diff --git a/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StackAllocator.h b/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_ArenaAllocator.h
similarity index 76%
rename from modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StackAllocator.h
rename to modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_ArenaAllocator.h
index dace2307a..bc68138d5 100644
--- a/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StackAllocator.h
+++ b/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_ArenaAllocator.h
@@ -4,17 +4,23 @@
 
 namespace chowdsp
 {
-/** A simple stack allocator */
-class StackAllocator
+/** A simple arena allocator */
+class ArenaAllocator
 {
 public:
-    StackAllocator() = default;
+    ArenaAllocator() = default;
 
-    StackAllocator (const StackAllocator&) = delete;
-    StackAllocator& operator= (const StackAllocator&) = delete;
+    /** Constructs the arena with an initial allocated size. */
+    explicit ArenaAllocator (size_t size_in_bytes)
+    {
+        reset (size_in_bytes);
+    }
+
+    ArenaAllocator (const ArenaAllocator&) = delete;
+    ArenaAllocator& operator= (const ArenaAllocator&) = delete;
 
-    StackAllocator (StackAllocator&&) noexcept = default;
-    StackAllocator& operator= (StackAllocator&&) noexcept = default;
+    ArenaAllocator (ArenaAllocator&&) noexcept = default;
+    ArenaAllocator& operator= (ArenaAllocator&&) noexcept = default;
 
     /** Re-allocates the internal buffer with a given number of bytes */
     void reset (size_t new_size_bytes)
@@ -64,20 +70,20 @@ class StackAllocator
      * Once the frame goes out of scope, the allocator will be reset
      * to whatever it's state was at the beginning of the frame.
      */
-    struct StackAllocatorFrame
+    struct ArenaAllocatorFrame
     {
-        explicit StackAllocatorFrame (StackAllocator& allocator)
+        explicit ArenaAllocatorFrame (ArenaAllocator& allocator)
             : alloc (allocator),
               bytes_used_at_start (alloc.bytes_used)
         {
         }
 
-        ~StackAllocatorFrame()
+        ~ArenaAllocatorFrame()
         {
             alloc.bytes_used = bytes_used_at_start;
         }
 
-        StackAllocator& alloc;
+        ArenaAllocator& alloc;
         const size_t bytes_used_at_start;
     };
 
diff --git a/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/chowdsp_data_structures.h b/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/chowdsp_data_structures.h
index 4dfb76223..19eb89a1e 100644
--- a/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/chowdsp_data_structures.h
+++ b/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/chowdsp_data_structures.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BEGIN_JUCE_MODULE_DECLARATION
 #include "Structures/chowdsp_OptionalPointer.h"
 #include "Structures/chowdsp_RawObject.h"
 #include "Structures/chowdsp_SmallVector.h"
-#include "Structures/chowdsp_StackAllocator.h"
+#include "Structures/chowdsp_ArenaAllocator.h"
 #include "Structures/chowdsp_StringLiteral.h"
 
 #include "Helpers/chowdsp_ArrayHelpers.h"
diff --git a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StackAllocatorTest.cpp b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
similarity index 85%
rename from tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StackAllocatorTest.cpp
rename to tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
index bc80f1567..e848c1cb1 100644
--- a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StackAllocatorTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #include <CatchUtils.h>
 #include <chowdsp_data_structures/chowdsp_data_structures.h>
 
-TEST_CASE ("Stack Allocator Test", "[common][data-structures]")
+TEST_CASE ("Arena Allocator Test", "[common][data-structures]")
 {
-    chowdsp::StackAllocator allocator;
-    allocator.reset (150);
+    chowdsp::ArenaAllocator allocator { 150 };
 
     // allocate doubles
     {
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ TEST_CASE ("Stack Allocator Test", "[common][data-structures]")
 
     // allocate with stack frame
     {
-        chowdsp::StackAllocator::StackAllocatorFrame frame { allocator };
+        chowdsp::ArenaAllocator::ArenaAllocatorFrame frame { allocator };
         auto* some_chars = allocator.allocate<char> (30);
         juce::ignoreUnused (some_chars);
         REQUIRE (allocator.get_bytes_used() == 150);
diff --git a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/CMakeLists.txt
index c0f77cb53..e16ac00a9 100644
--- a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ target_sources(chowdsp_data_structures_test
         LocalPointerTest.cpp
         OptionalPointerTest.cpp
         SmallVectorTest.cpp
-        StackAllocatorTest.cpp
+        ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
         StringLiteralTest.cpp
         TupleHelpersTest.cpp
         VectorHelpersTest.cpp