PutInternal(path, obj, /* flags = */ 0, title);
    }
 
+   /// Puts object `namedObj` in the file under the path `dirPath/namedObj.GetName()`, giving it a title equal to
+   /// `namedObj.GetTitle()`.
+   /// If `dirPath` is empty (default), the object is put at the top level of the file.
+   void Put(const class TNamed &namedObj, std::string_view dirPath = "");
+
    /// Puts an object into the file, overwriting any previously-existing object at that path.
    /// See Put for more details.
    ///
diff --git a/io/io/inc/TDirectoryFile.h b/io/io/inc/TDirectoryFile.h
index dd0ff02a7f767..af1f578927723 100644
--- a/io/io/inc/TDirectoryFile.h
+++ b/io/io/inc/TDirectoryFile.h
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ class TDirectoryFile : public TDirectory {
            Int_t       WriteTObject(const TObject *obj, const char *name=nullptr, Option_t *option="", Int_t bufsize=0) override;
            Int_t       WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const char *classname, const char *name, Option_t *option="", Int_t bufsize=0) override;
            Int_t       WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const TClass *cl, const char *name, Option_t *option="", Int_t bufsize=0) override;
-           Int_t       WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const char *title, const TClass *cl, const char *name, Option_t *option="", Int_t bufsize=0);
+           Int_t WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const TClass *cl, std::pair<const char *, const char *> nameAndTitle,
+                                Option_t *option = "", Int_t bufsize = 0);
            void        WriteDirHeader() override;
            void        WriteKeys() override;
 
diff --git a/io/io/src/RFile.cxx b/io/io/src/RFile.cxx
index d7ad9217dbfa7..15e6d786732a3 100644
--- a/io/io/src/RFile.cxx
+++ b/io/io/src/RFile.cxx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <TError.h>
 #include <TFile.h>
 #include <TIterator.h>
+#include <TNamed.h>
 #include <TKey.h>
 #include <TList.h>
 #include <TROOT.h>
@@ -328,6 +329,12 @@ void *RFile::GetUntyped(std::string_view path,
    return obj;
 }
 
+void RFile::Put(const TNamed &namedObj, std::string_view dirPath)
+{
+   std::string completePath = (dirPath.empty() ? "" : std::string(dirPath) + '/') + namedObj.GetName();
+   Put(completePath, namedObj, namedObj.GetTitle());
+}
+
 void RFile::PutUntyped(std::string_view pathSV, const std::type_info &type, const void *obj, std::uint32_t flags,
                        std::string_view title)
 {
@@ -396,7 +403,7 @@ void RFile::PutUntyped(std::string_view pathSV, const std::type_info &type, cons
    const char *objName = tokens[tokens.size() - 1].c_str();
    assert(dynamic_cast<TDirectoryFile *>(dir));
    int success =
-      static_cast<TDirectoryFile *>(dir)->WriteObjectAny(obj, std::string(title).c_str(), cls, objName, writeOpts);
+      static_cast<TDirectoryFile *>(dir)->WriteObjectAny(obj, cls, {objName, std::string(title).c_str()}, writeOpts);
 
    if (!success) {
       throw ROOT::RException(R__FAIL(std::string("Failed to write ") + path + " to file"));
diff --git a/io/io/src/TDirectoryFile.cxx b/io/io/src/TDirectoryFile.cxx
index 9072e9efad3b1..3667e269f785d 100644
--- a/io/io/src/TDirectoryFile.cxx
+++ b/io/io/src/TDirectoryFile.cxx
@@ -2011,8 +2011,12 @@ Int_t TDirectoryFile::WriteTObject(const TObject *obj, const char *name, Option_
    return nbytes;
 }
 
-Int_t TDirectoryFile::WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const char *title, const TClass *cl, const char *name, Option_t *option, Int_t bufsize)
+Int_t TDirectoryFile::WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const TClass *cl,
+                                     std::pair<const char *, const char *> nameAndTitle, Option_t *option,
+                                     Int_t bufsize)
 {
+   const auto [name, title] = nameAndTitle;
+
    TDirectory::TContext ctxt(this);
 
    if (!fFile) return 0;
@@ -2159,7 +2163,7 @@ Int_t TDirectoryFile::WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const char *classname, con
 
 Int_t TDirectoryFile::WriteObjectAny(const void *obj, const TClass *cl, const char *name, Option_t *option, Int_t bufsize)
 {
-   return WriteObjectAny(obj, /*title=*/ "", cl, name, option, bufsize);
+   return WriteObjectAny(obj, cl, {name, ""}, option, bufsize);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/io/io/test/rfile.cxx b/io/io/test/rfile.cxx
index e6af75e586a6a..410b25b40fa9b 100644
--- a/io/io/test/rfile.cxx
+++ b/io/io/test/rfile.cxx
@@ -906,3 +906,28 @@ TEST(RFile, Compression)
       EXPECT_EQ(file->GetCompressionSettings(), 0);
    }
 }
+
+TEST(RFile, PutTNamed)
+{
+   FileRaii fileGuard("test_rfile_put_tnamed.root");
+
+   {
+      TNamed named1("named1", "title 1"), named2("named2", "title 2");
+      auto file = RFile::Recreate(fileGuard.GetPath());
+      file->Put(named1);
+      // Put named2 under a dir
+      file->Put(named2, "my");
+   }
+
+   {
+      auto file = RFile::Open(fileGuard.GetPath());
+      auto named1 = file->Get<TNamed>("named1");
+      auto named2 = file->Get<TNamed>("my/named2");
+      EXPECT_STREQ(named1->GetTitle(), "title 1");
+      EXPECT_STREQ(named2->GetTitle(), "title 2");
+      auto key1 = file->GetKeyInfo("named1").value();
+      auto key2 = file->GetKeyInfo("my/named2").value();
+      EXPECT_EQ(key1.GetTitle(), "title 1");
+      EXPECT_EQ(key2.GetTitle(), "title 2");
+   }
+}
diff --git a/io/io/test/rfile.py b/io/io/test/rfile.py
index 778ab0170841f..bd02bfce5b2ab 100644
--- a/io/io/test/rfile.py
+++ b/io/io/test/rfile.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def test_getTree(self):
 
         fileName = "test_rfile_gettree_py.root"
         try:
-            with ROOT.TFile.Open(fileName, "RECREATE") as file:
+            with ROOT.TFile.Open(fileName, "RECREATE") as _file:
                 tree = ROOT.TTree("tree", "tree")
                 x = array("i", [0])
                 tree.Branch("myColumn", x, "myColumn/I")
@@ -175,6 +175,32 @@ def test_getTree(self):
         finally:
             os.remove(fileName)
 
+    def test_putTNamed(self):
+        named1 = ROOT.TNamed("named1", "title 1")
+        named2 = ROOT.TNamed("named2", "title 2")
+
+        fileName = "test_rfile_tnamed_py.root"
+        try:
+            with ROOT.RFile.Recreate(fileName) as file:
+                file.Put(named1)
+                # Put named2 under a dir
+                file.Put(named2, "my")
+                # If first argument is a TNamed, second argument must be a string (or None)
+                with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                    file.Put(named2, [2, 3])
+
+            with ROOT.RFile.Open(fileName) as file:
+                named1 = file.Get("named1")
+                named2 = file.Get("my/named2")
+                self.assertEqual(named1.GetTitle(), "title 1")
+                self.assertEqual(named2.GetTitle(), "title 2")
+                key1 = file.GetKeyInfo("named1")
+                key2 = file.GetKeyInfo("my/named2")
+                self.assertEqual(key1.GetTitle(), "title 1")
+                self.assertEqual(key2.GetTitle(), "title 2")
+        finally:
+            os.remove(fileName)
+
 
     def test_overwrite(self):
         """Objects can be overwritten through the Overwrite method"""