diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookmanager.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookmanager.py
index bc8ec4a84..c20da0114 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookmanager.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class NotebookManager(LoggingConfigurable):
             except:
                 raise web.HTTPError(500, u'Unreadable JSON notebook.')
         # Always use the filename as the notebook name.
-        nb.metadata.name = os.path.split(path)[-1].split(u'.')[0]
+        nb.metadata.name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
         return last_modified, nb
 
     def save_new_notebook(self, data, name=None, format=u'json'):