diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/multiProjectRunner.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/multiProjectRunner.test.ts
index ba4d129e00c1..aec58f3164f9 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/multiProjectRunner.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/multiProjectRunner.test.ts
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ test('resolves projects and their <rootDir> properly', () => {
       },
     }),
     'project1.conf.json': JSON.stringify({
-      name: 'project1',
+      id: 'project1',
       rootDir: './project1',
       // root dir should be this project's directory
       setupFiles: ['<rootDir>/project1_setup.js'],
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ test('resolves projects and their <rootDir> properly', () => {
     'project1/project1_setup.js': 'global.project1 = true;',
     'project2/__tests__/test.test.js': `test('project2', () => expect(global.project2).toBe(true))`,
     'project2/project2.conf.json': JSON.stringify({
-      name: 'project2',
+      id: 'project2',
       rootDir: '../', // root dir is set to the top level
       setupFiles: ['<rootDir>/project2/project2_setup.js'], // rootDir shold be of the
       testEnvironment: 'node',
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ describe("doesn't bleed module file extensions resolution with multiple workers"
 
     expect(configs).toHaveLength(2);
 
-    const [{name: name1}, {name: name2}] = configs;
+    const [{id: name1}, {id: name2}] = configs;
 
     expect(name1).toEqual(expect.any(String));
     expect(name2).toEqual(expect.any(String));
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ describe("doesn't bleed module file extensions resolution with multiple workers"
 
     expect(configs).toHaveLength(2);
 
-    const [{name: name1}, {name: name2}] = configs;
+    const [{id: name1}, {id: name2}] = configs;
 
     expect(name1).toEqual(expect.any(String));
     expect(name2).toEqual(expect.any(String));
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts
index 0ef9c2a51ef5..8e850c0870cf 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/showConfig.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test('--showConfig outputs config info and exits', () => {
     .replace(/\\\\\.pnp\\\\\.\[\^[/\\]+\]\+\$/g, '<<REPLACED_PNP_PATH>>')
     .replace(/\\\\(?:([^.]+?)|$)/g, '/$1')
     .replace(/"cacheDirectory": "(.+)"/g, '"cacheDirectory": "/tmp/jest"')
-    .replace(/"name": "(.+)"/g, '"name": "[md5 hash]"')
+    .replace(/"id": "(.+)"/g, '"id": "[md5 hash]"')
     .replace(/"version": "(.+)"/g, '"version": "[version]"')
     .replace(/"maxWorkers": (\d+)/g, '"maxWorkers": "[maxWorkers]"')
     .replace(/"\S*show-config-test/gm, '"<<REPLACED_ROOT_DIR>>')
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
index c22337e0feaf..077b1567dc8d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/ValidConfig.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ const initialOptions: Config.InitialOptions = {
     platforms: ['ios', 'android'],
     throwOnModuleCollision: false,
   },
+  id: 'string',
   injectGlobals: true,
   json: false,
   lastCommit: false,
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ const initialOptions: Config.InitialOptions = {
   },
   modulePathIgnorePatterns: ['<rootDir>/build/'],
   modulePaths: ['/shared/vendor/modules'],
-  name: 'string',
   noStackTrace: false,
   notify: false,
   notifyMode: 'failure-change',
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
index eb7ba42ad4a5..23a429367ce3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/__tests__/normalize.test.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ it('picks a name based on the rootDir', () => {
         rootDir,
       },
       {},
-    ).options.name,
+    ).options.id,
   ).toBe(expected);
 });
 
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ it('keeps custom names based on the rootDir', () => {
   expect(
     normalize(
       {
-        name: 'custom-name',
+        id: 'custom-name',
         rootDir: '/root/path/foo',
       },
       {},
-    ).options.name,
+    ).options.id,
   ).toBe('custom-name');
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index c0cc2326a7ec..c2238c3aea85 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ const groupOptions = (
     globalTeardown: options.globalTeardown,
     globals: options.globals,
     haste: options.haste,
+    id: options.id,
     injectGlobals: options.injectGlobals,
     moduleDirectories: options.moduleDirectories,
     moduleFileExtensions: options.moduleFileExtensions,
@@ -193,7 +194,6 @@ const groupOptions = (
     moduleNameMapper: options.moduleNameMapper,
     modulePathIgnorePatterns: options.modulePathIgnorePatterns,
     modulePaths: options.modulePaths,
-    name: options.name,
     prettierPath: options.prettierPath,
     resetMocks: options.resetMocks,
     resetModules: options.resetModules,
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index fcd19c4db403..dce3e9b78b74 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ const normalizeMissingOptions = (
   configPath: Config.Path | null | undefined,
   projectIndex: number,
 ): Config.InitialOptionsWithRootDir => {
-  if (!options.name) {
-    options.name = createHash('md5')
+  if (!options.id) {
+    options.id = createHash('md5')
       .update(options.rootDir)
       // In case we load config from some path that has the same root dir
       .update(configPath || '')
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ export default function normalize(
       case 'logHeapUsage':
       case 'maxConcurrency':
       case 'mapCoverage':
-      case 'name':
+      case 'id':
       case 'noStackTrace':
       case 'notify':
       case 'notifyMode':
diff --git a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
index c492b08740df..ef28fb5d6774 100644
--- a/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-types/src/Config.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export type InitialOptions = Partial<{
   };
   modulePathIgnorePatterns: Array<string>;
   modulePaths: Array<string>;
-  name: string;
+  id: string;
   noStackTrace: boolean;
   notify: boolean;
   notifyMode: string;