diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx
index 09e00db9fb0..9d020f3598c 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTab.test.tsx
@@ -426,12 +426,12 @@ describe("AllModelsTab", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("applies a public model name filter through the drawer", async () => {
+  it("applies a virtual model name filter through the drawer", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     renderWithProviders(<AllModelsTab {...defaultProps} />);
 
     await user.click(screen.getByTestId("datatable-filters-trigger"));
-    await user.click(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Filter by Public Model Name"));
+    await user.click(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Filter by Virtual Model Name"));
     await user.click(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: "gpt-3.5-turbo" }));
     await user.click(screen.getByTestId("filter-drawer-apply"));
 
@@ -440,12 +440,12 @@ describe("AllModelsTab", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("uses All Proxy Models as the public model name filter default", async () => {
+  it("uses All Proxy Models as the virtual model name filter default", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     renderWithProviders(<AllModelsTab {...defaultProps} />);
 
     await user.click(screen.getByTestId("datatable-filters-trigger"));
-    await user.click(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Filter by Public Model Name"));
+    await user.click(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Filter by Virtual Model Name"));
 
     expect(await screen.findByRole("option", { name: "All Proxy Models" })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByRole("option", { name: "All Models" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.test.tsx
index b00affc50f5..3a02b1f3c0e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.test.tsx
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ describe("AllModelsTable", () => {
       );
 
       const chip = screen.getByTestId("filter-chip-model_name");
-      expect(chip).toHaveTextContent("Public Model Name");
+      expect(chip).toHaveTextContent("Virtual Model Name");
       expect(chip).toHaveTextContent("Wildcard Models (*)");
 
       await user.click(screen.getByTestId("filter-chip-remove-model_name"));
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.tsx
index f0e075f5b42..5c74ddbb79d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/AllModelsTable.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const MODEL_TABLE_BODY_HEIGHT = 600;
 const ALL_PROXY_MODELS_LABEL = "All Proxy Models";
 
 const FILTER_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
-  [MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID]: "Public Model Name",
+  [MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID]: "Virtual Model Name",
   [ACCESS_GROUPS_COLUMN_ID]: "Model Access Group",
   [ROUTING_STATUS_FILTER_ID]: "Status",
 };
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ export function AllModelsTable({
           >
             {({ get, set }) => (
               <>
-                <DataTableFilterField label="Public Model Name">
+                <DataTableFilterField label="Virtual Model Name">
                   <SearchSelect
                     options={modelGroupOptions}
                     value={(get(MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID) as string) ?? ALL_MODEL_GROUPS_VALUE}
                     onValueChange={(value) =>
                       set(MODEL_NAME_COLUMN_ID, value === ALL_MODEL_GROUPS_VALUE ? undefined : value ?? undefined)
                     }
-                    placeholder="Filter by Public Model Name"
+                    placeholder="Filter by Virtual Model Name"
                     emptyText="No models found"
                   />
                 </DataTableFilterField>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx
index 1b7369c9520..09b34a197e7 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/models-and-endpoints/components/ModelsTableColumns.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function ModelInformationCell({ model, displayName }: { model: ModelData; displa
             <span className="truncate text-xs text-muted-foreground">{model.provider || "Unknown provider"}</span>
           </div>
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
-            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Public Model Name</span>
+            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Virtual Model Name</span>
             <span className="truncate text-sm font-medium text-foreground" title={displayName}>
               {displayName}
             </span>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.integration.test.tsx
index a95d9ffbfb8..144fc6ac106 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.integration.test.tsx
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ describe("AddModelForm", () => {
 
       await clickTestConnect();
 
-      await expectBlockedWith("All model mappings must have valid public names");
+      await expectBlockedWith("All model mappings must have valid virtual model names");
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.tsx
index beab81c16a2..01199110057 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/AddModelForm.tsx
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ const AddModelForm: React.FC<AddModelFormProps> = ({
                       />
                       <DecisionModelNote catalog={decisionCatalog} litellmProvider={pickedLitellmProvider} />
 
-                      {/* Conditionally Render "Public Model Name" */}
+                      {/* Conditionally Render "Virtual Model Name" */}
                       <ConditionalPublicModelName />
 
                       {/* Select Mode */}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.test.tsx
index a4a9da87847..02e8b04bb08 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.test.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("ConditionalPublicModelName", () => {
     );
 
     expect(screen.getByText("Model Mappings")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText("Public Model Name")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Virtual Model Name")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText("LiteLLM Model Name")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.tsx
index 18dd5e4f80e..5ba3bb5333d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/conditional_public_model_name.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const modelMappingsRule = {
       (mapping) => !mapping.public_name || mapping.public_name.trim() === "",
     );
     if (invalidMappings.length > 0) {
-      throw new Error("All model mappings must have valid public names");
+      throw new Error("All model mappings must have valid virtual model names");
     }
   },
 };
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ const publicNameTooltipContent = (
   <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 text-left font-normal">
     <div>The name you specify in your API calls to LiteLLM Proxy</div>
     <div>
-      <strong>Example:</strong> If you name your public model <code className={tooltipCodeClassName}>example-name</code>
-      , and choose <code className={tooltipCodeClassName}>openai/qwen-plus-latest</code> as the LiteLLM model
+      <strong>Example:</strong> If you name your virtual model{" "}
+      <code className={tooltipCodeClassName}>example-name</code>, and choose{" "}
+      <code className={tooltipCodeClassName}>openai/qwen-plus-latest</code> as the LiteLLM model
     </div>
     <div>
       <strong>Usage:</strong> You make an API call to the LiteLLM proxy with{" "}
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ const columns: ColumnDef<ModelMapping>[] = [
     accessorKey: "public_name",
     header: () => (
       <span className="flex items-center">
-        Public Model Name
+        Virtual Model Name
         <SimpleTooltip content={publicNameTooltipContent} width="500px" />
       </span>
     ),
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ const ConditionalPublicModelName: React.FC = () => {
       label={
         <span className="flex items-center">
           Model Mappings
-          <SimpleTooltip content="Map public model names to LiteLLM model names for load balancing" />
+          <SimpleTooltip content="Map virtual model names to LiteLLM model names for load balancing" />
         </span>
       }
       required
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/litellm_model_name.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/litellm_model_name.tsx
index 529c0e2a63e..67ab3d30b05 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/litellm_model_name.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/add_model/litellm_model_name.tsx
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ const LiteLLMModelNameField: React.FC<LiteLLMModelNameFieldProps> = ({
       <div className="grid grid-cols-24">
         <p className="col-start-11 col-span-14 text-sm mb-3 mt-1">
           {selectedProvider === Providers.Azure
-            ? "Your deployment name will be saved as the public model name, and LiteLLM will use 'azure/deployment-name' internally"
+            ? "Your deployment name will be saved as the virtual model name, and LiteLLM will use 'azure/deployment-name' internally"
             : "The model name LiteLLM will send to the LLM API"}
         </p>
       </div>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
index 2e85fab5b76..4eff788958e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ describe("ModelInfoView", () => {
   it("should display model name in the header", async () => {
     render(<ModelInfoView {...DEFAULT_ADMIN_PROPS} />, { wrapper });
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.getByText(/Public Model Name:/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText(/Virtual Model Name:/)).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx
index 74c1e498594..a5272073434 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.tsx
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ export default function ModelInfoView({
             <ArrowLeft className="size-4" />
             Back to Models
           </Button>
-          <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold">Public Model Name: {getDisplayModelName(modelData)}</h2>
+          <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold">Virtual Model Name: {getDisplayModelName(modelData)}</h2>
           <div className="flex items-center cursor-pointer">
             <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground font-mono">{modelData.model_info.id}</span>
             <Button