diff --git a/PHPCSUtils/BackCompat/BCFile.php b/PHPCSUtils/BackCompat/BCFile.php
index b5280633..fdbc2eb3 100644
--- a/PHPCSUtils/BackCompat/BCFile.php
+++ b/PHPCSUtils/BackCompat/BCFile.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ final class BCFile
      *
      * Changelog for the PHPCS native function:
      * - Introduced in PHPCS 0.0.5.
-     * - The upstream method has received no significant updates since PHPCS 3.10.1.
+     * - PHPCS 3.12.0: hardening to handle unfinished closure better.
      *
      * @see \PHP_CodeSniffer\Files\File::getDeclarationName() Original source.
      * @see \PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations::getName()   PHPCSUtils native improved version.
@@ -98,7 +98,47 @@ final class BCFile
      */
     public static function getDeclarationName(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
     {
-        return $phpcsFile->getDeclarationName($stackPtr);
+        $tokens = $phpcsFile->getTokens();
+
+        $tokenCode = $tokens[$stackPtr]['code'];
+
+        if ($tokenCode === T_ANON_CLASS || $tokenCode === T_CLOSURE) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ($tokenCode !== T_FUNCTION
+            && $tokenCode !== T_CLASS
+            && $tokenCode !== T_INTERFACE
+            && $tokenCode !== T_TRAIT
+            && $tokenCode !== T_ENUM
+        ) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Token type "' . $tokens[$stackPtr]['type'] . '" is not T_FUNCTION, T_CLASS, T_INTERFACE, T_TRAIT or T_ENUM');
+        }
+
+        if ($tokenCode === T_FUNCTION
+            && strtolower($tokens[$stackPtr]['content']) !== 'function'
+        ) {
+            // This is a function declared without the "function" keyword.
+            // So this token is the function name.
+            return $tokens[$stackPtr]['content'];
+        }
+
+        $stopPoint = $phpcsFile->numTokens;
+        if ($tokenCode === T_FUNCTION && isset($tokens[$stackPtr]['parenthesis_opener']) === true) {
+            $stopPoint = $tokens[$stackPtr]['parenthesis_opener'];
+        } elseif (isset($tokens[$stackPtr]['scope_opener']) === true) {
+            $stopPoint = $tokens[$stackPtr]['scope_opener'];
+        }
+
+        $content = null;
+        for ($i = $stackPtr; $i < $stopPoint; $i++) {
+            if ($tokens[$i]['code'] === T_STRING) {
+                $content = $tokens[$i]['content'];
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $content;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.inc b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..451d4dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+/* testLiveCoding */
+// Intentional parse error. This must be the only test in the file.
+function // Comment.
diff --git a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.php b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3ce3392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * PHPCSUtils, utility functions and classes for PHP_CodeSniffer sniff developers.
+ *
+ * @package   PHPCSUtils
+ * @copyright 2019-2020 PHPCSUtils Contributors
+ * @license   https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0 LGPL3
+ * @link      https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHPCSUtils
+ */
+
+namespace PHPCSUtils\Tests\BackCompat\BCFile;
+
+use PHPCSUtils\BackCompat\BCFile;
+use PHPCSUtils\Tests\PolyfilledTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the \PHPCSUtils\BackCompat\BCFile::getDeclarationName() method.
+ *
+ * @covers \PHPCSUtils\BackCompat\BCFile::getDeclarationName
+ *
+ * @group objectdeclarations
+ *
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+class GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test extends PolyfilledTestCase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Test receiving "null" in case of a parse error.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataGetDeclarationNameNull
+     *
+     * @param string     $testMarker The comment which prefaces the target token in the test file.
+     * @param int|string $targetType Token type of the token to get as stackPtr.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetDeclarationNameNull($testMarker, $targetType)
+    {
+        $target = $this->getTargetToken($testMarker, $targetType);
+        $result = BCFile::getDeclarationName(self::$phpcsFile, $target);
+        $this->assertNull($result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider.
+     *
+     * @see testGetDeclarationNameNull() For the array format.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, array<string, int|string>>
+     */
+    public static function dataGetDeclarationNameNull()
+    {
+        return [
+            'unfinished function/live coding' => [
+                'testMarker' => '/* testLiveCoding */',
+                'targetType' => \T_FUNCTION,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.inc b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9a61cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+
+/* testLiveCoding */
+// Intentional parse error/live coding. This must be the only test in the file.
+// Safeguarding that the utility method does not confuse the `string` type with a function name.
+$closure = function (string $param) use ($var
diff --git a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.php b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b95eff30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * PHPCSUtils, utility functions and classes for PHP_CodeSniffer sniff developers.
+ *
+ * @package   PHPCSUtils
+ * @copyright 2019-2020 PHPCSUtils Contributors
+ * @license   https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0 LGPL3
+ * @link      https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHPCSUtils
+ */
+
+namespace PHPCSUtils\Tests\BackCompat\BCFile;
+
+use PHPCSUtils\BackCompat\BCFile;
+use PHPCSUtils\Tests\PolyfilledTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the \PHPCSUtils\BackCompat\BCFile::getDeclarationName() method.
+ *
+ * @covers \PHPCSUtils\BackCompat\BCFile::getDeclarationName
+ *
+ * @group objectdeclarations
+ *
+ * @since 1.1.0
+ */
+class GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test extends PolyfilledTestCase
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Test receiving "null" in case of a parse error.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataGetDeclarationNameNull
+     *
+     * @param string     $testMarker The comment which prefaces the target token in the test file.
+     * @param int|string $targetType Token type of the token to get as stackPtr.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetDeclarationNameNull($testMarker, $targetType)
+    {
+        $target = $this->getTargetToken($testMarker, $targetType);
+        $result = BCFile::getDeclarationName(self::$phpcsFile, $target);
+        $this->assertNull($result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider.
+     *
+     * @see testGetDeclarationNameNull() For the array format.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, array<string, int|string>>
+     */
+    public static function dataGetDeclarationNameNull()
+    {
+        return [
+            'unfinished closure/live coding' => [
+                'testMarker' => '/* testLiveCoding */',
+                'targetType' => \T_FUNCTION,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.inc b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.inc
index 14902245..a7a53c9a 100644
--- a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.inc
+++ b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.inc
@@ -96,7 +96,3 @@ function &self() {}
 
 /* testFunctionReturnByRefWithReservedKeywordStatic */
 function &static() {}
-
-/* testLiveCoding */
-// Intentional parse error. This has to be the last test in the file.
-function // Comment.
diff --git a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.php b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.php
index a94bcbec..3dcc0140 100644
--- a/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.php
+++ b/Tests/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameTest.php
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ public static function dataGetDeclarationNameNull()
                 'testMarker' => '/* testAnonClassExtendsWithoutParens */',
                 'targetType' => \T_ANON_CLASS,
             ],
-            'live-coding' => [
-                'testMarker' => '/* testLiveCoding */',
-                'targetType' => \T_FUNCTION,
-            ],
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Utils/ObjectDeclarations/GetNameParseError1Test.php b/Tests/Utils/ObjectDeclarations/GetNameParseError1Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7e7a69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Utils/ObjectDeclarations/GetNameParseError1Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * PHPCSUtils, utility functions and classes for PHP_CodeSniffer sniff developers.
+ *
+ * @package   PHPCSUtils
+ * @copyright 2019-2020 PHPCSUtils Contributors
+ * @license   https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0 LGPL3
+ * @link      https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHPCSUtils
+ */
+
+namespace PHPCSUtils\Tests\Utils\ObjectDeclarations;
+
+use PHPCSUtils\Tests\BackCompat\BCFile\GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test as BCFile_GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test;
+use PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the \PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations::getName() method.
+ *
+ * @covers \PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations::getName
+ *
+ * @group objectdeclarations
+ *
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+final class GetNameParseError1Test extends BCFile_GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Full path to the test case file associated with this test class.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected static $caseFile = '';
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize PHPCS & tokenize the test case file.
+     *
+     * Overloaded to re-use the `$caseFile` from the BCFile test.
+     *
+     * @beforeClass
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function setUpTestFile()
+    {
+        self::$caseFile = \dirname(\dirname(__DIR__)) . '/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError1Test.inc';
+        parent::setUpTestFile();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test receiving "null" in case of a parse error.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataGetDeclarationNameNull
+     *
+     * @param string     $testMarker The comment which prefaces the target token in the test file.
+     * @param int|string $targetType Token type of the token to get as stackPtr.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetDeclarationNameNull($testMarker, $targetType)
+    {
+        $target = $this->getTargetToken($testMarker, $targetType);
+        $result = ObjectDeclarations::getName(self::$phpcsFile, $target);
+        $this->assertNull($result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Utils/ObjectDeclarations/GetNameParseError2Test.php b/Tests/Utils/ObjectDeclarations/GetNameParseError2Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3f53606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Utils/ObjectDeclarations/GetNameParseError2Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * PHPCSUtils, utility functions and classes for PHP_CodeSniffer sniff developers.
+ *
+ * @package   PHPCSUtils
+ * @copyright 2019-2020 PHPCSUtils Contributors
+ * @license   https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0 LGPL3
+ * @link      https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHPCSUtils
+ */
+
+namespace PHPCSUtils\Tests\Utils\ObjectDeclarations;
+
+use PHPCSUtils\Tests\BackCompat\BCFile\GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test as BCFile_GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test;
+use PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the \PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations::getName() method.
+ *
+ * @covers \PHPCSUtils\Utils\ObjectDeclarations::getName
+ *
+ * @group objectdeclarations
+ *
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+final class GetNameParseError2Test extends BCFile_GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Full path to the test case file associated with this test class.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected static $caseFile = '';
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize PHPCS & tokenize the test case file.
+     *
+     * Overloaded to re-use the `$caseFile` from the BCFile test.
+     *
+     * @beforeClass
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function setUpTestFile()
+    {
+        self::$caseFile = \dirname(\dirname(__DIR__)) . '/BackCompat/BCFile/GetDeclarationNameParseError2Test.inc';
+        parent::setUpTestFile();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test receiving "null" in case of a parse error.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataGetDeclarationNameNull
+     *
+     * @param string     $testMarker The comment which prefaces the target token in the test file.
+     * @param int|string $targetType Token type of the token to get as stackPtr.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetDeclarationNameNull($testMarker, $targetType)
+    {
+        $target = $this->getTargetToken($testMarker, $targetType);
+        $result = ObjectDeclarations::getName(self::$phpcsFile, $target);
+        $this->assertNull($result);
+    }
+}