diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 6542abc23df..ede6188c68d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ CWallet::ScanResult CWallet::ScanForWalletTransactions(const uint256& start_bloc
                     fast_rescan_filter ? "fast variant using block filters" : "slow variant inspecting all blocks");
 
     fAbortRescan = false;
-    ShowProgress(strprintf("%s %s", GetDisplayName(), _("Rescanning…")), 0); // show rescan progress in GUI as dialog or on splashscreen, if rescan required on startup (e.g. due to corruption)
+    ShowProgress(strprintf("[%s] %s", DisplayName(), _("Rescanning…")), 0); // show rescan progress in GUI as dialog or on splashscreen, if rescan required on startup (e.g. due to corruption)
     uint256 tip_hash = WITH_LOCK(cs_wallet, return GetLastBlockHash());
     uint256 end_hash = tip_hash;
     if (max_height) chain().findAncestorByHeight(tip_hash, *max_height, FoundBlock().hash(end_hash));
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ CWallet::ScanResult CWallet::ScanForWalletTransactions(const uint256& start_bloc
             m_scanning_progress = 0;
         }
         if (block_height % 100 == 0 && progress_end - progress_begin > 0.0) {
-            ShowProgress(strprintf("%s %s", GetDisplayName(), _("Rescanning…")), std::max(1, std::min(99, (int)(m_scanning_progress * 100))));
+            ShowProgress(strprintf("[%s] %s", DisplayName(), _("Rescanning…")), std::max(1, std::min(99, (int)(m_scanning_progress * 100))));
         }
 
         bool next_interval = reserver.now() >= current_time + INTERVAL_TIME;
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ CWallet::ScanResult CWallet::ScanForWalletTransactions(const uint256& start_bloc
         WalletLogPrintf("Scanning current mempool transactions.\n");
         WITH_LOCK(cs_wallet, chain().requestMempoolTransactions(*this));
     }
-    ShowProgress(strprintf("%s %s", GetDisplayName(), _("Rescanning…")), 100); // hide progress dialog in GUI
+    ShowProgress(strprintf("[%s] %s", DisplayName(), _("Rescanning…")), 100); // hide progress dialog in GUI
     if (block_height && fAbortRescan) {
         WalletLogPrintf("Rescan aborted at block %d. Progress=%f\n", block_height, progress_current);
         result.status = ScanResult::USER_ABORT;
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 0c4f89ccf5c..fa2833827c4 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -912,6 +912,13 @@ public:
         return strprintf("[%s]", wallet_name);
     };
 
+    /** Return wallet name for display, translating "default wallet" string if returned. */
+    std::string DisplayName() const
+    {
+        std::string name{GetName()};
+        return name.empty() ? _("default wallet") : name;
+    };
+
     /** Prepends the wallet name in logging output to ease debugging in multi-wallet use cases */
     template <typename... Params>
     void WalletLogPrintf(util::ConstevalFormatString<sizeof...(Params)> wallet_fmt, const Params&... params) const