diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 7a2d981a3..4e3fbc4de 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -179,10 +179,11 @@ class SimpleRouter(BaseRouter):
                 initkwargs = route.initkwargs.copy()
                 initkwargs.update(method_kwargs)
                 url_path = initkwargs.pop("url_path", None) or methodname
+                url_name = initkwargs.pop("url_name", None) or url_path
                 ret.append(Route(
                     url=replace_methodname(route.url, url_path),
                     mapping={httpmethod: methodname for httpmethod in httpmethods},
-                    name=replace_methodname(route.name, url_path),
+                    name=replace_methodname(route.name, url_name),
                     initkwargs=initkwargs,
                 ))