diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 93ab814fefad7e887931ae002accf7aeb4cd5ce8..bf9c781f2f826f690e1402eb4f8b4f0cae2d4fe1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ set(SOURCES
         table/full_filter_block.cc
         table/get_context.cc
         table/iterator.cc
-        table/merger.cc
+        table/merging_iterator.cc
         table/sst_file_writer.cc
         table/meta_blocks.cc
         table/plain_table_builder.cc
diff --git a/db/compaction_job.cc b/db/compaction_job.cc
index b1cd9fce5c7b2232a4c62a3f87aa982c1fd1833a..ff4f4cb6454af13e63c49187749efe40e8755574 100644
--- a/db/compaction_job.cc
+++ b/db/compaction_job.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/table.h"
 #include "table/block.h"
 #include "table/block_based_table_factory.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "table/table_builder.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
 #include "util/file_reader_writer.h"
diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index cbe052a952d7993eca54e52082a3a0d2aa0248dd..3c20566cdf09bd1a0e638e7c251985ac97edad75 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/write_buffer_manager.h"
 #include "table/block.h"
 #include "table/block_based_table_factory.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "table/table_builder.h"
 #include "table/two_level_iterator.h"
 #include "util/autovector.h"
diff --git a/db/db_iter_test.cc b/db/db_iter_test.cc
index 35da751fde2e4df027e829fdd20f1951959fe0c5..c8abd0d25abfb2f18cf5d695ea56358eff787b0e 100644
--- a/db/db_iter_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_iter_test.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
 #include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
 #include "table/iterator_wrapper.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/string_util.h"
 #include "util/sync_point.h"
 #include "util/testharness.h"
diff --git a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
index a612b91c84a8edef45b4f97dfa349b87aebda73f..f71b830a62d066ad6a4e2c9214edbbb0e6a11107 100644
--- a/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
+++ b/db/external_sst_file_ingestion_job.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "db/version_edit.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "table/scoped_arena_iterator.h"
 #include "table/sst_file_writer_collectors.h"
 #include "table/table_builder.h"
diff --git a/db/flush_job.cc b/db/flush_job.cc
index e957fd7af11a0a5bada1831915cc7327c3f99a0a..f7eb20f6f5ecd9bc4f99ba6bd3b0f315f13e11e4 100644
--- a/db/flush_job.cc
+++ b/db/flush_job.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/table.h"
 #include "table/block.h"
 #include "table/block_based_table_factory.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "table/table_builder.h"
 #include "table/two_level_iterator.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
diff --git a/db/forward_iterator.cc b/db/forward_iterator.cc
index 415a5b857b5af05bf15f122fa01bf3b6215a9362..8eae808e853798ef707d3a7d14feaaca77f158b2 100644
--- a/db/forward_iterator.cc
+++ b/db/forward_iterator.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice_transform.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/string_util.h"
 #include "util/sync_point.h"
 
diff --git a/db/managed_iterator.cc b/db/managed_iterator.cc
index e8837fce34fcd76c66cf1bc69941254a785ef7fd..09697f4be41401e5b07680cc8f62ae99189480fa 100644
--- a/db/managed_iterator.cc
+++ b/db/managed_iterator.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice_transform.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/xfunc.h"
 
 namespace rocksdb {
diff --git a/db/memtable.cc b/db/memtable.cc
index 6da600e8241d0505a3b2b09e0176256e247ea33c..776c8d8e7e87c326e4160ab533b1bf3f33dad263 100644
--- a/db/memtable.cc
+++ b/db/memtable.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/write_buffer_manager.h"
 #include "table/internal_iterator.h"
 #include "table/iterator_wrapper.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/arena.h"
 #include "util/autovector.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
diff --git a/db/memtable_list.cc b/db/memtable_list.cc
index 7252c9730c5ab5f1e3a1cae7a794fd6f81f2a767..1398d7e7d70a702515a633a20a8c1ca3f982d55f 100644
--- a/db/memtable_list.cc
+++ b/db/memtable_list.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/db.h"
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 #include "rocksdb/iterator.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
 #include "util/log_buffer.h"
 #include "util/sync_point.h"
diff --git a/db/version_set.cc b/db/version_set.cc
index ad57974b3dcdaee5acdc57631b67f8de2cec8ac9..432653adbae1d49f602eebc0d42bbe096bf8b4b5 100644
--- a/db/version_set.cc
+++ b/db/version_set.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "table/format.h"
 #include "table/get_context.h"
 #include "table/internal_iterator.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "table/meta_blocks.h"
 #include "table/plain_table_factory.h"
 #include "table/table_reader.h"
diff --git a/src.mk b/src.mk
index 94a02ab60d71c7596ee28ea740083cc25305a716..7a0ba03665d65c2313839ac9077d5f6a37f14dc3 100644
--- a/src.mk
+++ b/src.mk
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ LIB_SOURCES =                                                   \
   table/full_filter_block.cc                                    \
   table/get_context.cc                                          \
   table/iterator.cc                                             \
-  table/merger.cc                                               \
+  table/merging_iterator.cc                                     \
   table/meta_blocks.cc                                          \
   table/sst_file_writer.cc                                      \
   table/plain_table_builder.cc                                  \
diff --git a/table/merger_test.cc b/table/merger_test.cc
index 97979af7ce364dfeedc553bbe64f7be164f292dc..4a079d85d305b214e36f97041df0e05fd14046ac 100644
--- a/table/merger_test.cc
+++ b/table/merger_test.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/testharness.h"
 #include "util/testutil.h"
 
diff --git a/table/merger.cc b/table/merging_iterator.cc
similarity index 99%
rename from table/merger.cc
rename to table/merging_iterator.cc
index e22a16e66564dde01f21a7c20bb79ac53d76cf39..5a56fbf66920d4bccbd9c7c29f0237bc0fa887b7 100644
--- a/table/merger.cc
+++ b/table/merging_iterator.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.
 
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include "db/pinned_iterators_manager.h"
diff --git a/table/merger.h b/table/merging_iterator.h
similarity index 100%
rename from table/merger.h
rename to table/merging_iterator.h
diff --git a/utilities/date_tiered/date_tiered_db_impl.cc b/utilities/date_tiered/date_tiered_db_impl.cc
index ea5e933433f248512c560d84b5dc33da830cd675..4b4ac6c6b8322d1ad904a9816df29cb9372d6819 100644
--- a/utilities/date_tiered/date_tiered_db_impl.cc
+++ b/utilities/date_tiered/date_tiered_db_impl.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
 #include "rocksdb/iterator.h"
 #include "rocksdb/utilities/date_tiered_db.h"
-#include "table/merger.h"
+#include "table/merging_iterator.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
 #include "util/instrumented_mutex.h"
 #include "util/options_helper.h"