diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/navbar-nav.html b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/navbar-nav.html
index 0eeaf4934..710d513a8 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/navbar-nav.html
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/navbar-nav.html
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     {{ _("Site Navigation") }}
   </p>
   <ul class="bd-navbar-elements navbar-nav">
-    {{ generate_header_nav_html(
-        dropdown_id,
-        n_links_before_dropdown=theme_header_links_before_dropdown) }}
+    {{ generate_header_nav_html(n_links_before_dropdown=theme_header_links_before_dropdown, dropdown_text=theme_header_dropdown_text) }}
   </ul>
 </nav>
diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme.conf b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme.conf
index 97598c547..3124424fd 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme.conf
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme.conf
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ show_nav_level = 1
 show_toc_level = 1
 navbar_align = content
 header_links_before_dropdown = 5
+header_dropdown_text = More
 switcher =
 check_switcher = True
 pygment_light_style = a11y-high-contrast-light
diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/toctree.py b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/toctree.py
index 17003c30c..e4a62bd8d 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/toctree.py
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/toctree.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from sphinx.addnodes import toctree as toctree_node
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 from sphinx.environment.adapters.toctree import TocTree
+from sphinx.locale import _
 
 from .utils import traverse_or_findall
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def create_next_id(base_id: str):
 
     @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
     def generate_header_nav_html(
-        dropdown_id: str, n_links_before_dropdown: int = 5
+        n_links_before_dropdown: int = 5, dropdown_text: str = "More"
     ) -> str:
         """Generate top-level links that are meant for the header navigation.
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ def generate_header_nav_html(
 
         Parameters:
             n_links_before_dropdown:The number of links to show before nesting the remaining links in a Dropdown element.
+            dropdown_text:Text of the dropdown element button.
         """
         try:
             n_links_before_dropdown = int(n_links_before_dropdown)
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ def generate_header_nav_html(
             out += f"""
             <li class="nav-item dropdown">
                 <button class="btn dropdown-toggle nav-item" type="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="{dropdown_id}">
-                    More
+                    {_(dropdown_text)}
                 </button>
                 <ul id="{dropdown_id}" class="dropdown-menu">
                     {links_dropdown_html}
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index ca3a9d262..6cfc37d07 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -333,6 +333,34 @@ def test_navbar_header_dropdown(sphinx_build_factory, n_links) -> None:
         assert standalone_links and not dropdowns
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dropdown_text", (None, "Other"))  # None -> default "More"
+def test_navbar_header_dropdown_button(sphinx_build_factory, dropdown_text) -> None:
+    """Test whether dropdown button text is configurable."""
+    if dropdown_text:
+        confoverrides = {
+            "html_theme_options": {
+                "header_links_before_dropdown": 2,
+                "header_dropdown_text": dropdown_text,
+            }
+        }
+    else:
+        confoverrides = {
+            "html_theme_options": {
+                "header_links_before_dropdown": 2,
+            }
+        }
+    sphinx_build = sphinx_build_factory("base", confoverrides=confoverrides).build()
+    index_html = sphinx_build.html_tree("index.html")
+    navbar = index_html.select("ul.bd-navbar-elements")[0]
+    button_text = str(navbar.select("button")[0])
+    if dropdown_text:
+        # The dropdown text should be "Other"
+        assert dropdown_text in button_text
+    else:
+        # The dropdown text should be "More"
+        assert "More" in button_text
+
+
 def test_sidebars_captions(sphinx_build_factory, file_regression) -> None:
     """Test that the captions are rendered."""
     sphinx_build = sphinx_build_factory("sidebars").build()