diff --git a/.chloggen/mongodbatlasreceiver-add-attribute.yaml b/.chloggen/mongodbatlasreceiver-add-attribute.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4db8c41a7466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/mongodbatlasreceiver-add-attribute.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: emit "`mongodb_atlas.user.alias`" attribute which is the user-friendly hostname of the cluster node as displayed in the Atlas portal.
+      This attribute is disabled by default, if you want to emit it, you'll need to explicitly enable it.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [18881]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/documentation.md
index 5f7725c02a5c..05ded413ac26 100644
--- a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -972,3 +972,4 @@ Aggregate of MongoDB Metrics MAX_SWAP_USAGE_FREE, MAX_SWAP_USAGE_USED
 | mongodb_atlas.process.type_name | Process type | Any Str | true |
 | mongodb_atlas.project.id | Project ID | Any Str | true |
 | mongodb_atlas.project.name | Project Name | Any Str | true |
+| mongodb_atlas.user.alias | User-friendly hostname of the cluster node | Any Str | false |
diff --git a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index 027508f1f58b..f297ae0c3cc7 100644
--- a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ type ResourceAttributesSettings struct {
 	MongodbAtlasProcessTypeName ResourceAttributeSettings `mapstructure:"mongodb_atlas.process.type_name"`
 	MongodbAtlasProjectID       ResourceAttributeSettings `mapstructure:"mongodb_atlas.project.id"`
 	MongodbAtlasProjectName     ResourceAttributeSettings `mapstructure:"mongodb_atlas.project.name"`
+	MongodbAtlasUserAlias       ResourceAttributeSettings `mapstructure:"mongodb_atlas.user.alias"`
 }
 
 func DefaultResourceAttributesSettings() ResourceAttributesSettings {
@@ -339,6 +340,9 @@ func DefaultResourceAttributesSettings() ResourceAttributesSettings {
 		MongodbAtlasProjectName: ResourceAttributeSettings{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
+		MongodbAtlasUserAlias: ResourceAttributeSettings{
+			Enabled: false,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4540,6 +4544,15 @@ func WithMongodbAtlasProjectName(val string) ResourceMetricsOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithMongodbAtlasUserAlias sets provided value as "mongodb_atlas.user.alias" attribute for current resource.
+func WithMongodbAtlasUserAlias(val string) ResourceMetricsOption {
+	return func(ras ResourceAttributesSettings, rm pmetric.ResourceMetrics) {
+		if ras.MongodbAtlasUserAlias.Enabled {
+			rm.Resource().Attributes().PutStr("mongodb_atlas.user.alias", val)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // WithStartTimeOverride overrides start time for all the resource metrics data points.
 // This option should be only used if different start time has to be set on metrics coming from different resources.
 func WithStartTimeOverride(start pcommon.Timestamp) ResourceMetricsOption {
diff --git a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index e49c1537cdd6..e082f77b088c 100644
--- a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			allMetricsCount++
 			mb.RecordMongodbatlasSystemPagingUsageMaxDataPoint(ts, 1, AttributeMemoryState(1))
 
-			metrics := mb.Emit(WithMongodbAtlasDbName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasDiskPartition("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasHostName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasOrgName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProcessID("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProcessPort("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProcessTypeName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProjectID("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProjectName("attr-val"))
+			metrics := mb.Emit(WithMongodbAtlasDbName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasDiskPartition("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasHostName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasOrgName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProcessID("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProcessPort("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProcessTypeName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProjectID("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasProjectName("attr-val"), WithMongodbAtlasUserAlias("attr-val"))
 
 			if test.configSet == testSetNone {
 				assert.Equal(t, 0, metrics.ResourceMetrics().Len())
@@ -384,8 +384,15 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 				enabledAttrCount++
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "attr-val", attrVal.Str())
 			}
+			attrVal, ok = rm.Resource().Attributes().Get("mongodb_atlas.user.alias")
+			attrCount++
+			assert.Equal(t, mb.resourceAttributesSettings.MongodbAtlasUserAlias.Enabled, ok)
+			if mb.resourceAttributesSettings.MongodbAtlasUserAlias.Enabled {
+				enabledAttrCount++
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "attr-val", attrVal.Str())
+			}
 			assert.Equal(t, enabledAttrCount, rm.Resource().Attributes().Len())
-			assert.Equal(t, attrCount, 9)
+			assert.Equal(t, attrCount, 10)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, 1, rm.ScopeMetrics().Len())
 			ms := rm.ScopeMetrics().At(0).Metrics()
diff --git a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
index d8b80fdf12df..1e652fd7c0b3 100644
--- a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ all_set:
       enabled: true
     mongodb_atlas.project.name:
       enabled: true
+    mongodb_atlas.user.alias:
+      enabled: true
 none_set:
   metrics:
     mongodbatlas.db.counts:
@@ -293,3 +295,5 @@ none_set:
       enabled: false
     mongodb_atlas.project.name:
       enabled: false
+    mongodb_atlas.user.alias:
+      enabled: false
diff --git a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 8e127cd79502..b521e3ebcb09 100644
--- a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ resource_attributes:
     description: Hostname of the process
     enabled: true
     type: string
+  mongodb_atlas.user.alias:
+    description: User-friendly hostname of the cluster node
+    enabled: false
+    type: string
   mongodb_atlas.process.port:
     description: Port process is bound to
     enabled: true
diff --git a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/receiver.go
index dc14e8fb8ed5..714ad10576e0 100644
--- a/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/mongodbatlasreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func (s *receiver) poll(ctx context.Context, time timeconstraints) error {
 					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProjectName(project.Name),
 					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProjectID(project.ID),
 					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasHostName(process.Hostname),
+					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasUserAlias(process.UserAlias),
 					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessPort(strconv.Itoa(process.Port)),
 					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessTypeName(process.TypeName),
 					metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessID(process.ID),
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ func (s *receiver) extractProcessDatabaseMetrics(
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProjectName(project.Name),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProjectID(project.ID),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasHostName(process.Hostname),
+			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasUserAlias(process.UserAlias),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessPort(strconv.Itoa(process.Port)),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessTypeName(process.TypeName),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessID(process.ID),
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ func (s *receiver) extractProcessDiskMetrics(
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProjectName(project.Name),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProjectID(project.ID),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasHostName(process.Hostname),
+			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasUserAlias(process.UserAlias),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessPort(strconv.Itoa(process.Port)),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessTypeName(process.TypeName),
 			metadata.WithMongodbAtlasProcessID(process.ID),