diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@
 void BitcoinABC::initialize(Config *config, RPCServer *rpcServer,
                             HTTPRPCRequestProcessor *httpRPCRequestProcessor) {
     try {
-        qDebug() << __func__ << ": Running initialization in thread";
         util::ThreadRename("qt-init");
-
+        qDebug() << __func__ << ": Running initialization in thread";
         interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo tip_info;
         bool rv = m_node.appInitMain(*config, *rpcServer,
                                      *httpRPCRequestProcessor, &tip_info);
diff --git a/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp b/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
--- a/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <qt/guiutil.h>
 #include <qt/peertablemodel.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
+#include <util/threadnames.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     // move timer to thread so that polling doesn't disturb main event loop
     timer->moveToThread(m_thread);
     m_thread->start();
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, timer, []() { util::ThreadRename("qt-clientmodl"); });
 
     subscribeToCoreSignals();
 }
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <rpc/server.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
+#include <util/threadnames.h>
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
 #include <wallet/bdb.h>
@@ -1135,6 +1136,8 @@
     // Default implementation of QThread::run() simply spins up an event loop in
     // the thread, which is what we want.
     thread.start();
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, executor,
+                       []() { util::ThreadRename("qt-rpcconsole"); });
 }
 
 void RPCConsole::on_tabWidget_currentChanged(int index) {
diff --git a/src/qt/walletcontroller.cpp b/src/qt/walletcontroller.cpp
--- a/src/qt/walletcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/walletcontroller.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <interfaces/handler.h>
 #include <interfaces/node.h>
 #include <util/string.h>
+#include <util/threadnames.h>
 #include <util/translation.h>
 #include <wallet/wallet.h>
 
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
 
     m_activity_worker->moveToThread(m_activity_thread);
     m_activity_thread->start();
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, m_activity_worker,
+                       []() { util::ThreadRename("qt-walletctrl"); });
 }
 
 // Not using the default destructor because not all member types definitions are