diff --git a/benchmarks/benches/indexing.rs b/benchmarks/benches/indexing.rs
index 0c19b89cf..bebf11ba0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benches/indexing.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/benches/indexing.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn setup_index() -> Index {
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(100 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024); // 100 GB
     options.max_readers(10);
-    Index::new(options, path).unwrap()
+    Index::new(None, options, path).unwrap()
 }
 
 fn setup_settings<'t>(
diff --git a/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs b/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs
index b848560ad..ab52a9a6a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn base_setup(conf: &Conf) -> Index {
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(100 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024); // 100 GB
     options.max_readers(10);
-    let index = Index::new(options, conf.database_name).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, conf.database_name).unwrap();
 
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
diff --git a/fuzzers/src/bin/fuzz-indexing.rs b/fuzzers/src/bin/fuzz-indexing.rs
index baf705709..608933016 100644
--- a/fuzzers/src/bin/fuzz-indexing.rs
+++ b/fuzzers/src/bin/fuzz-indexing.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn main() {
                 Some(path) => TempDir::new_in(path).unwrap(),
                 None => TempDir::new().unwrap(),
             };
-            let index = Index::new(options, tempdir.path()).unwrap();
+            let index = Index::new(None, options, tempdir.path()).unwrap();
             let indexer_config = IndexerConfig::default();
             let index_documents_config = IndexDocumentsConfig::default();
 
diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/index_map.rs b/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/index_map.rs
index f8080d23b..c3873e465 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/index_map.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/index_map.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl ReopenableIndex {
                 return Ok(());
             }
             map.unavailable.remove(&self.uuid);
-            map.create(&self.uuid, path, None, self.enable_mdb_writemap, self.map_size)?;
+            map.create(None, &self.uuid, path, None, self.enable_mdb_writemap, self.map_size)?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ impl IndexMap {
     ///
     pub fn create(
         &mut self,
+        name: Option<String>,
         uuid: &Uuid,
         path: &Path,
         date: Option<(OffsetDateTime, OffsetDateTime)>,
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ impl IndexMap {
         if !matches!(self.get_unavailable(uuid), Missing) {
             panic!("Attempt to open an index that was unavailable");
         }
-        let index = create_or_open_index(path, date, enable_mdb_writemap, map_size)?;
+        let index = create_or_open_index(name, path, date, enable_mdb_writemap, map_size)?;
         match self.available.insert(*uuid, index.clone()) {
             InsertionOutcome::InsertedNew => (),
             InsertionOutcome::Evicted(evicted_uuid, evicted_index) => {
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ impl IndexMap {
 /// Create or open an index in the specified path.
 /// The path *must* exist or an error will be thrown.
 fn create_or_open_index(
+    name: Option<String>,
     path: &Path,
     date: Option<(OffsetDateTime, OffsetDateTime)>,
     enable_mdb_writemap: bool,
@@ -309,9 +311,9 @@ fn create_or_open_index(
     }
 
     if let Some((created, updated)) = date {
-        Ok(Index::new_with_creation_dates(options, path, created, updated)?)
+        Ok(Index::new_with_creation_dates(name, options, path, created, updated)?)
     } else {
-        Ok(Index::new(options, path)?)
+        Ok(Index::new(name, options, path)?)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/mod.rs b/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/mod.rs
index 14908120c..245de8363 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/mod.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/index_mapper/mod.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ impl IndexMapper {
                 // This is very unlikely to happen in practice.
                 // TODO: it would be better to lazily create the index. But we need an Index::open function for milli.
                 let index = self.index_map.write().unwrap().create(
+                    Some(name.to_string()),
                     &uuid,
                     &index_path,
                     date,
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ impl IndexMapper {
                             let index_path = self.base_path.join(uuid.to_string());
 
                             break index_map.create(
+                                Some(name.to_string()),
                                 &uuid,
                                 &index_path,
                                 None,
diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
index adb3d4942..4640058d7 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ pub struct IndexSchedulerOptions {
 /// Structure which holds meilisearch's indexes and schedules the tasks
 /// to be performed on them.
 pub struct IndexScheduler {
+    /// A String representing the name of the index
+    pub(crate) name: String,
+
     /// The LMDB environment which the DBs are associated with.
     pub(crate) env: Env,
 
diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs b/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs
index 8be70d162..697156450 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/search/errors.rs
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ async fn sort_unsortable_attribute() {
     index.wait_task(1).await;
 
     let expected_response = json!({
-        "message": "Attribute `title` is not sortable. Available sortable attributes are: `id`.",
+        "message": "Attribute `title` of index `test` is not sortable. Available sortable attributes are: `id`.",
         "code": "invalid_search_sort",
         "type": "invalid_request",
         "link": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/errors#invalid_search_sort"
diff --git a/meilitool/src/main.rs b/meilitool/src/main.rs
index f199df216..1cbab32c5 100644
--- a/meilitool/src/main.rs
+++ b/meilitool/src/main.rs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ fn export_a_dump(
     for result in index_mapping.iter(&rtxn)? {
         let (uid, uuid) = result?;
         let index_path = db_path.join("indexes").join(uuid.to_string());
-        let index = Index::new(EnvOpenOptions::new(), &index_path).with_context(|| {
+        let index = Index::new(None, EnvOpenOptions::new(), &index_path).with_context(|| {
             format!("While trying to open the index at path {:?}", index_path.display())
         })?;
 
diff --git a/milli/examples/index.rs b/milli/examples/index.rs
index 781440b56..466c0a853 100644
--- a/milli/examples/index.rs
+++ b/milli/examples/index.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     options.map_size(100 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024); // 100 GB
 
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&index_path).unwrap();
-    let index = Index::new(options, index_path).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(Some(program_name), options, index_path).unwrap();
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
 
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
diff --git a/milli/examples/search.rs b/milli/examples/search.rs
index a94677771..1b31b8bf5 100644
--- a/milli/examples/search.rs
+++ b/milli/examples/search.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(100 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024); // 100 GB
 
-    let index = Index::new(options, dataset)?;
+    let index = Index::new(Some(program_name), options, dataset)?;
     let txn = index.read_txn()?;
     let mut query = String::new();
     while stdin().read_line(&mut query)? > 0 {
diff --git a/milli/examples/settings.rs b/milli/examples/settings.rs
index c7f4780cb..846e3b070 100644
--- a/milli/examples/settings.rs
+++ b/milli/examples/settings.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(100 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024); // 100 GB
 
-    let index = Index::new(options, "data_movies.ms").unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, "data_movies.ms").unwrap();
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
 
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
diff --git a/milli/src/error.rs b/milli/src/error.rs
index 1147085dd..6326f696d 100644
--- a/milli/src/error.rs
+++ b/milli/src/error.rs
@@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ only composed of alphanumeric characters (a-z A-Z 0-9), hyphens (-) and undersco
     InvalidFilter(String),
     #[error("Invalid type for filter subexpression: expected: {}, found: {1}.", .0.join(", "))]
     InvalidFilterExpression(&'static [&'static str], Value),
-    #[error("Attribute `{}` is not sortable. {}",
+    #[error("Attribute `{}`{} is not sortable. {}",
         .field,
+        match .index_name.is_some() {
+            true => format!(" of index `{}`", index_name.clone().unwrap()),
+            false => String::from(""),
+        },
         match .valid_fields.is_empty() {
             true => "This index does not have configured sortable attributes.".to_string(),
             false => format!("Available sortable attributes are: `{}{}`.",
@@ -132,7 +136,12 @@ only composed of alphanumeric characters (a-z A-Z 0-9), hyphens (-) and undersco
                 ),
         }
     )]
-    InvalidSortableAttribute { field: String, valid_fields: BTreeSet<String>, hidden_fields: bool },
+    InvalidSortableAttribute {
+        field: String,
+        index_name: Option<String>,
+        valid_fields: BTreeSet<String>,
+        hidden_fields: bool,
+    },
     #[error("Attribute `{}` is not facet-searchable. {}",
         .field,
         match .valid_fields.is_empty() {
@@ -451,7 +460,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for FaultSource {
 
 #[test]
 fn conditionally_lookup_for_error_message() {
-    let prefix = "Attribute `name` is not sortable.";
+    let prefix = "Attribute `name` of index `index` is not sortable.";
     let messages = vec![
         (BTreeSet::new(), "This index does not have configured sortable attributes."),
         (BTreeSet::from(["age".to_string()]), "Available sortable attributes are: `age`."),
@@ -460,6 +469,7 @@ fn conditionally_lookup_for_error_message() {
     for (list, suffix) in messages {
         let err = UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute {
             field: "name".to_string(),
+            index_name: Some("index".to_string()),
             valid_fields: list,
             hidden_fields: false,
         };
diff --git a/milli/src/index.rs b/milli/src/index.rs
index 6ad39dcb1..6df7ea748 100644
--- a/milli/src/index.rs
+++ b/milli/src/index.rs
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
             options.map_size(size);
             let _tempdir = TempDir::new_in(".").unwrap();
-            let inner = Index::new(options, _tempdir.path()).unwrap();
+            let inner = Index::new(Some("temp".to_string()), options, _tempdir.path()).unwrap();
             let indexer_config = IndexerConfig::default();
             let index_documents_config = IndexDocumentsConfig::default();
             Self { inner, indexer_config, index_documents_config, _tempdir }
diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
index ae661e3f6..0f2ec3610 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ fn check_sort_criteria(ctx: &SearchContext, sort_criteria: Option<&Vec<AscDesc>>
 
                 return Err(UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute {
                     field: field.to_string(),
+                    index_name: ctx.index.name.clone(),
                     valid_fields,
                     hidden_fields,
                 }
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ fn check_sort_criteria(ctx: &SearchContext, sort_criteria: Option<&Vec<AscDesc>>
 
                 return Err(UserError::InvalidSortableAttribute {
                     field: "_geo".to_string(),
+                    index_name: ctx.index.name.clone(),
                     valid_fields,
                     hidden_fields,
                 }
diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs b/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs
index e2ea4580e..48e71f286 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/tests/integration.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn setup_search_index_with_criteria(criteria: &[Criterion]) -> Index {
     let path = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(10 * 1024 * 1024); // 10 MB
-    let index = Index::new(options, &path).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, &path).unwrap();
 
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
diff --git a/milli/src/update/clear_documents.rs b/milli/src/update/clear_documents.rs
index 6715939dc..a1cfbd70a 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/clear_documents.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/clear_documents.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ impl<'t, 'i> ClearDocuments<'t, 'i> {
 
         self.index.set_updated_at(self.wtxn, &OffsetDateTime::now_utc())?;
         let Index {
+            name: _name,
             env: _env,
             main: _main,
             external_documents_ids,
diff --git a/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs b/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs
index 03405531d..55bc78fb2 100644
--- a/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs
+++ b/milli/tests/search/facet_distribution.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn test_facet_distribution_with_no_facet_values() {
     let path = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(10 * 1024 * 1024); // 10 MB
-    let index = Index::new(options, &path).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, &path).unwrap();
 
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
diff --git a/milli/tests/search/mod.rs b/milli/tests/search/mod.rs
index 9193ab762..3ecbe6d67 100644
--- a/milli/tests/search/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/tests/search/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn setup_search_index_with_criteria(criteria: &[Criterion]) -> Index {
     let path = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(10 * 1024 * 1024); // 10 MB
-    let index = Index::new(options, &path).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, &path).unwrap();
 
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
diff --git a/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs b/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs
index 65d403097..35c18426d 100644
--- a/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs
+++ b/milli/tests/search/query_criteria.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ fn criteria_ascdesc() {
     let path = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(12 * 1024 * 1024); // 10 MB
-    let index = Index::new(options, &path).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, &path).unwrap();
 
     let mut wtxn = index.write_txn().unwrap();
     let config = IndexerConfig::default();
diff --git a/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs b/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs
index 863d2758a..83024fb2f 100644
--- a/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs
+++ b/milli/tests/search/typo_tolerance.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fn test_typo_disabled_on_word() {
     let tmp = tempdir().unwrap();
     let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
     options.map_size(4096 * 100);
-    let index = Index::new(options, tmp.path()).unwrap();
+    let index = Index::new(None, options, tmp.path()).unwrap();
 
     let mut builder = milli::documents::DocumentsBatchBuilder::new(Vec::new());
     let doc1 = json!({