diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c90abf..328b5bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## v1.?.? - 2024-??-?? - ???
 
+* Zone name validation checking for double dots, and throwing InvalidNameError
+  rather than base Exception
 * Record validation checks for double dots in names
 * MetaProcessor.include_extra to add support for arbitrary extra values to be
   set on the meta record.
diff --git a/octodns/zone.py b/octodns/zone.py
index 2a623ae..5f23267 100644
--- a/octodns/zone.py
+++ b/octodns/zone.py
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ class InvalidNodeException(Exception):
         super().__init__(msg)
 
 
+class InvalidNameError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class Zone(object):
     log = getLogger('Zone')
 
@@ -64,9 +68,17 @@ class Zone(object):
         delete_pcent_threshold=None,
     ):
         if not name[-1] == '.':
-            raise Exception(f'Invalid zone name {name}, missing ending dot')
+            raise InvalidNameError(
+                f'Invalid zone name {name}, missing ending dot'
+            )
+        elif '..' in name:
+            raise InvalidNameError(
+                f'Invalid zone name {name}, double dot not allowed'
+            )
         elif ' ' in name or '\t' in name:
-            raise Exception(f'Invalid zone name {name}, whitespace not allowed')
+            raise InvalidNameError(
+                f'Invalid zone name {name}, whitespace not allowed'
+            )
 
         # internally everything is idna
         self.name = idna_encode(str(name)) if name else name
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_zone.py b/tests/test_octodns_zone.py
index 735a0b0..4008210 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_zone.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_zone.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from octodns.record import (
 )
 from octodns.zone import (
     DuplicateRecordException,
+    InvalidNameError,
     InvalidNodeException,
     SubzoneRecordException,
     Zone,
@@ -247,12 +248,21 @@ class TestZone(TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(changes[0], Delete)
 
     def test_missing_dot(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as ctx:
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidNameError) as ctx:
             Zone('not.allowed', [])
         self.assertTrue('missing ending dot' in str(ctx.exception))
 
+    def test_double_dot(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidNameError) as ctx:
+            Zone('ending.double.dot..', [])
+        self.assertTrue('double dot not allowed' in str(ctx.exception))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidNameError) as ctx:
+            Zone('mid.double..dot.', [])
+        self.assertTrue('double dot not allowed' in str(ctx.exception))
+
     def test_whitespace(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception) as ctx:
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidNameError) as ctx:
             Zone('space not allowed.', [])
         self.assertTrue('whitespace not allowed' in str(ctx.exception))