diff --git a/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/VcrReplicationManager.java b/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/VcrReplicationManager.java
index 79da773511..786ff87903 100644
--- a/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/VcrReplicationManager.java
+++ b/ambry-cloud/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/cloud/VcrReplicationManager.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import com.github.ambry.store.StoreKeyConverterFactory;
 import com.github.ambry.store.StoreKeyFactory;
 import com.github.ambry.utils.SystemTime;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -271,6 +272,11 @@ public long getRemoteReplicaLagFromLocalInBytes(PartitionId partitionId, String
     return -1;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected String getReplicaThreadName(String datacenterToReplicateFrom, int threadIndexWithinPool) {
+    return "Vcr" + super.getReplicaThreadName(datacenterToReplicateFrom, threadIndexWithinPool);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if replication is allowed from given datacenter.
    * @param datacenterName datacenter name to check.
diff --git a/ambry-replication/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/replication/ReplicationEngine.java b/ambry-replication/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/replication/ReplicationEngine.java
index b86e227a12..120c56f14d 100644
--- a/ambry-replication/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/replication/ReplicationEngine.java
+++ b/ambry-replication/src/main/java/com/github/ambry/replication/ReplicationEngine.java
@@ -343,9 +343,7 @@ private List<ReplicaThread> createThreadPool(String datacenter, int numberOfThre
     ResponseHandler responseHandler = new ResponseHandler(clusterMap);
     for (int i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++) {
       boolean replicatingOverSsl = sslEnabledDatacenters.contains(datacenter);
-      String threadIdentity =
-          (startThread ? "Vcr" : "") + "ReplicaThread-" + (dataNodeId.getDatacenterName().equals(datacenter) ? "Intra-"
-              : "Inter-") + i + "-" + datacenter;
+      String threadIdentity = getReplicaThreadName(datacenter, i);
       try {
         StoreKeyConverter threadSpecificKeyConverter = storeKeyConverterFactory.getStoreKeyConverter();
         Transformer threadSpecificTransformer =
@@ -370,6 +368,17 @@ private List<ReplicaThread> createThreadPool(String datacenter, int numberOfThre
     return replicaThreads;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Chooses a name for a new replica thread.
+   * @param datacenterToReplicateFrom The datacenter that we replicate from in this thread.
+   * @param threadIndexWithinPool The index of the thread within the thread pool.
+   * @return The name of the thread.
+   */
+  protected String getReplicaThreadName(String datacenterToReplicateFrom, int threadIndexWithinPool) {
+    return "ReplicaThread-" + (dataNodeId.getDatacenterName().equals(datacenterToReplicateFrom) ? "Intra-"
+            : "Inter-") + threadIndexWithinPool + "-" + datacenterToReplicateFrom;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Reads the replica tokens from storage, populates the Remote replica info,
    * and re-persists the tokens if they have been reset.
diff --git a/ambry-replication/src/test/java/com/github/ambry/replication/CloudToStoreReplicationManagerTest.java b/ambry-replication/src/test/java/com/github/ambry/replication/CloudToStoreReplicationManagerTest.java
index d359b64478..34c24d1296 100644
--- a/ambry-replication/src/test/java/com/github/ambry/replication/CloudToStoreReplicationManagerTest.java
+++ b/ambry-replication/src/test/java/com/github/ambry/replication/CloudToStoreReplicationManagerTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class CloudToStoreReplicationManagerTest {
   private static final String NEW_PARTITION_NAME = "12";
   private static final String CLOUD_DC_NAME = "CloudDc";
   private static final String VCR_MOUNT_PATH = CLOUD_REPLICA_MOUNT + "/1";
-  private static final String VCR_REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX = "VcrReplicaThread-";
+  private static final String REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX = "ReplicaThread-";
   private final VerifiableProperties verifiableProperties;
   private final ScheduledExecutorService mockScheduler;
   private final StoreKeyFactory storeKeyFactory;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public void cloudReplicaAdditionTest() throws Exception {
     mockClusterSpectator.spectate();
     // 1. test adding cloud replica that is not present locally
     mockHelixParticipant.onPartitionBecomeLeaderFromStandby(NEW_PARTITION_NAME);
-    assertNull("Cloud replica thread should not be created", TestUtils.getThreadByThisName(VCR_REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX));
+    assertNull("Cloud replica thread should not be created", TestUtils.getThreadByThisName(REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX));
     // create a new partition and add corresponding store in storage manager
     PartitionId newPartition =
         new MockPartitionId(Long.parseLong(NEW_PARTITION_NAME), MockClusterMap.DEFAULT_PARTITION_CLASS,
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ public void cloudReplicaAdditionTest() throws Exception {
     // 2. we deliberately shut down the store to induce failure when adding cloud replica
     storageManager.shutdownBlobStore(newPartition);
     mockHelixParticipant.onPartitionBecomeLeaderFromStandby(NEW_PARTITION_NAME);
-    assertNull("Cloud replica thread should not be created", TestUtils.getThreadByThisName(VCR_REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX));
+    assertNull("Cloud replica thread should not be created", TestUtils.getThreadByThisName(REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX));
     storageManager.startBlobStore(newPartition);
     // 3. mock success case
     mockHelixParticipant.onPartitionBecomeLeaderFromStandby(NEW_PARTITION_NAME);
     assertNotNull("Cloud replica thread should be created for DC1",
-        TestUtils.getThreadByThisName(VCR_REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX));
+        TestUtils.getThreadByThisName(REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX));
     cloudToStoreReplicationManager.shutdown();
     storageManager.shutdown();
   }
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ public void cloudReplicaRemovalTest() throws Exception {
         cloudToStoreReplicationManager.getRemoteReplicaInfo(localPartition, vcrNode.getHostname(), replicaPath);
     assertNotNull("Remote replica info should not be null", remoteReplicaInfo);
     assertEquals("There should be only one cloud replica thread created", 1,
-        TestUtils.getAllThreadsByThisName(VCR_REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX).size());
+        TestUtils.getAllThreadsByThisName(REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX).size());
 
     // 2. before removing cloud replica of local partition let's remove a non-existent partition first
     mockHelixParticipant.onPartitionBecomeStandbyFromLeader(NEW_PARTITION_NAME);
     // ensure there is no change in replica thread
     assertEquals("There should be only one cloud replica thread created", 1,
-        TestUtils.getAllThreadsByThisName(VCR_REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX).size());
+        TestUtils.getAllThreadsByThisName(REPLICA_THREAD_PREFIX).size());
 
     // 3. remove the cloud replica by calling Leader-To-Standby transition on local partition
     mockHelixParticipant.onPartitionBecomeStandbyFromLeader(localPartition.toPathString());