diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts
index 08eb7475cea8..8fbfb978d3b0 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.gateway.ts
@@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ export class AppGateway {
     return { event: 'capture-response', data: { success: true } };
   }
 }
+
+@WebSocketGateway({ namespace: '/events' })
+export class EventsGateway {
+  @SubscribeMessage('test-transaction')
+  handleTestTransaction() {
+    return { event: 'test-transaction-response', data: { success: true } };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.module.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.module.ts
index 96386d3cf29f..2246a3040970 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/src/app.module.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { APP_FILTER } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { SentryGlobalFilter, SentryModule } from '@sentry/nestjs/setup';
 import { AppController } from './app.controller';
-import { AppGateway } from './app.gateway';
+import { AppGateway, EventsGateway } from './app.gateway';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [SentryModule.forRoot()],
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { AppGateway } from './app.gateway';
       useClass: SentryGlobalFilter,
     },
     AppGateway,
+    EventsGateway,
   ],
 })
 export class AppModule {}
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts
index 6cebef2405d2..ffb781988ad6 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nestjs-websockets/tests/transactions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { WEBSOCKET } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
 import { getSpanOp, waitForStreamedSpan } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { io } from 'socket.io-client';
 
 test('Sends an HTTP segment span', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('nestjs-websockets', span => {
@@ -13,3 +15,31 @@ test('Sends an HTTP segment span', async ({ baseURL }) => {
   expect(getSpanOp(span)).toBe('http.server');
   expect(span.status).toBe('ok');
 });
+
+test('Names WebSocket segment spans with the Socket.IO namespace and message pattern', async ({ baseURL }) => {
+  const socket = io(`${baseURL}/events`);
+
+  try {
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      socket.once('connect', resolve);
+      socket.once('connect_error', reject);
+    });
+
+    const spanPromise = waitForStreamedSpan('nestjs-websockets', span => {
+      return span.is_segment && span.name === 'WS /events test-transaction';
+    });
+    const responsePromise = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+      socket.once('test-transaction-response', () => resolve());
+    });
+
+    socket.emit('test-transaction', {});
+
+    const [span] = await Promise.all([spanPromise, responsePromise]);
+
+    expect(span.is_segment).toBe(true);
+    expect(getSpanOp(span)).toBe(WEBSOCKET);
+    expect(span.name).toBe('WS /events test-transaction');
+  } finally {
+    socket.disconnect();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts b/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts
index a8e56a9d8a66..60c0eed0f7ed 100644
--- a/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/nestjs/src/setup.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,20 @@ import type {
 } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Catch, Global, HttpException, Injectable, Logger, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { APP_INTERCEPTOR, BaseExceptionFilter } from '@nestjs/core';
-import { captureException, debug, getDefaultIsolationScope, getIsolationScope, isObjectLike } from '@sentry/core';
-import type { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { SENTRY_OP, SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { WEBSOCKET } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
+import {
+  captureException,
+  debug,
+  getDefaultIsolationScope,
+  getIsolationScope,
+  isObjectLike,
+  startSpanManual,
+  withIsolationScope,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import { isExpectedError, isWsOrRpcException } from './helpers';
+import { instrumentObservable } from './integrations/helpers';
+import type { Observable as IntegrationObservable } from './integrations/types';
 
 // Partial extract of FastifyRequest interface
 // https://github.com/fastify/fastify/blob/87f9f20687c938828f1138f91682d568d2a31e53/types/request.d.ts#L41
@@ -47,7 +58,57 @@ class SentryTracingInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
   /**
    * Intercepts HTTP requests to set the transaction name for Sentry tracing.
    */
-  public intercept(context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler): Observable<unknown> {
+  public intercept(context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler): ReturnType<CallHandler['handle']> {
+    if (context.getType() === 'ws') {
+      const wsHost = context.switchToWs();
+      const client = wsHost.getClient<{ nsp?: { name?: string } }>();
+      const pattern = wsHost.getPattern?.();
+
+      if (!pattern) {
+        return next.handle();
+      }
+
+      const namespace = client?.nsp?.name;
+      const transactionName = namespace ? `WS ${namespace} ${pattern}` : `WS ${pattern}`;
+
+      return withIsolationScope(isolationScope => {
+        isolationScope.setTransactionName(transactionName);
+
+        return startSpanManual(
+          {
+            name: transactionName,
+            attributes: {
+              [SENTRY_OP]: WEBSOCKET,
+              [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.middleware.nestjs.interceptor',
+            },
+          },
+          span => {
+            try {
+              const observable = next.handle();
+
+              // Keep the transaction name on the isolation scope active while the handler runs.
+              observable.subscribe = new Proxy(observable.subscribe, {
+                apply: (originalSubscribe, thisArgSubscribe, argsSubscribe) => {
+                  return withIsolationScope(subscriptionIsolationScope => {
+                    subscriptionIsolationScope.setTransactionName(transactionName);
+                    return originalSubscribe.apply(thisArgSubscribe, argsSubscribe);
+                  });
+                },
+              });
+
+              // Nest returns an RxJS Observable, while the helper intentionally uses a minimal type to avoid importing RxJS here.
+              instrumentObservable(observable as unknown as IntegrationObservable<unknown>, span);
+
+              return observable;
+            } catch (error) {
+              span.end();
+              throw error;
+            }
+          },
+        );
+      });
+    }
+
     if (getIsolationScope() === getDefaultIsolationScope()) {
       debug.warn('Isolation scope is still the default isolation scope, skipping setting transactionName.');
       return next.handle();
diff --git a/packages/nestjs/test/sentry-tracing-interceptor.test.ts b/packages/nestjs/test/sentry-tracing-interceptor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58151e86e559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nestjs/test/sentry-tracing-interceptor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+import type { CallHandler, ExecutionContext } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { SENTRY_OP, SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { WEBSOCKET } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
+import { getDefaultIsolationScope, getIsolationScope, startSpanManual } from '@sentry/core';
+import { of, tap } from 'rxjs';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { SentryModule } from '../src/setup';
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  isolationScope: {
+    setTransactionName: vi.fn(),
+  },
+  defaultIsolationScope: {},
+  debugWarn: vi.fn(),
+  inIsolationScope: false,
+  span: {
+    end: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@sentry/core', () => ({
+  getDefaultIsolationScope: vi.fn(() => mocks.defaultIsolationScope),
+  getIsolationScope: vi.fn(() => mocks.isolationScope),
+  withIsolationScope: vi.fn((callback: (scope: unknown) => unknown) => {
+    mocks.inIsolationScope = true;
+    try {
+      return callback(mocks.isolationScope);
+    } finally {
+      mocks.inIsolationScope = false;
+    }
+  }),
+  withActiveSpan: vi.fn((_span: unknown, callback: () => unknown) => callback()),
+  startSpanManual: vi.fn((_options: unknown, callback: (span: unknown) => unknown) => callback(mocks.span)),
+  debug: {
+    warn: mocks.debugWarn,
+  },
+  captureException: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+type Interceptor = {
+  intercept: (context: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler) => ReturnType<CallHandler['handle']>;
+};
+
+function createInterceptor(): Interceptor {
+  const provider = SentryModule.forRoot().providers?.[0] as {
+    useClass: new () => Interceptor;
+  };
+
+  return new provider.useClass();
+}
+
+function createContext(client: unknown, pattern: unknown): ExecutionContext {
+  return {
+    getType: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('ws'),
+    switchToWs: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
+      getClient: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(client),
+      getPattern: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(pattern),
+    }),
+  } as unknown as ExecutionContext;
+}
+
+describe('SentryTracingInterceptor', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.mocked(getIsolationScope).mockReturnValue(mocks.isolationScope as never);
+    vi.mocked(getDefaultIsolationScope).mockReturnValue(mocks.defaultIsolationScope as never);
+  });
+
+  it('sets a transaction name for Socket.IO WebSocket contexts', () => {
+    const interceptor = createInterceptor();
+    const context = createContext({ nsp: { name: '/events' } }, 'message');
+    const next = { handle: vi.fn(() => of(undefined)) } as unknown as CallHandler;
+
+    interceptor.intercept(context, next).subscribe();
+
+    expect(mocks.isolationScope.setTransactionName).toHaveBeenCalledWith('WS /events message');
+    expect(startSpanManual).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      {
+        name: 'WS /events message',
+        attributes: {
+          [SENTRY_OP]: WEBSOCKET,
+          [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.middleware.nestjs.interceptor',
+        },
+      },
+      expect.any(Function),
+    );
+    expect(mocks.span.end).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('ends the WebSocket span if the handler throws', () => {
+    const interceptor = createInterceptor();
+    const context = createContext({ nsp: { name: '/events' } }, 'message');
+    const next = { handle: vi.fn(() => { throw new Error('handler failed'); }) } as unknown as CallHandler;
+
+    expect(() => interceptor.intercept(context, next)).toThrow('handler failed');
+    expect(mocks.span.end).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('sets a transaction name without a namespace for other WebSocket adapters', () => {
+    const interceptor = createInterceptor();
+    const context = createContext({}, 'message');
+    const next = { handle: vi.fn(() => of(undefined)) } as unknown as CallHandler;
+
+    interceptor.intercept(context, next).subscribe();
+
+    expect(mocks.isolationScope.setTransactionName).toHaveBeenCalledWith('WS message');
+  });
+
+  it('passes through WebSocket contexts without a pattern', () => {
+    const interceptor = createInterceptor();
+    const context = createContext({ nsp: { name: '/events' } }, undefined);
+    const next = { handle: vi.fn(() => of(undefined)) } as unknown as CallHandler;
+
+    interceptor.intercept(context, next).subscribe();
+
+    expect(mocks.isolationScope.setTransactionName).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(next.handle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('supports WebSocket hosts without getPattern', () => {
+    const interceptor = createInterceptor();
+    const context = {
+      getType: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('ws'),
+      switchToWs: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
+        getClient: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ nsp: { name: '/events' } }),
+      }),
+    } as unknown as ExecutionContext;
+    const next = { handle: vi.fn(() => of(undefined)) } as unknown as CallHandler;
+
+    interceptor.intercept(context, next).subscribe();
+
+    expect(mocks.isolationScope.setTransactionName).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(next.handle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('names WebSocket transactions when the current isolation scope is the default scope', () => {
+    const interceptor = createInterceptor();
+    const context = createContext({ nsp: { name: '/events' } }, 'message');
+    const next = {
+      handle: vi.fn(() => {
+        expect(mocks.inIsolationScope).toBe(true);
+        return of(undefined).pipe(
+          tap(() => {
+            expect(mocks.inIsolationScope).toBe(true);
+          }),
+        );
+      }),
+    } as unknown as CallHandler;
+    vi.mocked(getIsolationScope).mockReturnValue(mocks.defaultIsolationScope as never);
+
+    interceptor.intercept(context, next).subscribe();
+
+    expect(mocks.isolationScope.setTransactionName).toHaveBeenCalledWith('WS /events message');
+    expect(next.handle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});