diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/__init__.py b/python/cudf/cudf/__init__.py
index d7da42a1708..99b759e2166 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/__init__.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     ListDtype,
     StructDtype,
 )
-from cudf.core.groupby import Grouper
+from cudf.core.groupby import Grouper, NamedAgg
 from cudf.core.index import (
     BaseIndex,
     CategoricalIndex,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/__init__.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/__init__.py
index 4375ed3e3da..621edb316cf 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2020-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
-from cudf.core.groupby.groupby import GroupBy, Grouper
+from cudf.core.groupby.groupby import GroupBy, Grouper, NamedAgg
 
 __all__ = [
     "GroupBy",
     "Grouper",
+    "NamedAgg",
 ]
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
index 4f283d41b17..6424c8af877 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
@@ -76,6 +76,34 @@ def _is_row_of(chunk, obj):
     )
 
 
+NamedAgg = pd.NamedAgg
+
+
+NamedAgg.__doc__ = """
+Helper for column specific aggregation with control over output column names.
+
+Subclass of typing.NamedTuple.
+
+Parameters
+----------
+column : Hashable
+    Column label in the DataFrame to apply aggfunc.
+aggfunc : function or str
+    Function to apply to the provided column.
+
+Examples
+--------
+>>> df = cudf.DataFrame({"key": [1, 1, 2], "a": [-1, 0, 1], 1: [10, 11, 12]})
+>>> agg_a = cudf.NamedAgg(column="a", aggfunc="min")
+>>> agg_1 = cudf.NamedAgg(column=1, aggfunc=lambda x: x.mean())
+>>> df.groupby("key").agg(result_a=agg_a, result_1=agg_1)
+        result_a  result_1
+key
+1          -1      10.5
+2           1      12.0
+"""
+
+
 groupby_doc_template = textwrap.dedent(
     """Group using a mapper or by a Series of columns.
 
@@ -1296,9 +1324,21 @@ def _normalize_aggs(
                 columns = values._columns
                 aggs_per_column = (aggs,) * len(columns)
         elif not aggs and kwargs:
-            column_names, aggs_per_column = kwargs.keys(), kwargs.values()
-            columns = tuple(self.obj._data[x[0]] for x in kwargs.values())
-            aggs_per_column = tuple(x[1] for x in kwargs.values())
+            column_names = kwargs.keys()
+
+            def _raise_invalid_type(x):
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"Invalid keyword argument {x} of type {type(x)} was passed to agg"
+                )
+
+            columns, aggs_per_column = zip(
+                *(
+                    (self.obj._data[x[0]], x[1])
+                    if isinstance(x, tuple)
+                    else _raise_invalid_type(x)
+                    for x in kwargs.values()
+                )
+            )
         else:
             raise TypeError("Must provide at least one aggregation function.")
 
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/groupby/test_agg.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/groupby/test_agg.py
index 99e7523031b..dc20a27177a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/groupby/test_agg.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/groupby/test_agg.py
@@ -56,3 +56,19 @@ def test_dataframe_agg(attr, func):
     )
 
     assert_eq(agg, pd_agg)
+
+    agg = getattr(df.groupby("a"), attr)(
+        foo=cudf.NamedAgg(column="b", aggfunc=func),
+        bar=cudf.NamedAgg(column="a", aggfunc=func),
+    )
+    pd_agg = getattr(pdf.groupby(["a"]), attr)(
+        foo=("b", func), bar=("a", func)
+    )
+
+    assert_eq(agg, pd_agg)
+
+
+def test_dataframe_agg_with_invalid_kwarg():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="Invalid keyword argument"):
+        df = cudf.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 1, 2], "b": [0, 0, 0, 0]})
+        df.groupby("a").agg(foo=set())