diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Sequence.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Sequence.java
index 4260982684..7b6b3cb6e7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Sequence.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Sequence.java
@@ -56,33 +56,43 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 public interface Sequence<T extends Number> extends QueryPart {
 
     /**
-     * Get the sequence name
+     * Get the sequence name.
      */
     String getName();
 
+    /**
+     * The qualified name of this sequence.
+     */
+    Name getQualifiedName();
+
+    /**
+     * The unqualified name of this sequence.
+     */
+    Name getUnqualifiedName();
+
     /**
      * Get the sequence catalog.
      */
     Catalog getCatalog();
 
     /**
-     * Get the sequence schema
+     * Get the sequence schema.
      */
     Schema getSchema();
 
     /**
-     * Get the sequence data type
+     * Get the sequence data type.
      */
     DataType<T> getDataType();
 
     /**
-     * Get the current value of this sequence
+     * Get the current value of this sequence.
      */
     @Support({ CUBRID, FIREBIRD, H2, POSTGRES })
     Field<T> currval();
 
     /**
-     * Increment the sequence and get the next value
+     * Increment the sequence and get the next value.
      */
     @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, POSTGRES })
     Field<T> nextval();
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index 1037a1f316..0057c6a4b1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -8642,7 +8642,9 @@ public class DSL {
      * @param sql The SQL
      * @return A field wrapping the plain SQL
      * @see SQL
+     * @deprecated - 3.10 - [#6162] - Use {@link #sequence(Name)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, POSTGRES })
     @PlainSQL
     public static Sequence<BigInteger> sequence(String sql) {
@@ -8661,7 +8663,9 @@ public class DSL {
      * @param type The field type
      * @return A field wrapping the plain SQL
      * @see SQL
+     * @deprecated - 3.10 - [#6162] - Use {@link #sequence(Name, Class)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, POSTGRES })
     @PlainSQL
     public static <T extends Number> Sequence<T> sequence(String sql, Class<T> type) {
@@ -8680,11 +8684,14 @@ public class DSL {
      * @param type The field type
      * @return A field wrapping the plain SQL
      * @see SQL
+     * @deprecated - 3.10 - [#6162] - Use {@link #sequence(Name, DataType)}
+     *             instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     @Support({ CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB, POSTGRES })
     @PlainSQL
     public static <T extends Number> Sequence<T> sequence(String sql, DataType<T> type) {
-        return new SequenceImpl<T>(sql, null, type, true);
+        return new SequenceImpl<T>(using(new DefaultConfiguration()).parser().parseName(sql), null, type);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceImpl.java
index bb48fa906a..3404059b03 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceImpl.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.Field;
+import org.jooq.Name;
 import org.jooq.RenderContext;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.Schema;
@@ -69,27 +70,40 @@ public class SequenceImpl<T extends Number> extends AbstractQueryPart implements
     private static final long     serialVersionUID = 6224349401603636427L;
     private static final Clause[] CLAUSES          = { SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE_REFERENCE };
 
-    final String                  name;
-    final boolean                 nameIsPlainSQL;
+    final Name                    name;
     final Schema                  schema;
     final DataType<T>             type;
 
     public SequenceImpl(String name, Schema schema, DataType<T> type) {
-        this(name, schema, type, false);
+        this(DSL.name(name), schema, type);
     }
 
-    SequenceImpl(String name, Schema schema, DataType<T> type, boolean nameIsPlainSQL) {
+    public SequenceImpl(Name name, Schema schema, DataType<T> type) {
         this.name = name;
-        this.schema = schema;
+        this.schema =
+            schema != null
+          ? schema
+          : name.qualified()
+          ? DSL.schema(name.qualifier())
+          : null;
         this.type = type;
-        this.nameIsPlainSQL = nameIsPlainSQL;
     }
 
     @Override
     public final String getName() {
+        return name.last();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Name getQualifiedName() {
         return name;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final Name getUnqualifiedName() {
+        return name.unqualifiedName();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final Catalog getCatalog() {
         return getSchema() == null ? null : getSchema().getCatalog();
@@ -244,10 +258,8 @@ public class SequenceImpl<T extends Number> extends AbstractQueryPart implements
 
         if (asStringLiterals)
             ctx.visit(inline(name));
-        else if (nameIsPlainSQL)
-            ctx.sql(name);
         else
-            ctx.literal(name);
+            ctx.visit(name);
     }
 
     @Override