diff --git a/.changeset/pool-logger-context.md b/.changeset/pool-logger-context.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f69a9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pool-logger-context.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"slonik": patch
+---
+
+Add support for the `poolName` configuration property to make it easier to distinguish logs and traces when using multiple pools in the same application.
diff --git a/packages/slonik/src/factories/createConnectionPool.ts b/packages/slonik/src/factories/createConnectionPool.ts
index 48c684bd..e845c00a 100644
--- a/packages/slonik/src/factories/createConnectionPool.ts
+++ b/packages/slonik/src/factories/createConnectionPool.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export const createConnectionPool = ({
   maximumConnectionAge,
   maximumPoolSize,
   minimumPoolSize,
+  poolName,
 }: {
   driver: Driver;
   events: DatabasePoolEventEmitter;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export const createConnectionPool = ({
   maximumConnectionAge: number;
   maximumPoolSize: number;
   minimumPoolSize: number;
+  poolName?: string;
 }): ConnectionPool => {
   // See test "waits for all connections to be established before attempting to terminate the pool"
   // for explanation of why `pendingConnections` is needed.
@@ -478,6 +480,9 @@ export const createConnectionPool = ({
     return tracer.startActiveSpan("slonik.connection.acquire", async (span) => {
       try {
         span.setAttribute("slonik.pool.id", id);
+        if (poolName) {
+          span.setAttribute("slonik.pool.name", poolName);
+        }
         span.setAttribute("slonik.pool.connections.total", connections.size);
         span.setAttribute("slonik.pool.connections.pending", pendingConnections.size);
         span.setAttribute("slonik.pool.waitingClients", waitingClients.length);
@@ -623,6 +628,8 @@ export const createConnectionPool = ({
             maximumPoolSize,
             minimumPoolSize,
             pendingConnections: pendingConnections.size,
+            poolId: id,
+            poolName,
             waitingClients: waitingClients.length,
           },
           `connection pool full; client has been queued`,
diff --git a/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPool.ts b/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPool.ts
index f0f69c45..b51646a5 100644
--- a/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPool.ts
+++ b/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPool.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const createPool = async (
     events,
     Logger.child({
       poolId: pool.id(),
+      poolName: clientConfiguration.poolName,
     }),
     pool,
     clientConfiguration,
diff --git a/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPoolConfiguration.ts b/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPoolConfiguration.ts
index b0ca09ac..f017272f 100644
--- a/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPoolConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/slonik/src/factories/createPoolConfiguration.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type PoolConfiguration = {
   maximumConnectionAge: number;
   maximumPoolSize: number;
   minimumPoolSize: number;
+  poolName?: string;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -66,5 +67,9 @@ export const createPoolConfiguration = (
     poolConfiguration.minimumPoolSize = clientConfiguration.minimumPoolSize;
   }
 
+  if (clientConfiguration.poolName) {
+    poolConfiguration.poolName = clientConfiguration.poolName;
+  }
+
   return poolConfiguration;
 };
diff --git a/packages/slonik/src/types.ts b/packages/slonik/src/types.ts
index 6cf43c81..fed14b7d 100644
--- a/packages/slonik/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/slonik/src/types.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ export type ClientConfiguration = {
    * Ensure that at least this many connections are available in the pool. (Default: 0)
    */
   readonly minimumPoolSize?: number;
+  /**
+   * Human-readable identifier for distinguishing multiple pools within the same application,
+   * e.g. "read", "write", "replica-us-east-1".
+   */
+  readonly poolName?: string;
   /**
    * Number of times a query failing with Transaction Rollback class error, that doesn't belong to a transaction, is retried. (Default: 5)
    */