diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
index dd4924676f3..3e4b8192888 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
@@ -1201,7 +1201,9 @@ def _grouped(self, *, include_groups: bool = True):
         offsets, grouped_key_cols, grouped_value_cols = self._groupby.groups(
             [*self.obj._index._columns, *self.obj._columns]
         )
-        grouped_keys = cudf.core.index._index_from_columns(grouped_key_cols)
+        grouped_keys = cudf.core.index._index_from_data(
+            dict(enumerate(grouped_key_cols))
+        )
         if isinstance(self.grouping.keys, cudf.MultiIndex):
             grouped_keys.names = self.grouping.keys.names
             to_drop = self.grouping.keys.names
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
index bbe496333cd..6f08b1d83b3 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
@@ -149,13 +149,6 @@ def _index_from_data(data: MutableMapping, name: Any = no_default):
     return index_class_type._from_data(data, name)
 
 
-def _index_from_columns(
-    columns: List[cudf.core.column.ColumnBase], name: Any = no_default
-):
-    """Construct an index from ``columns``, with levels named 0, 1, 2..."""
-    return _index_from_data(dict(zip(range(len(columns)), columns)), name=name)
-
-
 class RangeIndex(BaseIndex, BinaryOperand):
     """
     Immutable Index implementing a monotonic integer range.
@@ -988,8 +981,7 @@ class Index(SingleColumnFrame, BaseIndex, metaclass=IndexMeta):
 
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
     def __init__(self, data, **kwargs):
-        kwargs = _setdefault_name(data, **kwargs)
-        name = kwargs.get("name")
+        name = _getdefault_name(data, name=kwargs.get("name"))
         super().__init__({name: data})
 
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
@@ -1397,8 +1389,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
     def __getitem__(self, index):
         res = self._get_elements_from_column(index)
         if isinstance(res, ColumnBase):
-            res = as_index(res)
-            res.name = self.name
+            res = as_index(res, name=self.name)
         return res
 
     @property  # type: ignore
@@ -1713,7 +1704,7 @@ def __init__(
         if dtype.kind != "M":
             raise TypeError("dtype must be a datetime type")
 
-        name = _setdefault_name(data, name=name)["name"]
+        name = _getdefault_name(data, name=name)
         data = column.as_column(data)
 
         # TODO: Remove this if statement and fix tests now that
@@ -2432,7 +2423,7 @@ def __init__(
         if dtype.kind != "m":
             raise TypeError("dtype must be a timedelta type")
 
-        name = _setdefault_name(data, name=name)["name"]
+        name = _getdefault_name(data, name=name)
         data = column.as_column(data, dtype=dtype)
 
         if copy:
@@ -2601,7 +2592,7 @@ def __init__(
                 )
         if copy:
             data = column.as_column(data, dtype=dtype).copy(deep=True)
-        kwargs = _setdefault_name(data, name=name)
+        name = _getdefault_name(data, name=name)
         if isinstance(data, CategoricalColumn):
             data = data
         elif isinstance(data, pd.Series) and (
@@ -2635,7 +2626,7 @@ def __init__(
             data = data.as_ordered(ordered=True)
         elif ordered is False and data.ordered is True:
             data = data.as_ordered(ordered=False)
-        super().__init__(data, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(data, name=name)
 
     @property  # type: ignore
     @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
@@ -2821,7 +2812,7 @@ def __init__(
         copy: bool = False,
         name=None,
     ):
-        name = _setdefault_name(data, name=name)["name"]
+        name = _getdefault_name(data, name=name)
 
         if dtype is not None:
             dtype = cudf.dtype(dtype)
@@ -3053,10 +3044,10 @@ def as_index(
     return idx
 
 
-def _setdefault_name(values, **kwargs):
-    if kwargs.get("name") is None:
-        kwargs["name"] = getattr(values, "name", None)
-    return kwargs
+def _getdefault_name(values, name):
+    if name is None:
+        return getattr(values, "name", None)
+    return name
 
 
 @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py
index c412b7a7e47..48e80d8162f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/indexed_frame.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 from cudf.core.dtypes import ListDtype
 from cudf.core.frame import Frame
 from cudf.core.groupby.groupby import GroupBy
-from cudf.core.index import Index, RangeIndex, _index_from_columns
+from cudf.core.index import Index, RangeIndex, _index_from_data
 from cudf.core.missing import NA
 from cudf.core.multiindex import MultiIndex
 from cudf.core.resample import _Resampler
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ def _from_columns_like_self(
         if index_names is not None:
             n_index_columns = len(index_names)
             data_columns = columns[n_index_columns:]
-            index = _index_from_columns(columns[:n_index_columns])
+            index = _index_from_data(
+                dict(enumerate(columns[:n_index_columns]))
+            )
             if isinstance(index, cudf.MultiIndex):
                 index.names = index_names
             else:
@@ -4348,8 +4350,8 @@ def _reset_index(self, level, drop, col_level=0, col_fill=""):
             index_names,
         ) = self._index._split_columns_by_levels(level)
         if index_columns:
-            index = _index_from_columns(
-                index_columns,
+            index = _index_from_data(
+                dict(enumerate(index_columns)),
                 name=self._index.name,
             )
             if isinstance(index, MultiIndex):