diff --git a/runtime/doc/deprecated.txt b/runtime/doc/deprecated.txt
index 1b57f34896..ac512ddd35 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/deprecated.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/deprecated.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ LUA
 - *vim.pretty_print()*			Use |vim.print()| instead.
 - *vim.loop*				Use |vim.uv| instead.
 - *vim.tbl_add_reverse_lookup()*
+- *vim.tbl_islist()*			Use |vim.islist()| instead.
 
 NORMAL COMMANDS
 - *]f* *[f*		Same as "gf".
diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
index dc1a4bb35d..de1e432790 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
@@ -2029,6 +2029,43 @@ vim.is_callable({f})                                       *vim.is_callable()*
     Return: ~
         (`boolean`) `true` if `f` is callable, else `false`
 
+vim.isarray({t})                                               *vim.isarray()*
+    Tests if `t` is an "array": a table indexed only by integers (potentially
+    non-contiguous).
+
+    If the indexes start from 1 and are contiguous then the array is also a
+    list. |vim.islist()|
+
+    Empty table `{}` is an array, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()|
+    or returned as a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from
+    |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|.
+
+    Parameters: ~
+      • {t}  (`table?`)
+
+    Return: ~
+        (`boolean`) `true` if array-like table, else `false`.
+
+    See also: ~
+      • https://github.com/openresty/luajit2#tableisarray
+
+vim.islist({t})                                                 *vim.islist()*
+    Tests if `t` is a "list": a table indexed only by contiguous integers
+    starting from 1 (what |lua-length| calls a "regular array").
+
+    Empty table `{}` is a list, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()| or
+    returned as a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from
+    |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|.
+
+    Parameters: ~
+      • {t}  (`table?`)
+
+    Return: ~
+        (`boolean`) `true` if list-like table, else `false`.
+
+    See also: ~
+      • |vim.isarray()|
+
 vim.list_contains({t}, {value})                          *vim.list_contains()*
     Checks if a list-like table (integer keys without gaps) contains `value`.
 
@@ -2279,26 +2316,6 @@ vim.tbl_get({o}, {...})                                        *vim.tbl_get()*
     Return: ~
         (`any`) Nested value indexed by key (if it exists), else nil
 
-vim.tbl_isarray({t})                                       *vim.tbl_isarray()*
-    Tests if `t` is an "array": a table indexed only by integers (potentially
-    non-contiguous).
-
-    If the indexes start from 1 and are contiguous then the array is also a
-    list. |vim.tbl_islist()|
-
-    Empty table `{}` is an array, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()|
-    or returned as a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from
-    |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|.
-
-    Parameters: ~
-      • {t}  (`table`)
-
-    Return: ~
-        (`boolean`) `true` if array-like table, else `false`.
-
-    See also: ~
-      • https://github.com/openresty/luajit2#tableisarray
-
 vim.tbl_isempty({t})                                       *vim.tbl_isempty()*
     Checks if a table is empty.
 
@@ -2311,23 +2328,6 @@ vim.tbl_isempty({t})                                       *vim.tbl_isempty()*
     See also: ~
       • https://github.com/premake/premake-core/blob/master/src/base/table.lua
 
-vim.tbl_islist({t})                                         *vim.tbl_islist()*
-    Tests if `t` is a "list": a table indexed only by contiguous integers
-    starting from 1 (what |lua-length| calls a "regular array").
-
-    Empty table `{}` is a list, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()| or
-    returned as a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from
-    |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|.
-
-    Parameters: ~
-      • {t}  (`table`)
-
-    Return: ~
-        (`boolean`) `true` if list-like table, else `false`.
-
-    See also: ~
-      • |vim.tbl_isarray()|
-
 vim.tbl_keys({t})                                             *vim.tbl_keys()*
     Return a list of all keys used in a table. However, the order of the
     return table of keys is not guaranteed.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/news.txt b/runtime/doc/news.txt
index 7da6fb4ff8..025af14954 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/news.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/news.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ The following changes may require adaptations in user config or plugins.
 
     set guicursor+=n-v-c:blinkon500-blinkoff500
 <
-• |vim.tbl_islist()| now checks whether a table is actually list-like (i.e.,
+• |vim.islist()| now checks whether a table is actually list-like (i.e.,
   has integer keys without gaps and starting from 1). For the previous
   behavior (only check for integer keys, allow gaps or not starting with 1),
-  use |vim.tbl_isarray()|.
+  use |vim.isarray()|.
 
 • "#" followed by a digit no longer stands for a function key at the start of
   the lhs of a mapping.
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ unreleased features on Nvim HEAD.
 
 • Removed vim.iter.map(), vim.iter.filter(), vim.iter.totable().
 
+• Renamed vim.tbl_isarray() to vim.isarray().
+
 ==============================================================================
 NEW FEATURES                                                    *news-features*
 
@@ -561,7 +563,8 @@ release.
   populated. Background color detection is now performed in Lua by the Nvim
   core, not the TUI.
 
-• vim.shared functions:
+• Lua stdlib:
   - |vim.tbl_add_reverse_lookup()|
+  - |vim.tbl_islist()|
 
  vim:tw=78:ts=8:sw=2:et:ft=help:norl:
diff --git a/runtime/lua/_vim9script.lua b/runtime/lua/_vim9script.lua
index ca0e913d51..23c078cb87 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/_vim9script.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/_vim9script.lua
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ local vim9 = (function()
   end
 
   M.index = function(obj, idx)
-    if vim.tbl_islist(obj) then
+    if vim.islist(obj) then
       if idx < 0 then
         return obj[#obj + idx + 1]
       else
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ local vim9 = (function()
     assert(type(finish) == 'number')
 
     local slicer
-    if vim.tbl_islist(obj) then
+    if vim.islist(obj) then
       slicer = vim.list_slice
     elseif type(obj) == 'string' then
       slicer = string.sub
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ local vim9 = (function()
   end
 
   M.iter = function(expr)
-    if vim.tbl_islist(expr) then
+    if vim.islist(expr) then
       return ipairs(expr)
     else
       return pairs(expr)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ vim9['convert'] = (function()
     elseif type(val) == 'table' then
       if vim.tbl_isempty(val) then
         return vim.empty_dict()
-      elseif vim.tbl_islist(val) then
+      elseif vim.islist(val) then
         error(string.format('Cannot pass list to dictionary? %s', vim.inspect(val)))
       else
         return val
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ vim9['fn'] = (function()
       error("haven't written this code yet")
     end
 
-    if vim.tbl_islist(right) then
+    if vim.islist(right) then
       vim.list_extend(left, right)
       return left
     else
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_options.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_options.lua
index 13ad6cc58f..b41e298dd7 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_options.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_options.lua
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ end
 --- @param t table<any,any>
 --- @param val any
 local function remove_one_item(t, val)
-  if vim.tbl_islist(t) then
+  if vim.islist(t) then
     local remove_index = nil
     for i, v in ipairs(t) do
       if v == val then
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/diagnostic.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/diagnostic.lua
index 6233bb7058..5e4835ab88 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/diagnostic.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/diagnostic.lua
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ function M.set(namespace, bufnr, diagnostics, opts)
     bufnr = { bufnr, 'n' },
     diagnostics = {
       diagnostics,
-      vim.tbl_islist,
+      vim.islist,
       'a list of diagnostics',
     },
     opts = { opts, 't', true },
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ M.handlers.signs = {
       bufnr = { bufnr, 'n' },
       diagnostics = {
         diagnostics,
-        vim.tbl_islist,
+        vim.islist,
         'a list of diagnostics',
       },
       opts = { opts, 't', true },
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ M.handlers.underline = {
       bufnr = { bufnr, 'n' },
       diagnostics = {
         diagnostics,
-        vim.tbl_islist,
+        vim.islist,
         'a list of diagnostics',
       },
       opts = { opts, 't', true },
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ M.handlers.virtual_text = {
       bufnr = { bufnr, 'n' },
       diagnostics = {
         diagnostics,
-        vim.tbl_islist,
+        vim.islist,
         'a list of diagnostics',
       },
       opts = { opts, 't', true },
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ function M.show(namespace, bufnr, diagnostics, opts)
     diagnostics = {
       diagnostics,
       function(v)
-        return v == nil or vim.tbl_islist(v)
+        return v == nil or vim.islist(v)
       end,
       'a list of diagnostics',
     },
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ function M.toqflist(diagnostics)
   vim.validate({
     diagnostics = {
       diagnostics,
-      vim.tbl_islist,
+      vim.islist,
       'a list of diagnostics',
     },
   })
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ function M.fromqflist(list)
   vim.validate({
     list = {
       list,
-      vim.tbl_islist,
+      vim.islist,
       'a list of quickfix items',
     },
   })
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/handlers.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/handlers.lua
index a15096fdad..d6579cf4b3 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/handlers.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/handlers.lua
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ local function location_handler(_, result, ctx, config)
 
   -- textDocument/definition can return Location or Location[]
   -- https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/specification-current/#textDocument_definition
-  if not vim.tbl_islist(result) then
+  if not vim.islist(result) then
     result = { result }
   end
 
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua
index eb51c244ef..85720b6ea3 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/shared.lua
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ end
 
 --- We only merge empty tables or tables that are not an array (indexed by integers)
 local function can_merge(v)
-  return type(v) == 'table' and (vim.tbl_isempty(v) or not vim.tbl_isarray(v))
+  return type(v) == 'table' and (vim.tbl_isempty(v) or not vim.isarray(v))
 end
 
 local function tbl_extend(behavior, deep_extend, ...)
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ end
 ---
 ---@param o table Table to index
 ---@param ... any Optional keys (0 or more, variadic) via which to index the table
----@return any : Nested value indexed by key (if it exists), else nil
+---@return any # Nested value indexed by key (if it exists), else nil
 function vim.tbl_get(o, ...)
   local keys = { ... }
   if #keys == 0 then
@@ -599,18 +599,24 @@ function vim.spairs(t)
     t
 end
 
+--- @deprecated
+function vim.tbl_isarray()
+  vim.deprecate('vim.tbl_isarray', 'vim.isarray', '0.10-dev')
+  error('vim.tbl_isarray was renamed to vim.isarray')
+end
+
 --- Tests if `t` is an "array": a table indexed _only_ by integers (potentially non-contiguous).
 ---
---- If the indexes start from 1 and are contiguous then the array is also a list. |vim.tbl_islist()|
+--- If the indexes start from 1 and are contiguous then the array is also a list. |vim.islist()|
 ---
 --- Empty table `{}` is an array, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()| or returned as
 --- a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|.
 ---
 ---@see https://github.com/openresty/luajit2#tableisarray
 ---
----@param t table
+---@param t? table
 ---@return boolean `true` if array-like table, else `false`.
-function vim.tbl_isarray(t)
+function vim.isarray(t)
   if type(t) ~= 'table' then
     return false
   end
@@ -640,17 +646,23 @@ function vim.tbl_isarray(t)
   end
 end
 
+--- @deprecated
+function vim.tbl_islist(t)
+  vim.deprecate('vim.tbl_islist', 'vim.islist', '0.12')
+  return vim.islist(t)
+end
+
 --- Tests if `t` is a "list": a table indexed _only_ by contiguous integers starting from 1 (what
 --- |lua-length| calls a "regular array").
 ---
 --- Empty table `{}` is a list, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()| or returned as
 --- a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|.
 ---
----@see |vim.tbl_isarray()|
+---@see |vim.isarray()|
 ---
----@param t table
+---@param t? table
 ---@return boolean `true` if list-like table, else `false`.
-function vim.tbl_islist(t)
+function vim.islist(t)
   if type(t) ~= 'table' then
     return false
   end
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/mpack_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/mpack_spec.lua
index 925174a74b..a9400b34c8 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/mpack_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/mpack_spec.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('lua vim.mpack', function()
       { { {}, 'foo', {} }, true, false },
       exec_lua [[
       local var = vim.mpack.decode(vim.mpack.encode({{}, "foo", vim.empty_dict()}))
-      return {var, vim.tbl_islist(var[1]), vim.tbl_islist(var[3])}
+      return {var, vim.islist(var[1]), vim.islist(var[3])}
     ]]
     )
   end)
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua
index 436ada4886..3b47d7a667 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/vim_spec.lua
@@ -673,21 +673,21 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       local a = {}
       local b = vim.deepcopy(a)
 
-      return vim.tbl_islist(b) and vim.tbl_count(b) == 0 and tostring(a) ~= tostring(b)
+      return vim.islist(b) and vim.tbl_count(b) == 0 and tostring(a) ~= tostring(b)
     ]]))
 
     ok(exec_lua([[
       local a = vim.empty_dict()
       local b = vim.deepcopy(a)
 
-      return not vim.tbl_islist(b) and vim.tbl_count(b) == 0
+      return not vim.islist(b) and vim.tbl_count(b) == 0
     ]]))
 
     ok(exec_lua([[
       local a = {x = vim.empty_dict(), y = {}}
       local b = vim.deepcopy(a)
 
-      return not vim.tbl_islist(b.x) and vim.tbl_islist(b.y)
+      return not vim.islist(b.x) and vim.islist(b.y)
         and vim.tbl_count(b) == 2
         and tostring(a) ~= tostring(b)
     ]]))
@@ -825,30 +825,30 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
     )
   end)
 
-  it('vim.tbl_isarray', function()
-    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_isarray({})'))
-    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_isarray(vim.empty_dict())'))
-    eq(true, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_isarray({'a', 'b', 'c'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_isarray({'a', '32', a='hello', b='baz'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_isarray({1, a='hello', b='baz'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_isarray({a='hello', b='baz', 1})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_isarray({1, 2, nil, a='hello'})"))
-    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_isarray({1, 2, nil, 4})'))
-    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_isarray({nil, 2, 3, 4})'))
-    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_isarray({1, [1.5]=2, [3]=3})'))
+  it('vim.isarray', function()
+    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.isarray({})'))
+    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.isarray(vim.empty_dict())'))
+    eq(true, exec_lua("return vim.isarray({'a', 'b', 'c'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.isarray({'a', '32', a='hello', b='baz'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.isarray({1, a='hello', b='baz'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.isarray({a='hello', b='baz', 1})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.isarray({1, 2, nil, a='hello'})"))
+    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.isarray({1, 2, nil, 4})'))
+    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.isarray({nil, 2, 3, 4})'))
+    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.isarray({1, [1.5]=2, [3]=3})'))
   end)
 
-  it('vim.tbl_islist', function()
-    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_islist({})'))
-    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_islist(vim.empty_dict())'))
-    eq(true, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_islist({'a', 'b', 'c'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_islist({'a', '32', a='hello', b='baz'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_islist({1, a='hello', b='baz'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_islist({a='hello', b='baz', 1})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.tbl_islist({1, 2, nil, a='hello'})"))
-    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_islist({1, 2, nil, 4})'))
-    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_islist({nil, 2, 3, 4})'))
-    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.tbl_islist({1, [1.5]=2, [3]=3})'))
+  it('vim.islist', function()
+    eq(true, exec_lua('return vim.islist({})'))
+    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.islist(vim.empty_dict())'))
+    eq(true, exec_lua("return vim.islist({'a', 'b', 'c'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.islist({'a', '32', a='hello', b='baz'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.islist({1, a='hello', b='baz'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.islist({a='hello', b='baz', 1})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua("return vim.islist({1, 2, nil, a='hello'})"))
+    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.islist({1, 2, nil, 4})'))
+    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.islist({nil, 2, 3, 4})'))
+    eq(false, exec_lua('return vim.islist({1, [1.5]=2, [3]=3})'))
   end)
 
   it('vim.tbl_isempty', function()
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       local b = {}
       local c = vim.tbl_extend("keep", a, b)
 
-      return not vim.tbl_islist(c) and vim.tbl_count(c) == 0
+      return not vim.islist(c) and vim.tbl_count(c) == 0
     ]]))
 
     ok(exec_lua([[
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       local b = vim.empty_dict()
       local c = vim.tbl_extend("keep", a, b)
 
-      return vim.tbl_islist(c) and vim.tbl_count(c) == 0
+      return vim.islist(c) and vim.tbl_count(c) == 0
     ]]))
 
     ok(exec_lua([[
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       local count = 0
       for _ in pairs(c) do count = count + 1 end
 
-      return not vim.tbl_islist(c) and count == 0
+      return not vim.islist(c) and count == 0
     ]]))
 
     ok(exec_lua([[
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       local count = 0
       for _ in pairs(c) do count = count + 1 end
 
-      return vim.tbl_islist(c) and count == 0
+      return vim.islist(c) and count == 0
     ]]))
 
     eq(
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       vim.rpcrequest(chan, 'nvim_exec', 'let xx = {}\nlet yy = []', false)
       local dict = vim.rpcrequest(chan, 'nvim_eval', 'xx')
       local list = vim.rpcrequest(chan, 'nvim_eval', 'yy')
-      return {dict, list, vim.tbl_islist(dict), vim.tbl_islist(list)}
+      return {dict, list, vim.islist(dict), vim.islist(list)}
      ]])
     )
 
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
       vim.api.nvim_set_var('dicty', vim.empty_dict())
       local listy = vim.fn.eval("listy")
       local dicty = vim.fn.eval("dicty")
-      return {vim.tbl_islist(listy), vim.tbl_islist(dicty), next(listy) == nil, next(dicty) == nil}
+      return {vim.islist(listy), vim.islist(dicty), next(listy) == nil, next(dicty) == nil}
     ]])
     )