diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidatorTest.php
index 3176ac22f9678..15193d5640a87 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidatorTest.php
@@ -251,8 +251,9 @@ public function testValidateUniquenessWithNull(UniqueEntity $constraint)
 
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideConstraintsWithIgnoreNullDisabled
+     * @dataProvider provideConstraintsWithIgnoreNullEnabledOnFirstField
      */
-    public function testValidateUniquenessWithIgnoreNullDisabled(UniqueEntity $constraint)
+    public function testValidateUniquenessWithIgnoreNullDisableOnSecondField(UniqueEntity $constraint)
     {
         $entity1 = new DoubleNameEntity(1, 'Foo', null);
         $entity2 = new DoubleNameEntity(2, 'Foo', null);
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ public function testAllConfiguredFieldsAreCheckedOfBeingMappedByDoctrineWithIgno
 
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideConstraintsWithIgnoreNullEnabled
+     * @dataProvider provideConstraintsWithIgnoreNullEnabledOnFirstField
      */
     public function testNoValidationIfFirstFieldIsNullAndNullValuesAreIgnored(UniqueEntity $constraint)
     {
@@ -338,6 +340,18 @@ public static function provideConstraintsWithIgnoreNullEnabled(): iterable
         yield 'Named arguments' => [new UniqueEntity(message: 'myMessage', fields: ['name', 'name2'], em: 'foo', ignoreNull: true)];
     }
 
+    public static function provideConstraintsWithIgnoreNullEnabledOnFirstField(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'Doctrine style (name field)' => [new UniqueEntity([
+            'message' => 'myMessage',
+            'fields' => ['name', 'name2'],
+            'em' => self::EM_NAME,
+            'ignoreNull' => 'name',
+        ])];
+
+        yield 'Named arguments (name field)' => [new UniqueEntity(message: 'myMessage', fields: ['name', 'name2'], em: 'foo', ignoreNull: 'name')];
+    }
+
     public function testValidateUniquenessWithValidCustomErrorPath()
     {
         $constraint = new UniqueEntity([
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntity.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntity.php
index da1873cb91856..2dd5c7125aa2d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntity.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntity.php
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class UniqueEntity extends Constraint
     protected static $errorNames = self::ERROR_NAMES;
 
     /**
-     * @param array|string $fields the combination of fields that must contain unique values or a set of options
+     * @param array|string      $fields     The combination of fields that must contain unique values or a set of options
+     * @param bool|array|string $ignoreNull The combination of fields that ignore null values
      */
     public function __construct(
         $fields,
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public function __construct(
         string $entityClass = null,
         string $repositoryMethod = null,
         string $errorPath = null,
-        bool $ignoreNull = null,
+        bool|string|array $ignoreNull = null,
         array $groups = null,
         $payload = null,
         array $options = []
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidator.php
index 67575134b660b..a69bcad8ef323 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Validator/Constraints/UniqueEntityValidator.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public function validate(mixed $entity, Constraint $constraint)
         $class = $em->getClassMetadata($entity::class);
 
         $criteria = [];
-        $hasNullValue = false;
+        $hasIgnorableNullValue = false;
 
         foreach ($fields as $fieldName) {
             if (!$class->hasField($fieldName) && !$class->hasAssociation($fieldName)) {
@@ -96,11 +96,9 @@ public function validate(mixed $entity, Constraint $constraint)
 
             $fieldValue = $class->reflFields[$fieldName]->getValue($entity);
 
-            if (null === $fieldValue) {
-                $hasNullValue = true;
-            }
+            if (null === $fieldValue && $this->ignoreNullForField($constraint, $fieldName)) {
+                $hasIgnorableNullValue = true;
 
-            if ($constraint->ignoreNull && null === $fieldValue) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ public function validate(mixed $entity, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         // validation doesn't fail if one of the fields is null and if null values should be ignored
-        if ($hasNullValue && $constraint->ignoreNull) {
+        if ($hasIgnorableNullValue) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -195,6 +193,15 @@ public function validate(mixed $entity, Constraint $constraint)
             ->addViolation();
     }
 
+    private function ignoreNullForField(UniqueEntity $constraint, string $fieldName): bool
+    {
+        if (\is_bool($constraint->ignoreNull)) {
+            return $constraint->ignoreNull;
+        }
+
+        return \in_array($fieldName, (array) $constraint->ignoreNull, true);
+    }
+
     private function formatWithIdentifiers(ObjectManager $em, ClassMetadata $class, mixed $value): string
     {
         if (!\is_object($value) || $value instanceof \DateTimeInterface) {