diff --git a/src/jsutils/__tests__/instanceOf-test.js b/src/jsutils/__tests__/instanceOf-test.js
index 17a8d4e46d0..5855303d86f 100644
--- a/src/jsutils/__tests__/instanceOf-test.js
+++ b/src/jsutils/__tests__/instanceOf-test.js
@@ -4,19 +4,45 @@ import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
 import instanceOf from '../instanceOf';
 
 describe('instanceOf', () => {
+  it('allows instances to have share the same constructor name', () => {
+    function getMinifiedClass(tag: string) {
+      class SomeNameAfterMinification {
+        // $FlowFixMe[unsupported-syntax]
+        get [Symbol.toStringTag]() {
+          return tag;
+        }
+      }
+      return SomeNameAfterMinification;
+    }
+
+    const Foo = getMinifiedClass('Foo');
+    const Bar = getMinifiedClass('Bar');
+    expect(instanceOf(new Foo(), Bar)).to.equal(false);
+    expect(instanceOf(new Bar(), Foo)).to.equal(false);
+
+    const DuplicateOfFoo = getMinifiedClass('Foo');
+    expect(() => instanceOf(new DuplicateOfFoo(), Foo)).to.throw();
+    expect(() => instanceOf(new Foo(), DuplicateOfFoo)).to.throw();
+  });
+
   it('fails with descriptive error message', () => {
     function getFoo() {
-      class Foo {}
+      class Foo {
+        // $FlowFixMe[unsupported-syntax]
+        get [Symbol.toStringTag]() {
+          return 'Foo';
+        }
+      }
       return Foo;
     }
     const Foo1 = getFoo();
     const Foo2 = getFoo();
 
     expect(() => instanceOf(new Foo1(), Foo2)).to.throw(
-      /^Cannot use Foo "\[object Object\]" from another module or realm./m,
+      /^Cannot use Foo "{}" from another module or realm./m,
     );
     expect(() => instanceOf(new Foo2(), Foo1)).to.throw(
-      /^Cannot use Foo "\[object Object\]" from another module or realm./m,
+      /^Cannot use Foo "{}" from another module or realm./m,
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/jsutils/instanceOf.js b/src/jsutils/instanceOf.js
index e55cd13f730..5351b24306c 100644
--- a/src/jsutils/instanceOf.js
+++ b/src/jsutils/instanceOf.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import inspect from './inspect';
+
 /**
  * A replacement for instanceof which includes an error warning when multi-realm
  * constructors are detected.
@@ -20,12 +22,18 @@ export default process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
       if (value instanceof constructor) {
         return true;
       }
-      if (value) {
-        const valueClass = value.constructor;
-        const className = constructor.name;
-        if (className && valueClass && valueClass.name === className) {
+      if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
+        const className = constructor.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag];
+        const valueClassName =
+          // We still need to support constructor's name to detect conflicts with older versions of this library.
+          Symbol.toStringTag in value
+            ? // @ts-expect-error TS bug see, https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/38009
+              value[Symbol.toStringTag]
+            : value.constructor?.name;
+        if (className === valueClassName) {
+          const stringifiedValue = inspect(value);
           throw new Error(
-            `Cannot use ${className} "${value}" from another module or realm.
+            `Cannot use ${className} "${stringifiedValue}" from another module or realm.
 
 Ensure that there is only one instance of "graphql" in the node_modules
 directory. If different versions of "graphql" are the dependencies of other