diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/azuresqldatabase_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/azuresqldatabase_types.go
index cb6bdf2afcf..2e1c487f112 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/azuresqldatabase_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/azuresqldatabase_types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ type AzureSqlDatabaseSpec struct {
 	ResourceGroup string    `json:"resourcegroup,omitempty"`
 	Server        string    `json:"server"`
 	Edition       DBEdition `json:"edition"`
+	// optional
+	DbName string `json:"dbName,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // +kubebuilder:object:root=true
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/azuresqluser_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/azuresqluser_types.go
index b07215837df..6cdd3b6dd5e 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/azuresqluser_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/azuresqluser_types.go
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ import (
 type AzureSQLUserSpec struct {
 	// INSERT ADDITIONAL SPEC FIELDS - desired state of cluster
 	// Important: Run "make" to regenerate code after modifying this file
-	Server                 string   `json:"server"`
-	DbName                 string   `json:"dbName"`
-	ResourceGroup          string   `json:"resourceGroup,omitempty"`
+	Server        string   `json:"server"`
+	DbName        string   `json:"dbName"`
+	ResourceGroup string   `json:"resourceGroup,omitempty"`
+	Roles         []string `json:"roles"`
+	// optional
 	AdminSecret            string   `json:"adminSecret,omitempty"`
 	AdminSecretKeyVault    string   `json:"adminSecretKeyVault,omitempty"`
-	Roles                  []string `json:"roles"`
+	Username               string   `json:"username,omitempty"`
 	KeyVaultToStoreSecrets string   `json:"keyVaultToStoreSecrets,omitempty"`
 	KeyVaultSecretPrefix   string   `json:"keyVaultSecretPrefix,omitempty"`
 	KeyVaultSecretFormats  []string `json:"keyVaultSecretFormats,omitempty"`
diff --git a/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqldatabase.yaml b/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqldatabase.yaml
index fa6e5e4eaa6..83204934867 100644
--- a/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqldatabase.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqldatabase.yaml
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ spec:
   resourcegroup: resourcegroup-azure-operators
   server:  sqlserver-sample-777
   edition: 0
+  # Optional
+  # override metadata.name for database name
+  # dbName: myDatabase
diff --git a/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqluser.yaml b/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqluser.yaml
index ee90fa31929..4179c0f7431 100644
--- a/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqluser.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/azure_v1alpha1_azuresqluser.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ spec:
   # db_owner, db_securityadmin, db_accessadmin, db_backupoperator, db_ddladmin, db_datawriter, db_datareader, db_denydatawriter, db_denydatareader
   roles:
     - "db_owner"
+  # Specify a specific username for the user
+  # username: someUser
   # Specify adminSecret and adminSecretKeyVault if you want to 
   # read the SQL server admin creds from a specific keyvault secret
   # adminSecret: sqlserver-sample-777
diff --git a/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqldb/azuresqldb_reconcile.go b/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqldb/azuresqldb_reconcile.go
index 70276ecb232..db505b1806b 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqldb/azuresqldb_reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqldb/azuresqldb_reconcile.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func (db *AzureSqlDbManager) Ensure(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object, opt
 	groupName := instance.Spec.ResourceGroup
 	server := instance.Spec.Server
 	dbName := instance.Name
+	if len(instance.Spec.DbName) > 0 {
+		dbName = instance.Spec.DbName
+	}
 	dbEdition := instance.Spec.Edition
 
 	// convert kube labels to expected tag format
diff --git a/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqluser/azuresqluser.go b/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqluser/azuresqluser.go
index 82ce436fc36..571e69a798c 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqluser/azuresqluser.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcemanager/azuresql/azuresqluser/azuresqluser.go
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ func (s *AzureSqlUserManager) Ensure(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object, op
 		return false, err
 	}
 
+	requestedUsername := instance.Spec.Username
+	if len(requestedUsername) == 0 {
+		requestedUsername = instance.Name
+	}
+
 	if !instance.Status.Provisioned {
 		options := &resourcemanager.Options{}
 		for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ func (s *AzureSqlUserManager) Ensure(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.Object, op
 		// reset user from secret in case it was loaded
 		user := string(DBSecret[SecretUsernameKey])
 		if user == "" {
-			user = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", instance.Name, uuid.New())
+			user = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", requestedUsername, uuid.New())
 			DBSecret[SecretUsernameKey] = []byte(user)
 		}