diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index 1c6492633f4..4f8ff6cda1c 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ type ProxyServer struct {
 	Broadcaster     events.EventBroadcaster
 	Recorder        events.EventRecorder
 	NodeRef         *v1.ObjectReference
-	HealthzServer   *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer
+	HealthzServer   *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer
 	Hostname        string
 	PrimaryIPFamily v1.IPFamily
 	NodeIPs         map[v1.IPFamily]net.IP
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func newProxyServer(ctx context.Context, config *kubeproxyconfig.KubeProxyConfig
 	}
 
 	if len(config.HealthzBindAddress) > 0 {
-		s.HealthzServer = healthcheck.NewProxierHealthServer(config.HealthzBindAddress, 2*config.SyncPeriod.Duration)
+		s.HealthzServer = healthcheck.NewProxyHealthServer(config.HealthzBindAddress, 2*config.SyncPeriod.Duration)
 	}
 
 	err = s.platformSetup(ctx)
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func createClient(ctx context.Context, config componentbaseconfig.ClientConnecti
 	return client, nil
 }
 
-func serveHealthz(ctx context.Context, hz *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer, errCh chan error) {
+func serveHealthz(ctx context.Context, hz *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer, errCh chan error) {
 	logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
 	if hz == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/common.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/common.go
index c7a9f8bfbe0..5e026484665 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/common.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/common.go
@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ import (
 	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
 )
 
-// listener allows for testing of ServiceHealthServer and ProxierHealthServer.
+// listener allows for testing of ServiceHealthServer and ProxyHealthServer.
 type listener interface {
 	// Listen is very much like netutils.MultiListen, except the second arg (network) is
 	// fixed to be "tcp".
 	Listen(ctx context.Context, addrs ...string) (net.Listener, error)
 }
 
-// httpServerFactory allows for testing of ServiceHealthServer and ProxierHealthServer.
+// httpServerFactory allows for testing of ServiceHealthServer and ProxyHealthServer.
 type httpServerFactory interface {
 	// New creates an instance of a type satisfying HTTPServer.  This is
 	// designed to include http.Server.
 	New(handler http.Handler) httpServer
 }
 
-// httpServer allows for testing of ServiceHealthServer and ProxierHealthServer.
+// httpServer allows for testing of ServiceHealthServer and ProxyHealthServer.
 // It is designed so that http.Server satisfies this interface,
 type httpServer interface {
 	Serve(listener net.Listener) error
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
index 777f529897e..d1ff3e78cef 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ type healthzPayload struct {
 	NodeHealthy bool
 }
 
-type fakeProxierHealthChecker struct {
+type fakeProxyHealthChecker struct {
 	healthy bool
 }
 
-func (fake fakeProxierHealthChecker) IsHealthy() bool {
+func (fake fakeProxyHealthChecker) IsHealthy() bool {
 	return fake.healthy
 }
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
 	listener := newFakeListener()
 	httpFactory := newFakeHTTPServerFactory()
 	nodePortAddresses := proxyutil.NewNodePortAddresses(v1.IPv4Protocol, []string{})
-	proxyChecker := &fakeProxierHealthChecker{true}
+	proxyChecker := &fakeProxyHealthChecker{true}
 
 	hcsi := newServiceHealthServer("hostname", nil, listener, httpFactory, nodePortAddresses, proxyChecker)
 	hcs := hcsi.(*server)
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func TestHealthzServer(t *testing.T) {
 	httpFactory := newFakeHTTPServerFactory()
 	fakeClock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 
-	hs := newProxierHealthServer(listener, httpFactory, fakeClock, "127.0.0.1:10256", 10*time.Second)
+	hs := newProxyHealthServer(listener, httpFactory, fakeClock, "127.0.0.1:10256", 10*time.Second)
 	server := hs.httpFactory.New(healthzHandler{hs: hs})
 
 	hsTest := &serverTest{
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ func TestHealthzServer(t *testing.T) {
 		tracking503: 0,
 	}
 
-	testProxierHealthUpdater(hs, hsTest, fakeClock, t)
+	testProxyHealthUpdater(hs, hsTest, fakeClock, t)
 
 	// Should return 200 "OK" if we've synced a node, tainted in any other way
 	hs.SyncNode(makeNode(tweakTainted("other")))
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ func TestLivezServer(t *testing.T) {
 	httpFactory := newFakeHTTPServerFactory()
 	fakeClock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
 
-	hs := newProxierHealthServer(listener, httpFactory, fakeClock, "127.0.0.1:10256", 10*time.Second)
+	hs := newProxyHealthServer(listener, httpFactory, fakeClock, "127.0.0.1:10256", 10*time.Second)
 	server := hs.httpFactory.New(livezHandler{hs: hs})
 
 	hsTest := &serverTest{
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ func TestLivezServer(t *testing.T) {
 		tracking503: 0,
 	}
 
-	testProxierHealthUpdater(hs, hsTest, fakeClock, t)
+	testProxyHealthUpdater(hs, hsTest, fakeClock, t)
 
 	// Should return 200 "OK" irrespective of node syncs
 	hs.SyncNode(makeNode(tweakTainted("other")))
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ var (
 	livezURL   url = "/livez"
 )
 
-func testProxierHealthUpdater(hs *ProxierHealthServer, hsTest *serverTest, fakeClock *testingclock.FakeClock, t *testing.T) {
+func testProxyHealthUpdater(hs *ProxyHealthServer, hsTest *serverTest, fakeClock *testingclock.FakeClock, t *testing.T) {
 	// Should return 200 "OK" by default.
 	testHTTPHandler(hsTest, http.StatusOK, t)
 
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ func testMetricEquals(metric basemetrics.CounterMetric, expected float64, t *tes
 func TestServerWithSelectiveListeningAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	listener := newFakeListener()
 	httpFactory := newFakeHTTPServerFactory()
-	proxyChecker := &fakeProxierHealthChecker{true}
+	proxyChecker := &fakeProxyHealthChecker{true}
 
 	// limiting addresses to loop back. We don't want any cleverness here around getting IP for
 	// machine nor testing ipv6 || ipv4. using loop back guarantees the test will work on any machine
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go
index a76437189bd..9fbe4fc0331 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ const (
 	ToBeDeletedTaint = "ToBeDeletedByClusterAutoscaler"
 )
 
-// ProxierHealthServer allows callers to:
+// ProxyHealthServer allows callers to:
 //  1. run a http server with /healthz and /livez endpoint handlers.
 //  2. update healthz timestamps before and after synchronizing dataplane.
 //  3. sync node status, for reporting unhealthy /healthz response
 //     if the node is marked for deletion by autoscaler.
 //  4. get proxy health by verifying that the delay between QueuedUpdate()
 //     calls and Updated() calls exceeded healthTimeout or not.
-type ProxierHealthServer struct {
+type ProxyHealthServer struct {
 	listener    listener
 	httpFactory httpServerFactory
 	clock       clock.Clock
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ type ProxierHealthServer struct {
 	nodeEligible           bool
 }
 
-// NewProxierHealthServer returns a proxier health http server.
-func NewProxierHealthServer(addr string, healthTimeout time.Duration) *ProxierHealthServer {
-	return newProxierHealthServer(stdNetListener{}, stdHTTPServerFactory{}, clock.RealClock{}, addr, healthTimeout)
+// NewProxyHealthServer returns a proxy health http server.
+func NewProxyHealthServer(addr string, healthTimeout time.Duration) *ProxyHealthServer {
+	return newProxyHealthServer(stdNetListener{}, stdHTTPServerFactory{}, clock.RealClock{}, addr, healthTimeout)
 }
 
-func newProxierHealthServer(listener listener, httpServerFactory httpServerFactory, c clock.Clock, addr string, healthTimeout time.Duration) *ProxierHealthServer {
-	return &ProxierHealthServer{
+func newProxyHealthServer(listener listener, httpServerFactory httpServerFactory, c clock.Clock, addr string, healthTimeout time.Duration) *ProxyHealthServer {
+	return &ProxyHealthServer{
 		listener:      listener,
 		httpFactory:   httpServerFactory,
 		clock:         c,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func newProxierHealthServer(listener listener, httpServerFactory httpServerFacto
 
 // Updated should be called when the proxier of the given IP family has successfully updated
 // the service rules to reflect the current state and should be considered healthy now.
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) Updated(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) Updated(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
 	hs.lock.Lock()
 	defer hs.lock.Unlock()
 	delete(hs.oldestPendingQueuedMap, ipFamily)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) Updated(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
 // indicates that the proxier for the given IP family has received changes but has not
 // yet pushed them to its backend. If the proxier does not call Updated within the
 // healthTimeout time then it will be considered unhealthy.
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) QueuedUpdate(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) QueuedUpdate(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
 	hs.lock.Lock()
 	defer hs.lock.Unlock()
 	// Set oldestPendingQueuedMap[ipFamily] only if it's currently unset
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) QueuedUpdate(ipFamily v1.IPFamily) {
 
 // IsHealthy returns only the proxier's health state, following the same
 // definition the HTTP server defines, but ignoring the state of the Node.
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) IsHealthy() bool {
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) IsHealthy() bool {
 	isHealthy, _ := hs.isHealthy()
 	return isHealthy
 }
 
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) isHealthy() (bool, time.Time) {
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) isHealthy() (bool, time.Time) {
 	hs.lock.RLock()
 	defer hs.lock.RUnlock()
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) isHealthy() (bool, time.Time) {
 
 // SyncNode syncs the node and determines if it is eligible or not. Eligible is
 // defined as being: not tainted by ToBeDeletedTaint and not deleted.
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) SyncNode(node *v1.Node) {
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) SyncNode(node *v1.Node) {
 	hs.lock.Lock()
 	defer hs.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -155,15 +155,15 @@ func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) SyncNode(node *v1.Node) {
 	hs.nodeEligible = true
 }
 
-// NodeEligible returns nodeEligible field of ProxierHealthServer.
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) NodeEligible() bool {
+// NodeEligible returns nodeEligible field of ProxyHealthServer.
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) NodeEligible() bool {
 	hs.lock.RLock()
 	defer hs.lock.RUnlock()
 	return hs.nodeEligible
 }
 
 // Run starts the healthz HTTP server and blocks until it exits.
-func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (hs *ProxyHealthServer) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	serveMux := http.NewServeMux()
 	serveMux.Handle("/healthz", healthzHandler{hs: hs})
 	serveMux.Handle("/livez", livezHandler{hs: hs})
@@ -171,19 +171,19 @@ func (hs *ProxierHealthServer) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	listener, err := hs.listener.Listen(ctx, hs.addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start proxier healthz on %s: %v", hs.addr, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start proxy healthz on %s: %v", hs.addr, err)
 	}
 
 	klog.V(3).InfoS("Starting healthz HTTP server", "address", hs.addr)
 
 	if err := server.Serve(listener); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("proxier healthz closed with error: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("proxy healthz closed with error: %v", err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 type healthzHandler struct {
-	hs *ProxierHealthServer
+	hs *ProxyHealthServer
 }
 
 func (h healthzHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (h healthzHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 }
 
 type livezHandler struct {
-	hs *ProxierHealthServer
+	hs *ProxyHealthServer
 }
 
 func (h livezHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go
index 44eb8b687cf..e0894aae98a 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/service_health.go
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ type ServiceHealthServer interface {
 	SyncEndpoints(newEndpoints map[types.NamespacedName]int) error
 }
 
-type proxierHealthChecker interface {
-	// IsHealthy returns the proxier's health state, following the same
+type proxyHealthChecker interface {
+	// IsHealthy returns the proxy's health state, following the same
 	// definition the HTTP server defines.
 	IsHealthy() bool
 }
 
-func newServiceHealthServer(hostname string, recorder events.EventRecorder, listener listener, factory httpServerFactory, nodePortAddresses *proxyutil.NodePortAddresses, healthzServer proxierHealthChecker) ServiceHealthServer {
+func newServiceHealthServer(hostname string, recorder events.EventRecorder, listener listener, factory httpServerFactory, nodePortAddresses *proxyutil.NodePortAddresses, healthzServer proxyHealthChecker) ServiceHealthServer {
 	// It doesn't matter whether we listen on "0.0.0.0", "::", or ""; go
 	// treats them all the same.
 	nodeIPs := []net.IP{net.IPv4zero}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func newServiceHealthServer(hostname string, recorder events.EventRecorder, list
 }
 
 // NewServiceHealthServer allocates a new service healthcheck server manager
-func NewServiceHealthServer(hostname string, recorder events.EventRecorder, nodePortAddresses *proxyutil.NodePortAddresses, healthzServer proxierHealthChecker) ServiceHealthServer {
+func NewServiceHealthServer(hostname string, recorder events.EventRecorder, nodePortAddresses *proxyutil.NodePortAddresses, healthzServer proxyHealthChecker) ServiceHealthServer {
 	return newServiceHealthServer(hostname, recorder, stdNetListener{}, stdHTTPServerFactory{}, nodePortAddresses, healthzServer)
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ type server struct {
 	listener    listener
 	httpFactory httpServerFactory
 
-	healthzServer proxierHealthChecker
+	healthzServer proxyHealthChecker
 
 	lock     sync.RWMutex
 	services map[types.NamespacedName]*hcInstance
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
index da61d131248..5ce65a618de 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/iptables/proxier.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func NewDualStackProxier(
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIPs map[v1.IPFamily]net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	nodePortAddresses []string,
 	initOnly bool,
 ) (proxy.Provider, error) {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ type Proxier struct {
 	recorder       events.EventRecorder
 
 	serviceHealthServer healthcheck.ServiceHealthServer
-	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer
+	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer
 
 	// Since converting probabilities (floats) to strings is expensive
 	// and we are using only probabilities in the format of 1/n, we are
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func NewProxier(ctx context.Context,
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIP net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	nodePortAddressStrings []string,
 	initOnly bool,
 ) (*Proxier, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
index b3d0dd4f81b..11ec8c8d0d5 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func NewDualStackProxier(
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIPs map[v1.IPFamily]net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	scheduler string,
 	nodePortAddresses []string,
 	initOnly bool,
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ type Proxier struct {
 	recorder       events.EventRecorder
 
 	serviceHealthServer healthcheck.ServiceHealthServer
-	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer
+	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer
 
 	ipvsScheduler string
 	// The following buffers are used to reuse memory and avoid allocations
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func NewProxier(
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIP net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	scheduler string,
 	nodePortAddressStrings []string,
 	initOnly bool,
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go
index db993dab5ad..2076bd8f7e3 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/nftables/proxier.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func NewDualStackProxier(
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIPs map[v1.IPFamily]net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	nodePortAddresses []string,
 	initOnly bool,
 ) (proxy.Provider, error) {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ type Proxier struct {
 	recorder       events.EventRecorder
 
 	serviceHealthServer healthcheck.ServiceHealthServer
-	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer
+	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer
 
 	// nodePortAddresses selects the interfaces where nodePort works.
 	nodePortAddresses *proxyutil.NodePortAddresses
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func NewProxier(ctx context.Context,
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIP net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	nodePortAddressStrings []string,
 	initOnly bool,
 ) (*Proxier, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/node.go b/pkg/proxy/node.go
index 0de896710c4..db92508fb4b 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/node.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/node.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (n *NodePodCIDRHandler) OnNodeSynced() {}
 // NodeEligibleHandler handles the life cycle of the Node's eligibility, as
 // determined by the health server for directing load balancer traffic.
 type NodeEligibleHandler struct {
-	HealthServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer
+	HealthServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer
 }
 
 var _ config.NodeHandler = &NodeEligibleHandler{}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go
index fbd3562e6fa..6b0c9de13f7 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier.go
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ type Proxier struct {
 	recorder events.EventRecorder
 
 	serviceHealthServer healthcheck.ServiceHealthServer
-	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer
+	healthzServer       *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer
 
 	hns               HostNetworkService
 	hcn               HcnService
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ func NewProxier(
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIP net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	healthzBindAddress string,
 	config config.KubeProxyWinkernelConfiguration,
 ) (*Proxier, error) {
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ func NewDualStackProxier(
 	hostname string,
 	nodeIPs map[v1.IPFamily]net.IP,
 	recorder events.EventRecorder,
-	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxierHealthServer,
+	healthzServer *healthcheck.ProxyHealthServer,
 	healthzBindAddress string,
 	config config.KubeProxyWinkernelConfiguration,
 ) (proxy.Provider, error) {