diff --git a/c_glib/test/helper/buildable.rb b/c_glib/test/helper/buildable.rb
index f3ae709512e..a9c514c2747 100644
--- a/c_glib/test/helper/buildable.rb
+++ b/c_glib/test/helper/buildable.rb
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ def build_string_array(values)
       build_array(Arrow::StringArrayBuilder.new, values)
     end
 
-    def build_list_array(value_data_type, values_list)
-      value_field = Arrow::Field.new("value", value_data_type)
+    def build_list_array(value_data_type, values_list, field_name: "value")
+      value_field = Arrow::Field.new(field_name, value_data_type)
       data_type = Arrow::ListDataType.new(value_field)
       builder = Arrow::ListArrayBuilder.new(data_type)
       values_list.each do |values|
diff --git a/c_glib/test/test-list-array.rb b/c_glib/test/test-list-array.rb
index abbd00452f3..eea16ccbbb3 100644
--- a/c_glib/test/test-list-array.rb
+++ b/c_glib/test/test-list-array.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class TestListArray < Test::Unit::TestCase
   include Helper::Buildable
 
   def test_new
-    field = Arrow::Field.new("item", Arrow::Int8DataType.new)
+    field = Arrow::Field.new("value", Arrow::Int8DataType.new)
     data_type = Arrow::ListDataType.new(field)
     value_offsets = Arrow::Buffer.new([0, 2, 5, 5].pack("l*"))
     data = Arrow::Buffer.new([1, 2, 3, 4, 5].pack("c*"))
diff --git a/c_glib/test/test-orc-file-reader.rb b/c_glib/test/test-orc-file-reader.rb
index 544112ccbc5..8b4f08ff364 100644
--- a/c_glib/test/test-orc-file-reader.rb
+++ b/c_glib/test/test-orc-file-reader.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def item_data_type
   end
 
   def build_items_array(items_array)
-    build_list_array(item_data_type, items_array)
+    build_list_array(item_data_type, items_array, field_name: "item")
   end
 
   def items_data_type
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def key_value_data_type
   end
 
   def build_key_value_array(key_value_array)
-    build_list_array(key_value_data_type, key_value_array)
+    build_list_array(key_value_data_type, key_value_array, field_name: "item")
   end
 
   def middle_array
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/array-list-test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/array-list-test.cc
index e61667495a6..cb848962baf 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/array-list-test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/array-list-test.cc
@@ -296,4 +296,21 @@ TEST_F(TestListArray, TestZeroLength) {
   ASSERT_OK(ValidateArray(*result_));
 }
 
+TEST_F(TestListArray, TestBuilderPreserveFieleName) {
+  auto list_type_with_name = list(field("counts", int32()));
+
+  std::unique_ptr<ArrayBuilder> tmp;
+  ASSERT_OK(MakeBuilder(pool_, list_type_with_name, &tmp));
+  builder_.reset(checked_cast<ListBuilder*>(tmp.release()));
+
+  vector<int32_t> values = {1, 2, 4, 8};
+  ASSERT_OK(builder_->AppendValues(values.data(), values.size()));
+
+  std::shared_ptr<Array> list_array;
+  ASSERT_OK(builder_->Finish(&list_array));
+
+  const auto& type = checked_cast<ListType&>(*list_array->type());
+  ASSERT_EQ("counts", type.value_field()->name());
+}
+
 }  // namespace arrow
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/builder.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/builder.cc
index 2072edc936a..8d0ab194c24 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/builder.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/builder.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Status MakeBuilder(MemoryPool* pool, const std::shared_ptr<DataType>& type,
       std::shared_ptr<DataType> value_type =
           internal::checked_cast<const ListType&>(*type).value_type();
       RETURN_NOT_OK(MakeBuilder(pool, value_type, &value_builder));
-      out->reset(new ListBuilder(pool, std::move(value_builder)));
+      out->reset(new ListBuilder(pool, std::move(value_builder), type));
       return Status::OK();
     }