diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5344ba768a..c56caa15a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changes
+
+- Rename `navigation.processing` span to more expressive `Navigation dispatch to screen A mounted/navigation cancelled` ([#4423](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4423))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump CLI from v2.39.1 to v2.40.0 ([#4412](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4412))
diff --git a/packages/core/src/js/tracing/reactnavigation.ts b/packages/core/src/js/tracing/reactnavigation.ts
index 6fb08890ed..dd33424b9c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/js/tracing/reactnavigation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/js/tracing/reactnavigation.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export const reactNavigationIntegration = ({
     if (enableTimeToInitialDisplay) {
       navigationProcessingSpan = startInactiveSpan({
         op: 'navigation.processing',
-        name: 'Navigation processing',
+        name: 'Navigation dispatch to navigation cancelled or screen mounted',
         startTime: latestNavigationSpan && spanToJSON(latestNavigationSpan).start_timestamp,
       });
       navigationProcessingSpan.setAttribute(
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export const reactNavigationIntegration = ({
       });
     }
 
-    navigationProcessingSpan?.updateName(`Processing navigation to ${route.name}`);
+    navigationProcessingSpan?.updateName(`Navigation dispatch to screen ${route.name} mounted`);
     navigationProcessingSpan?.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_OK });
     navigationProcessingSpan?.end(stateChangedTimestamp);
     navigationProcessingSpan = undefined;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/tracing/reactnavigation.ttid.test.tsx b/packages/core/test/tracing/reactnavigation.ttid.test.tsx
index 7c0637b896..a0245cff12 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/tracing/reactnavigation.ttid.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/test/tracing/reactnavigation.ttid.test.tsx
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ describe('React Navigation - TTID', () => {
                 'sentry.origin': SPAN_ORIGIN_AUTO_NAVIGATION_REACT_NAVIGATION,
                 'sentry.source': 'custom',
               },
-              description: 'Processing navigation to New Screen',
+              description: 'Navigation dispatch to screen New Screen mounted',
               op: 'navigation.processing',
               origin: SPAN_ORIGIN_AUTO_NAVIGATION_REACT_NAVIGATION,
               status: 'ok',
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ describe('React Navigation - TTID', () => {
                 'sentry.origin': SPAN_ORIGIN_AUTO_NAVIGATION_REACT_NAVIGATION,
                 'sentry.source': 'custom',
               },
-              description: 'Processing navigation to Initial Screen',
+              description: 'Navigation dispatch to screen Initial Screen mounted',
               op: 'navigation.processing',
               origin: SPAN_ORIGIN_AUTO_NAVIGATION_REACT_NAVIGATION,
               status: 'ok',