diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bbde1f5..b839177 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ node_modules
 /package
 .env
 .env.*
+.pnpm-debug.log
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 6a0da66..3368deb 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding": "js",
-	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding": "js"
+	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifierEnding": "js",
+	"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
 }
diff --git a/src/docs/6_Validators.md b/src/docs/6_Validators.md
index af25477..c331b2d 100644
--- a/src/docs/6_Validators.md
+++ b/src/docs/6_Validators.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ filename: 6_Validators.md
 ## Validators
 
 - validators now need to be called directly, thus providing type safe auto-completion
-- validators now return a function that return an object `{ valid: boolean, name: string = 'validator_name' }`
+- validators now return a function that return an object `{ valid: boolean, name: string = 'validator_name' }
+- All built-in validators can be passed an additional parameter with a custom error name, e.g. `required('field is required')` or `between(0, 10, 'not between 1 and 10')`
 
 Check [custom validators](#custom-validator) for more info
 
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/between.ts b/src/lib/validators/between.ts
index a9f6370..455542b 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/between.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/between.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function between(min: number, max: number): Validator {
+export function between(min: number, max: number, name = 'between'): Validator {
 	return (value: any) => {
 		const val = isNaN(value) ? value.length : parseFloat(value);
-		return { valid: val >= min && val <= max, name: 'between' };
+		return { valid: val >= min && val <= max, name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/email.ts b/src/lib/validators/email.ts
index f7c4f1c..5107a33 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/email.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/email.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function email(): Validator {
+export function email(name = 'not_an_email'): Validator {
 	return (value: any) => {
 		const regex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_+&*-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9_+&*-]+)*@(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$/;
-		return { valid: Boolean(value) && regex.test(value), name: 'not_an_email' };
+		return { valid: Boolean(value) && regex.test(value), name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/matchField.ts b/src/lib/validators/matchField.ts
index b3d6705..dc10096 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/matchField.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/matchField.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import type { Field } from '$lib/types';
 import type { Readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 
-export function matchField(store: Readable<Field<any>>) {
+export function matchField(store: Readable<Field<any>>, name = 'match_field') {
 	return (value) => {
-		return { valid: get(store).value === value, name: 'match_field' };
+		return { valid: get(store).value === value, name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/max.ts b/src/lib/validators/max.ts
index d77e103..fb8e83e 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/max.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/max.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function max(n: number): Validator {
+export function max(n: number, name = 'max'): Validator {
 	return (value: any) => {
 		const val = typeof value === 'string' ? value.length : isNaN(value) ? 0 : parseFloat(value);
 
-		return { valid: val <= n, name: 'max' };
+		return { valid: val <= n, name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/min.ts b/src/lib/validators/min.ts
index d4bf1be..3977678 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/min.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/min.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function min(n: number): Validator {
+export function min(n: number, name = 'min'): Validator {
 	return (value: any) => {
 		const val = isNaN(value) ? value.length : parseFloat(value);
-		return { valid: val >= n, name: 'min' };
+		return { valid: val >= n, name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/pattern.ts b/src/lib/validators/pattern.ts
index 995f71d..d09b172 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/pattern.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/pattern.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function pattern(pattern: RegExp): Validator {
+export function pattern(pattern: RegExp, name = 'pattern'): Validator {
 	return (value: any) => {
 		if (value === null || value === undefined) {
 			return { valid: false, name: 'pattern' };
 		}
 
-		return { valid: pattern.test(value), name: 'pattern' };
+		return { valid: pattern.test(value), name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/required.ts b/src/lib/validators/required.ts
index b1b2fcc..ef23e6a 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/required.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/required.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function required(): Validator {
+export function required(name = 'required'): Validator {
 	return (val: string) => {
 		let valid = true;
 		if (val === undefined || val === null) valid = false;
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ export function required(): Validator {
 			valid = tmp.length > 0;
 		}
 
-		return { valid, name: 'required' };
+		return { valid, name };
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/validators/url.ts b/src/lib/validators/url.ts
index 94eed31..85d1c4d 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/url.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/url.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Validator } from './validator.js';
 
-export function url(): Validator {
+export function url(name = 'url'): Validator {
 	const regex =
 		/(https?|ftp|git|svn):\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-z]{2,63}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/i;
-	return (value: string) => ({ valid: regex.test(value), name: 'url' });
+	return (value: string) => ({ valid: regex.test(value), name });
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/validators/customErrorName.test.ts b/src/tests/validators/customErrorName.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ab071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/validators/customErrorName.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import cases from 'jest-in-case';
+import * as v from '$lib/validators';
+import { field } from '$lib/field';
+import type { FieldValidation } from '$lib';
+
+const valueOfFieldToMatchAgainst = 10;
+const fieldToMatchAgainst = field('fieldToMatchAgainst', valueOfFieldToMatchAgainst);
+
+cases(
+	'max(max)',
+	(opts) => {
+		const result = opts.validator(
+			...(opts.args || []),
+			'custom message'
+		)(opts.invalidValue) as FieldValidation;
+
+		expect(result.valid).toBe(false);
+		expect(result.name).toBe('custom message');
+	},
+	{
+		between: _(v.between, 50, [0, 10]),
+		email: _(v.email, 0),
+		matchField: _(v.matchField, valueOfFieldToMatchAgainst + 10, [fieldToMatchAgainst]),
+		max: _(v.max, 15, [10]),
+		min: _(v.min, 5, [10]),
+		pattern: _(v.pattern, 'foo', [/bar/]),
+		required: _(v.required, null),
+		url: _(v.url, 5)
+	}
+);
+
+function _(validator, invalidValue, args = []) {
+	return { validator, invalidValue, args };
+}