diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1d0927117..44d69fe454 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/compare/v1.13.0-0.34b0...HEAD)
+- Add metric instrumentation for tornado
+  ([#1252](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1252))
+
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
index dd8da74f3f..513302f8bc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ def client_resposne_hook(span, future):
 _OTEL_PATCHED_KEY = "_otel_patched_key"
 
 _START_TIME = "start_time"
+_CLIENT_DURATION_HISTOGRAM = "http.client.duration"
+_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE_HISTOGRAM = "http.client.request.size"
+_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE_HISTOGRAM = "http.client.response.size"
+_SERVER_DURATION_HISTOGRAM = "http.server.duration"
+_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE_HISTOGRAM = "http.server.request.size"
+_SERVER_RESPONSE_SIZE_HISTOGRAM = "http.server.response.size"
+_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS_HISTOGRAM = "http.server.active_requests"
 
 _excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("TORNADO")
 _traced_request_attrs = get_traced_request_attrs("TORNADO")
@@ -267,9 +274,9 @@ def handler_init(init, handler, args, kwargs):
                 tracer,
                 client_request_hook,
                 client_response_hook,
-                client_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_DURATION],
-                client_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE],
-                client_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE],
+                client_histograms[_CLIENT_DURATION_HISTOGRAM],
+                client_histograms[_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE_HISTOGRAM],
+                client_histograms[_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE_HISTOGRAM],
             ),
         )
 
@@ -283,23 +290,23 @@ def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
 
 def _create_server_histograms(meter) -> Dict[str, Histogram]:
     histograms = {
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION: meter.create_histogram(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION,
+        _SERVER_DURATION_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.server.duration",
             unit="ms",
             description="measures the duration outbound HTTP requests",
         ),
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE,
+        _SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.server.request.size",
             unit="By",
             description="measures the size of HTTP request messages (compressed)",
         ),
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE_SIZE,
+        _SERVER_RESPONSE_SIZE_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.server.response.size",
             unit="By",
             description="measures the size of HTTP response messages (compressed)",
         ),
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS: meter.create_up_down_counter(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS,
+        _SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_up_down_counter(
+            name="http.server.active_requests",
             unit="requests",
             description="measures the number of concurrent HTTP requests that are currently in-flight",
         ),
@@ -310,18 +317,18 @@ def _create_server_histograms(meter) -> Dict[str, Histogram]:
 
 def _create_client_histograms(meter) -> Dict[str, Histogram]:
     histograms = {
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_DURATION: meter.create_histogram(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_DURATION,
+        _CLIENT_DURATION_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.client.duration",
             unit="ms",
             description="measures the duration outbound HTTP requests",
         ),
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE,
+        _CLIENT_REQUEST_SIZE_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.client.request.size",
             unit="By",
             description="measures the size of HTTP request messages (compressed)",
         ),
-        MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE: meter.create_histogram(
-            name=MetricInstruments.HTTP_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE,
+        _CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE_HISTOGRAM: meter.create_histogram(
+            name="http.client.response.size",
             unit="By",
             description="measures the size of HTTP response messages (compressed)",
         ),
@@ -556,14 +563,14 @@ def _record_prepare_metrics(server_histograms, handler):
     request_size = int(handler.request.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
     metric_attributes = _create_metric_attributes(handler)
 
-    server_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE].record(
+    server_histograms[_SERVER_REQUEST_SIZE_HISTOGRAM].record(
         request_size, attributes=metric_attributes
     )
 
     active_requests_attributes = _create_active_requests_attributes(
         handler.request
     )
-    server_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS].add(
+    server_histograms[_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS_HISTOGRAM].add(
         1, attributes=active_requests_attributes
     )
 
@@ -579,18 +586,18 @@ def _record_on_finish_metrics(server_histograms, handler, error=None):
     if isinstance(error, tornado.web.HTTPError):
         metric_attributes[SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE] = error.status_code
 
-    server_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE_SIZE].record(
+    server_histograms[_SERVER_RESPONSE_SIZE_HISTOGRAM].record(
         response_size, attributes=metric_attributes
     )
 
-    server_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_DURATION].record(
+    server_histograms[_SERVER_DURATION_HISTOGRAM].record(
         elapsed_time, attributes=metric_attributes
     )
 
     active_requests_attributes = _create_active_requests_attributes(
         handler.request
     )
-    server_histograms[MetricInstruments.HTTP_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS].add(
+    server_histograms[_SERVER_ACTIVE_REQUESTS_HISTOGRAM].add(
         -1, attributes=active_requests_attributes
     )