diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbedb9a39f9..ca239dc80ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2714](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2714))
 - narrow protobuf dependencies to exclude protobuf >= 4
   ([#2720](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2720))
+- Specify worker thread names
+  ([#2724](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2724))
 - Loosen dependency on `backoff` for newer Python versions
   ([#2726](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2726))
 - fix: frozenset object has no attribute items
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/export/__init__.py
index def39e32c9d..fb1fc828821 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/export/__init__.py
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ def __init__(
         self._max_export_batch_size = max_export_batch_size
         self._export_timeout_millis = export_timeout_millis
         self._queue = collections.deque()  # type: Deque[LogData]
-        self._worker_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.worker, daemon=True)
+        self._worker_thread = threading.Thread(
+            name="OtelBatchLogProcessor",
+            target=self.worker,
+            daemon=True,
+        )
         self._condition = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
         self._shutdown = False
         self._flush_request = None  # type: Optional[_FlushRequest]
@@ -164,7 +168,11 @@ def __init__(
     def _at_fork_reinit(self):
         self._condition = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
         self._queue.clear()
-        self._worker_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.worker, daemon=True)
+        self._worker_thread = threading.Thread(
+            name="OtelBatchLogProcessor",
+            target=self.worker,
+            daemon=True,
+        )
         self._worker_thread.start()
 
     def worker(self):
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
index bcaca4281ee..684cb4c5067 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -373,7 +373,11 @@ def __init__(
         self._shutdown = False
         self._shutdown_event = Event()
         self._shutdown_once = Once()
-        self._daemon_thread = Thread(target=self._ticker, daemon=True)
+        self._daemon_thread = Thread(
+            name="OtelPeriodicExportingMetricReader",
+            target=self._ticker,
+            daemon=True,
+        )
         self._daemon_thread.start()
         if hasattr(os, "register_at_fork"):
             os.register_at_fork(
@@ -381,7 +385,11 @@ def __init__(
             )  # pylint: disable=protected-access
 
     def _at_fork_reinit(self):
-        self._daemon_thread = Thread(target=self._ticker, daemon=True)
+        self._daemon_thread = Thread(
+            name="OtelPeriodicExportingMetricReader",
+            target=self._ticker,
+            daemon=True,
+        )
         self._daemon_thread.start()
 
     def _ticker(self) -> None: