diff --git a/pkg/kubeconfig/write.go b/pkg/kubeconfig/write.go
index 9a3e70c..f6f953b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeconfig/write.go
+++ b/pkg/kubeconfig/write.go
@@ -53,10 +53,16 @@ func (k *KConf) Merge(config *clientcmdapi.Config, name string) {
 		if renamed, ok := renamedUsers[ctx.AuthInfo]; ok {
 			ctx.AuthInfo = renamed
 		}
-		if name == "" {
-			name = ctxName
+		// the context name is chosen based on the following priority:
+		// 1. provided via --context-name
+		// 2. specified in the provided config file
+		// 3. generated from the cluster and user name (<cluster>-<user>)
+		if name != "" {
+			ctxName = name
+		} else if ctxName == "" && name == "" {
+			ctxName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", ctx.Cluster, ctx.AuthInfo)
 		}
-		added := k.AddContext(name, ctx)
+		added := k.AddContext(ctxName, ctx)
 		if added != "" { // this context was newly added
 			if added != ctxName {
 				Out.Log().Msgf("renamed context '%s' to '%s'", ctxName, added)
diff --git a/pkg/kubeconfig/write_test.go b/pkg/kubeconfig/write_test.go
index 1bd7a65..77bea59 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeconfig/write_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubeconfig/write_test.go
@@ -180,6 +180,22 @@ func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
 			AssertContext(t, k, "test")
 			AssertContext(t, k, "test-1") // renamed context
 		},
+		"merge multiple unique contexts": func(t *testing.T) {
+			k := MockConfig(1)
+			k2 := MockConfig(3)
+
+			// we need k and k2 to be two unique configs, so delete the first config in k2
+			err := k2.Remove("test")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			k.Merge(&k2.Config, "")
+
+			AssertContext(t, k, "test")
+			AssertContext(t, k, "test-1")
+			AssertContext(t, k, "test-2")
+		},
 		"rename cluster if it already exists": func(t *testing.T) {
 			k := MockConfig(1)
 			k2 := MockConfig(2)