diff --git a/Sources/Tracing/NoOpTracer.swift b/Sources/Tracing/NoOpTracer.swift
index 97bfc35e..a85ce65a 100644
--- a/Sources/Tracing/NoOpTracer.swift
+++ b/Sources/Tracing/NoOpTracer.swift
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public struct NoOpTracer: Tracer {
         file fileID: String,
         line: UInt
     ) -> Span {
-        NoOpSpan(baggage: baggage)
+        NoOpSpan(operationName: operationName, baggage: baggage)
     }
 
     public func forceFlush() {}
@@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ public struct NoOpTracer: Tracer {
         public let baggage: Baggage
         public let isRecording = false
 
-        public init(baggage: Baggage) {
+        private let _operationName: String
+        public var operationName: String {
+            get {
+                self._operationName
+            }
+            set {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+
+        public init(operationName: String, baggage: Baggage) {
+            self._operationName = operationName
             self.baggage = baggage
         }
 
diff --git a/Sources/Tracing/Span.swift b/Sources/Tracing/Span.swift
index ad15b2c3..7efdf678 100644
--- a/Sources/Tracing/Span.swift
+++ b/Sources/Tracing/Span.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ public protocol Span: AnyObject, _SwiftTracingSendableSpan {
     /// The read-only `Baggage` of this `Span`, set when starting this `Span`.
     var baggage: Baggage { get }
 
+    /// Returns the name of the operation this span represents.
+    ///
+    /// The name may be changed during the lifetime of a `Span`, this change
+    /// may or may not impact the sampling decision and actually emitting the span,
+    /// depending on how a backend decides to treat renames.
+    ///
+    /// This can still be useful when, for example, we want to immediately start
+    /// span when receiving a request but make it more precise as handling of the request proceeds.
+    /// For example, we can start a span immediately when a request is received in a server,
+    /// and update it to reflect the matched route, if it did match one:
+    ///
+    /// - 1) Start span with basic path (e.g. `operationName = request.head.uri` during `withSpan`)
+    ///   - 2.1) "Route Not Found" -> Record error
+    ///   - 2.2) "Route Found" -> Rename to route (`/users/1` becomes `/users/:userID`)
+    /// - 3) End span
+    var operationName: String { get set }
+
     /// Set the status.
     /// - Parameter status: The status of this `Span`.
     func setStatus(_ status: SpanStatus)
diff --git a/Tests/TracingTests/DynamicTracepointTracerTests.swift b/Tests/TracingTests/DynamicTracepointTracerTests.swift
index 0738b8f1..0a488c0a 100644
--- a/Tests/TracingTests/DynamicTracepointTracerTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TracingTests/DynamicTracepointTracerTests.swift
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ final class DynamicTracepointTestTracer: Tracer {
     {
         let tracepoint = TracepointID(function: function, fileID: fileID, line: line)
         guard self.shouldRecord(tracepoint: tracepoint) else {
-            return NoOpTracer.NoOpSpan(baggage: baggage)
+            return NoOpTracer.NoOpSpan(operationName: operationName, baggage: baggage)
         }
 
         let span = TracepointSpan(
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ final class DynamicTracepointTestTracer: Tracer {
 extension DynamicTracepointTestTracer {
     /// Only intended to be used in single-threaded testing.
     final class TracepointSpan: Tracing.Span {
-        private let operationName: String
         private let kind: SpanKind
 
         private var status: SpanStatus?
@@ -238,6 +237,7 @@ extension DynamicTracepointTestTracer {
         private let startTime: DispatchWallTime
         private(set) var endTime: DispatchWallTime?
 
+        public var operationName: String
         private(set) var baggage: Baggage
         private(set) var isRecording: Bool = false
 
diff --git a/Tests/TracingTests/TestTracer.swift b/Tests/TracingTests/TestTracer.swift
index 397809f4..70f5cbe3 100644
--- a/Tests/TracingTests/TestTracer.swift
+++ b/Tests/TracingTests/TestTracer.swift
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ extension Baggage {
 
 /// Only intended to be used in single-threaded testing.
 final class TestSpan: Span {
-    private let operationName: String
     private let kind: SpanKind
 
     private var status: SpanStatus?
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ final class TestSpan: Span {
     private let startTime: DispatchWallTime
     private(set) var endTime: DispatchWallTime?
 
+    var operationName: String
     let baggage: Baggage
 
     private(set) var events = [SpanEvent]() {
diff --git a/Tests/TracingTests/TracedLockTests.swift b/Tests/TracingTests/TracedLockTests.swift
index e7caee5a..aeb5c3fe 100644
--- a/Tests/TracingTests/TracedLockTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TracingTests/TracedLockTests.swift
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ private final class TracedLockPrintlnTracer: Tracer {
         Carrier == Extract.Carrier {}
 
     final class TracedLockPrintlnSpan: Span {
-        private let operationName: String
         private let kind: SpanKind
 
         private var status: SpanStatus?
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ private final class TracedLockPrintlnTracer: Tracer {
         private let startTime: DispatchWallTime
         private(set) var endTime: DispatchWallTime?
 
+        var operationName: String
         let baggage: Baggage
 
         private var links = [SpanLink]()