diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index b0f9d165195..763d904a4c8 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ George Kussumoto
 Georgy Dyuldin
 Graham Horler
 Greg Price
+Gregory Lee
 Grig Gheorghiu
 Grigorii Eremeev (budulianin)
 Guido Wesdorp
diff --git a/changelog/6152.improvement.rst b/changelog/6152.improvement.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e5f4d52aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/6152.improvement.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Now parametrization will use the ``__name__`` attribute of any object for the id, if present. Previously it would only use ``__name__`` for functions and classes.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/python.py b/src/_pytest/python.py
index d7fb3d78e17..c1654b1c93c 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python.py
@@ -1162,7 +1162,8 @@ def _idval(val, argname, idx, idfn, item, config):
         return ascii_escaped(val.pattern)
     elif isinstance(val, enum.Enum):
         return str(val)
-    elif (inspect.isclass(val) or inspect.isfunction(val)) and hasattr(val, "__name__"):
+    elif hasattr(val, "__name__") and isinstance(val.__name__, str):
+        # name of a class, function, module, etc.
         return val.__name__
     return str(argname) + str(idx)
 
diff --git a/testing/test_mark.py b/testing/test_mark.py
index 071775aefba..ba759980400 100644
--- a/testing/test_mark.py
+++ b/testing/test_mark.py
@@ -314,6 +314,21 @@ def test_func(arg):
     assert list(passed) == list(passed_result)
 
 
+def test_parametrize_with_module(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile(
+        """
+        import pytest
+        @pytest.mark.parametrize("arg", [pytest,])
+        def test_func(arg):
+            pass
+    """
+    )
+    rec = testdir.inline_run()
+    passed, skipped, fail = rec.listoutcomes()
+    expected_id = "test_func[" + pytest.__name__ + "]"
+    assert passed[0].nodeid.split("::")[-1] == expected_id
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "spec",
     [