How to get the name of a type as a string

I wish to get the name of a type as shown in the example below.
Can it be achieved ?

type Type = 1type TypeName <T> = `Type name is ${T & string}`type NameOfType = TypeName <Type> // never, expected 'Type name is Type'

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Best Answer

You can't do that. TypeScrip is just an extortion of JavaScript. Where are no types and generics in runtime. Types exist only in context of TypeScript.

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