diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.sip.in
similarity index 76%
rename from python/core/auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.sip.in
rename to python/core/auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.sip.in
index 5ed493f8ade1..6bcdcbacb6e0 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.sip.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /************************************************************************
  * This file has been generated automatically from                      *
  *                                                                      *
- * src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.h                           *
+ * src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.h                                 *
  *                                                                      *
  * Do not edit manually ! Edit header and run scripts/sipify.pl again   *
  ************************************************************************/
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 
 
 
-class QgsOrientedBoundingBox
+class QgsOrientedBox3D
 {
 %Docstring(signature="appended")
-Represents a oriented (rotated) bounding box in 3 dimensions.
+Represents a oriented (rotated) box in 3 dimensions.
 
 .. warning::
 
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ Represents a oriented (rotated) bounding box in 3 dimensions.
 %End
 
 %TypeHeaderCode
-#include "qgsorientedboundingbox.h"
+#include "qgsorientedbox3d.h"
 %End
   public:
 
-    QgsOrientedBoundingBox();
+    QgsOrientedBox3D();
 %Docstring
-Constructor for a null bounding box.
+Constructor for a null oriented box.
 %End
 
-    QgsOrientedBoundingBox( const QList<double> &center, QList< double > &halfAxes );
+    QgsOrientedBox3D( const QList<double> &center, QList< double > &halfAxes );
 %Docstring
-Constructor for a oriented bounding box, with a specified center and half axes matrix.
+Constructor for a oriented box, with a specified center and half axes matrix.
 %End
 
     bool isNull() const;
 %Docstring
-Returns ``True`` if the box is a null bounding box.
+Returns ``True`` if the box is a null box.
 %End
 
     double centerX() const;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Returns the overall bounding box of the object.
 /************************************************************************
  * This file has been generated automatically from                      *
  *                                                                      *
- * src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.h                           *
+ * src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.h                                 *
  *                                                                      *
  * Do not edit manually ! Edit header and run scripts/sipify.pl again   *
  ************************************************************************/
diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.sip.in
index 31a4489c5b7d..8ac60f291e3a 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.sip.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Parses a ``region`` object from a Cesium JSON document to a 3D box.
 %End
 
 
-    static QgsOrientedBoundingBox parseBox( const QVariantList &box );
+    static QgsOrientedBox3D parseBox( const QVariantList &box );
 %Docstring
 Parses a ``box`` object from a Cesium JSON document to an oriented bounding box.
 %End
diff --git a/python/core/core_auto.sip b/python/core/core_auto.sip
index fc54db2f0628..983c22b7e96d 100644
--- a/python/core/core_auto.sip
+++ b/python/core/core_auto.sip
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 %Include auto_generated/geometry/qgsmultipoint.sip
 %Include auto_generated/geometry/qgsmultipolygon.sip
 %Include auto_generated/geometry/qgsmultisurface.sip
-%Include auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.sip
+%Include auto_generated/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.sip
 %Include auto_generated/geometry/qgspoint.sip
 %Include auto_generated/geometry/qgspolygon.sip
 %Include auto_generated/geometry/qgsquadrilateral.sip
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 80c119ac96ae..483ae5758fac 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ set(QGIS_CORE_SRCS
   geometry/qgsmultipoint.cpp
   geometry/qgsmultipolygon.cpp
   geometry/qgsmultisurface.cpp
-  geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.cpp
+  geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.cpp
   geometry/qgspoint.cpp
   geometry/qgspolygon.cpp
   geometry/qgsquadrilateral.cpp
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ set(QGIS_CORE_HDRS
   geometry/qgsmultipoint.h
   geometry/qgsmultipolygon.h
   geometry/qgsmultisurface.h
-  geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.h
+  geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.h
   geometry/qgspoint.h
   geometry/qgspolygon.h
   geometry/qgsquadrilateral.h
diff --git a/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.cpp b/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.cpp
similarity index 84%
rename from src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.cpp
rename to src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.cpp
index a8434476a0eb..525362f7e15a 100644
--- a/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.cpp
+++ b/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***************************************************************************
-                         qgsorientedboundingbox.cpp
+                         qgsorientedbox3d.cpp
                          --------------------
     begin                : July 2023
     copyright            : (C) 2023 by Nyall Dawson
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-#include "qgsorientedboundingbox.h"
+#include "qgsorientedbox3d.h"
 #include "qgsbox3d.h"
 
-QgsOrientedBoundingBox::QgsOrientedBoundingBox() = default;
+QgsOrientedBox3D::QgsOrientedBox3D() = default;
 
-QgsOrientedBoundingBox::QgsOrientedBoundingBox( const QList<double> &center, QList<double> &halfAxes )
+QgsOrientedBox3D::QgsOrientedBox3D( const QList<double> &center, QList<double> &halfAxes )
 {
   if ( center.size() == 3 )
   {
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ QgsOrientedBoundingBox::QgsOrientedBoundingBox( const QList<double> &center, QLi
   }
 }
 
-bool QgsOrientedBoundingBox::isNull() const
+bool QgsOrientedBox3D::isNull() const
 {
   return std::isnan( mCenter[0] ) || std::isnan( mCenter[1] ) || std::isnan( mCenter[2] );
 }
 
-QList< double > QgsOrientedBoundingBox::halfAxesList() const
+QList< double > QgsOrientedBox3D::halfAxesList() const
 {
   QList< double > res;
   res.reserve( 9 );
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ QList< double > QgsOrientedBoundingBox::halfAxesList() const
   return res;
 }
 
-QgsBox3d QgsOrientedBoundingBox::extent() const
+QgsBox3d QgsOrientedBox3D::extent() const
 {
   const double extent[3]
   {
diff --git a/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.h b/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.h
similarity index 80%
rename from src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.h
rename to src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.h
index 914639917332..547264c58bc4 100644
--- a/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedboundingbox.h
+++ b/src/core/geometry/qgsorientedbox3d.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***************************************************************************
-                         qgsorientedboundingbox.h
+                         qgsorientedbox3d.h
                          --------------------
     begin                : July 2023
     copyright            : (C) 2023 by Nyall Dawson
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef QGSORIENTEDBOUNDINGBOX_H
-#define QGSORIENTEDBOUNDINGBOX_H
+#ifndef QGSORIENTEDBOX3D_H
+#define QGSORIENTEDBOX3D_H
 
 #include "qgis_core.h"
 #include "qgis_sip.h"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 class QgsBox3d;
 
 /**
- * \brief Represents a oriented (rotated) bounding box in 3 dimensions.
+ * \brief Represents a oriented (rotated) box in 3 dimensions.
  *
  * \ingroup core
  *
@@ -36,22 +36,22 @@ class QgsBox3d;
  *
  * \since QGIS 3.34
  */
-class CORE_EXPORT QgsOrientedBoundingBox
+class CORE_EXPORT QgsOrientedBox3D
 {
   public:
 
     /**
-     * Constructor for a null bounding box.
+     * Constructor for a null oriented box.
      */
-    QgsOrientedBoundingBox();
+    QgsOrientedBox3D();
 
     /**
-     * Constructor for a oriented bounding box, with a specified center and half axes matrix.
+     * Constructor for a oriented box, with a specified center and half axes matrix.
      */
-    QgsOrientedBoundingBox( const QList<double> &center, QList< double > &halfAxes );
+    QgsOrientedBox3D( const QList<double> &center, QList< double > &halfAxes );
 
     /**
-     * Returns TRUE if the box is a null bounding box.
+     * Returns TRUE if the box is a null box.
      */
     bool isNull() const;
 
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsOrientedBoundingBox
 };
 
 
-#endif // QGSORIENTEDBOUNDINGBOX_H
+#endif // QGSORIENTEDBOX3D_H
diff --git a/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumtilesdataprovider.cpp b/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumtilesdataprovider.cpp
index f53b7a0e1d04..27d375e0cfdb 100644
--- a/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumtilesdataprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumtilesdataprovider.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "qgscesiumutils.h"
 #include "qgssphere.h"
 #include "qgslogger.h"
-#include "qgsorientedboundingbox.h"
+#include "qgsorientedbox3d.h"
 
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QIcon>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void QgsCesiumTilesDataProviderSharedData::setTilesetContent( const QString &til
       }
       else if ( rootBoundingVolume.contains( "box" ) )
       {
-        const QgsOrientedBoundingBox bbox = QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( rootBoundingVolume["box"] );
+        const QgsOrientedBox3D bbox = QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( rootBoundingVolume["box"] );
         if ( !bbox.isNull() )
         {
           const QgsBox3d rootRegion = bbox.extent();
diff --git a/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.cpp b/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.cpp
index 0d53d1d05e9b..c2c5b3d44aa7 100644
--- a/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
 #include "qgsjsonutils.h"
 #include "qgssphere.h"
-#include "qgsorientedboundingbox.h"
+#include "qgsorientedbox3d.h"
 
 QgsBox3d QgsCesiumUtils::parseRegion( const json &region )
 {
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ QgsBox3d QgsCesiumUtils::parseRegion( const QVariantList &region )
   return parseRegion( QgsJsonUtils::jsonFromVariant( region ) );
 }
 
-QgsOrientedBoundingBox QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( const json &box )
+QgsOrientedBox3D QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( const json &box )
 {
   if ( box.size() != 12 )
-    return QgsOrientedBoundingBox();
+    return QgsOrientedBox3D();
 
   try
   {
-    QgsOrientedBoundingBox res;
+    QgsOrientedBox3D res;
     for ( int i = 0; i < 3; ++i )
     {
       res.mCenter[i] = box[i].get<double>();
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ QgsOrientedBoundingBox QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( const json &box )
   }
   catch ( nlohmann::json::exception & )
   {
-    return QgsOrientedBoundingBox();
+    return QgsOrientedBox3D();
   }
 }
 
-QgsOrientedBoundingBox QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( const QVariantList &box )
+QgsOrientedBox3D QgsCesiumUtils::parseBox( const QVariantList &box )
 {
   if ( box.size() != 12 )
-    return QgsOrientedBoundingBox();
+    return QgsOrientedBox3D();
 
   return parseBox( QgsJsonUtils::jsonFromVariant( box ) );
 }
diff --git a/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.h b/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.h
index 4fd9e01555a5..67bc8ebcc405 100644
--- a/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.h
+++ b/src/core/tiledmesh/qgscesiumutils.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ using namespace nlohmann;
 #endif
 
 class QgsSphere;
-class QgsOrientedBoundingBox;
+class QgsOrientedBox3D;
 
 /**
  * \brief Contains utilities for working with Cesium data.
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsCesiumUtils
     *
     * \note Not available in Python bindings.
     */
-    static QgsOrientedBoundingBox parseBox( const json &box );
+    static QgsOrientedBox3D parseBox( const json &box );
 #endif
 
     /**
     * Parses a \a box object from a Cesium JSON document to an oriented bounding box.
     */
-    static QgsOrientedBoundingBox parseBox( const QVariantList &box );
+    static QgsOrientedBox3D parseBox( const QVariantList &box );
 
 #ifndef SIP_RUN
 
diff --git a/tests/src/python/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 1849f913d882..3c87ab3394ea 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOGRProviderGpkg test_provider_ogr_gpkg.py)
 ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOGRProviderSqlite test_provider_ogr_sqlite.py)
 ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOpacityWidget test_qgsopacitywidget.py)
 ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOptional test_qgsoptional.py)
-ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOrientedBoundingBox test_qgsorientedboundingbox.py)
+ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOrientedBox3D test_qgsorientedbox3d.py)
 ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsOwsConnection test_qgsowsconnection.py)
 ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsPalLabelingBase test_qgspallabeling_base.py)
 ADD_PYTHON_TEST(PyQgsPalLabelingCanvas test_qgspallabeling_canvas.py)
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsorientedboundingbox.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsorientedbox3d.py
similarity index 83%
rename from tests/src/python/test_qgsorientedboundingbox.py
rename to tests/src/python/test_qgsorientedbox3d.py
index e87b3679c1a4..ba07159774fb 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsorientedboundingbox.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsorientedbox3d.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-"""QGIS Unit tests for QgsOrientedBoundingBox
+"""QGIS Unit tests for QgsOrientedBox3D
 
-From build dir, run: ctest -R QgsOrientedBoundingBox -V
+From build dir, run: ctest -R QgsOrientedBox3D -V
 
 .. note:: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import math
 import qgis  # NOQA
 from qgis.core import (
-    QgsOrientedBoundingBox
+    QgsOrientedBox3D
 )
 import unittest
 from qgis.testing import start_app, QgisTestCase
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@
 TEST_DATA_DIR = unitTestDataPath()
 
 
-class TestQgsOrientedBoundingBox(QgisTestCase):
+class TestQgsOrientedBox3D(QgisTestCase):
 
     def test_oriented_bounding_box(self):
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox()
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D()
         self.assertTrue(box.isNull())
 
         # valid
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox([1, 2, 3], [10, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 30])
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D([1, 2, 3], [10, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 30])
         self.assertEqual(box.centerX(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(box.centerY(), 2)
         self.assertEqual(box.centerZ(), 3)
         self.assertEqual(box.halfAxes(), [10.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 20.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 30.0])
 
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox([1, 2, 3], [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1])
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D([1, 2, 3], [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1])
         self.assertEqual(box.centerX(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(box.centerY(), 2)
         self.assertEqual(box.centerZ(), 3)
         self.assertEqual(box.halfAxes(), [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0])
 
         # 45 degree y axis rotation
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox([1, 2, 3],
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D([1, 2, 3],
                                      [math.cos(math.pi / 4), 0, math.sin(math.pi / 4),
                                       0, 1, 0,
                                       -math.sin(math.pi / 4), 0, math.cos(math.pi / 4)])
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_oriented_bounding_box(self):
         self.assertEqual(box.halfAxes(), [0.7071067811865476, 0.0, 0.7071067811865475, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, -0.7071067811865475, 0.0, 0.7071067811865476])
 
     def test_box_extent(self):
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox([1, 2, 3], [10, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 30])
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D([1, 2, 3], [10, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0, 30])
         bounds = box.extent()
         self.assertEqual(bounds.xMinimum(), -9)
         self.assertEqual(bounds.xMaximum(), 11)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_box_extent(self):
         self.assertEqual(bounds.zMinimum(), -27)
         self.assertEqual(bounds.zMaximum(), 33)
 
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox([1, 2, 3], [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1])
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D([1, 2, 3], [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1])
         bounds = box.extent()
         self.assertEqual(bounds.xMinimum(), 0)
         self.assertEqual(bounds.xMaximum(), 2)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_box_extent(self):
         self.assertEqual(bounds.zMaximum(), 4)
 
         # 45 degree y axis rotation
-        box = QgsOrientedBoundingBox([1, 2, 3],
+        box = QgsOrientedBox3D([1, 2, 3],
                                      [math.cos(math.pi / 4), 0, math.sin(math.pi / 4),
                                       0, 1, 0,
                                       -math.sin(math.pi / 4), 0, math.cos(math.pi / 4)])