diff --git a/aiter/ops/triton/_triton_kernels/gemm_a16w16.py b/aiter/ops/triton/_triton_kernels/gemm_a16w16.py
index 33281106eb..3561a9985f 100644
--- a/aiter/ops/triton/_triton_kernels/gemm_a16w16.py
+++ b/aiter/ops/triton/_triton_kernels/gemm_a16w16.py
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@
 from ..utils._triton.pid_preprocessing import pid_grid, remap_xcd
 from ..utils._triton import arch_info
 from ..utils.core import AITER_TRITON_CONFIGS_PATH
+from ..utils._triton.kernel_repr import make_kernel_repr
+
+
+_gemm_a16w16_repr = make_kernel_repr(
+    "_gemm_a16_w16_kernel",
+    [
+        "BLOCK_SIZE_M",
+        "BLOCK_SIZE_N",
+        "BLOCK_SIZE_K",
+        "GROUP_SIZE_M",
+        "NUM_KSPLIT",
+        "SPLITK_BLOCK_SIZE",
+        "EVEN_K",
+        "GRID_MN",
+        "cache_modifier",
+        "activation",
+        "use_activation",
+        "ADD_BIAS",
+        "SKIP_REDUCE",
+    ],
+)
 
 
 @triton.heuristics(
@@ -16,7 +37,7 @@
         * triton.cdiv(args["N"], args["BLOCK_SIZE_N"]),
     }
 )
-@triton.jit
+@triton.jit(repr=_gemm_a16w16_repr)
 def _gemm_a16_w16_kernel(
     a_ptr,
     b_ptr,
diff --git a/aiter/ops/triton/utils/_triton/kernel_repr.py b/aiter/ops/triton/utils/_triton/kernel_repr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71f66eec93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aiter/ops/triton/utils/_triton/kernel_repr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+def _sanitize_constexpr_value(value):
+    if value is None:
+        return "NONE"
+    if isinstance(value, bool):
+        return str(int(value))
+    if isinstance(value, int):
+        return str(value)
+    if isinstance(value, float):
+        if value.is_integer():
+            return str(int(value))
+        return str(value)
+
+    # for lists, tuples, sets - recursively join each
+    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple, set)):
+        items = sorted(value, key=str) if isinstance(value, set) else value
+        sanitized_items = [_sanitize_constexpr_value(item) for item in items]
+        joined = "_".join(sanitized_items)
+        return joined if joined else "NONE"
+
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        cleaned_value = "".join(ch if ch.isalnum() else "_" for ch in value).strip("_")
+        return cleaned_value.upper() if cleaned_value else "NONE"
+
+    cleaned_value = "".join(ch if ch.isalnum() else "_" for ch in str(value)).strip("_")
+    return cleaned_value.upper() if cleaned_value else "NONE"
+
+
+def make_kernel_repr(base_name, config_keys):
+    def _repr(specialization):
+        constants = specialization.constants
+        name_parts = []
+
+        for key in config_keys:
+            value = constants.get(key, None)
+            symbol = _sanitize_constexpr_value(value)
+            name_parts.append(f"{key}_{symbol}")
+
+        if not name_parts:
+            return base_name
+
+        suffix = "_".join(name_parts)
+        return f"{base_name}_{suffix}"
+
+    return _repr