PyDev’s debug view shows the threads, however their names are cryptic:

Is there a way to name these threads from within the python code?
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It looks like the names being displayed in PyDev are the ones assigned by default.
To fix that you can give a name to the thread when it’s created:
or, later, just by setting the name attribute: