diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 733ac439..2131d99b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 - Type conversion when importing contracts into dbt and exporting contracts from dbt (#534)
+- Ensure 'name' is the first column when exporting in dbt format, considering column attributes (#541)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Modify the arguments to narrow down the import target with `--dbt-model` (#532)
diff --git a/datacontract/export/dbt_converter.py b/datacontract/export/dbt_converter.py
index 7b5254d3..48f8e0af 100644
--- a/datacontract/export/dbt_converter.py
+++ b/datacontract/export/dbt_converter.py
@@ -135,14 +135,13 @@ def _supports_constraints(model_type):
 def _to_columns(fields: Dict[str, Field], supports_constraints: bool, adapter_type: Optional[str]) -> list:
     columns = []
     for field_name, field in fields.items():
-        column = _to_column(field, supports_constraints, adapter_type)
-        column["name"] = field_name
+        column = _to_column(field_name, field, supports_constraints, adapter_type)
         columns.append(column)
     return columns
 
 
-def _to_column(field: Field, supports_constraints: bool, adapter_type: Optional[str]) -> dict:
-    column = {}
+def _to_column(field_name: str, field: Field, supports_constraints: bool, adapter_type: Optional[str]) -> dict:
+    column = {"name": field_name}
     adapter_type = adapter_type or "snowflake"
     dbt_type = convert_to_sql_type(field, adapter_type)
     if dbt_type is not None: