diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
index d2c189f21d0..58a386b39b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ void MaterialEditorView::renameMaterial(ModelNode &material, const QString &newN
     QTC_ASSERT(material.isValid(), return);
 
     executeInTransaction("MaterialEditorView:renameMaterial", [&] {
-        material.setIdWithRefactoring(generateIdFromName(newName));
+        material.setIdWithRefactoring(model()->generateIdFromName(newName, "material"));
 
         VariantProperty objNameProp = material.variantProperty("objectName");
         objNameProp.setValue(newName);
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ void MaterialEditorView::duplicateMaterial(const ModelNode &material)
         // set name and id
         QString newName = sourceMat.modelNode().variantProperty("objectName").value().toString() + " copy";
         duplicateMat.modelNode().variantProperty("objectName").setValue(newName);
-        duplicateMat.modelNode().setIdWithoutRefactoring(generateIdFromName(newName));
+        duplicateMat.modelNode().setIdWithoutRefactoring(model()->generateIdFromName(newName, "material"));
 
         // sync properties
         const QList<AbstractProperty> props = material.properties();
@@ -1127,38 +1127,4 @@ void MaterialEditorView::reloadQml()
     resetView();
 }
 
-// generate a unique camelCase id from a name
-QString MaterialEditorView::generateIdFromName(const QString &name)
-{
-    QString newId;
-    if (name.isEmpty()) {
-        newId = "material";
-    } else {
-        // convert to camel case
-        QStringList nameWords = name.split(" ");
-        nameWords[0] = nameWords[0].at(0).toLower() + nameWords[0].mid(1);
-        for (int i = 1; i < nameWords.size(); ++i)
-            nameWords[i] = nameWords[i].at(0).toUpper() + nameWords[i].mid(1);
-        newId = nameWords.join("");
-
-        // if id starts with a number prepend an underscore
-        if (newId.at(0).isDigit())
-            newId.prepend('_');
-    }
-
-    QRegularExpression rgx("\\d+$"); // matches a number at the end of a string
-    while (hasId(newId)) { // id exists
-        QRegularExpressionMatch match = rgx.match(newId);
-        if (match.hasMatch()) { // ends with a number, increment it
-            QString numStr = match.captured();
-            int num = numStr.toInt() + 1;
-            newId = newId.mid(0, match.capturedStart()) + QString::number(num);
-        } else {
-            newId.append('1');
-        }
-    }
-
-    return newId;
-}
-
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.h
index 563e52ae91b..bffded51512 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.h
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ private:
 
     void reloadQml();
     void highlightSupportedProperties(bool highlight = true);
-    QString generateIdFromName(const QString &name);
 
     void requestPreviewRender();
     void applyMaterialToSelectedModels(const ModelNode &material, bool add = false);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/model.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/model.h
index 6b8dfab4314..115fca2ef4a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/model.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/model.h
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ public:
     bool hasId(const QString &id) const;
     bool hasImport(const QString &importUrl) const;
 
-    QString generateNewId(const QString &prefixName) const;
-    QString generateNewId(const QString &prefixName, const QString &fallbackPrefix) const;
+    QString generateNewId(const QString &prefixName, const QString &fallbackPrefix = "element") const;
+    QString generateIdFromName(const QString &name, const QString &fallbackId = "element") const;
 
     void startDrag(QMimeData *mimeData, const QPixmap &icon);
     void endDrag();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/model.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/model.cpp
index d2277dec3ae..d98cb944509 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/model.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/model.cpp
@@ -1557,6 +1557,41 @@ QString Model::generateNewId(const QString &prefixName, const QString &fallbackP
     return newId;
 }
 
+// Generate a unique camelCase id from a name
+// note: this methods does the same as generateNewId(). The 2 methods should be merged into one
+QString Model::generateIdFromName(const QString &name, const QString &fallbackId) const
+{
+    QString newId;
+    if (name.isEmpty()) {
+        newId = fallbackId;
+    } else {
+        // convert to camel case
+        QStringList nameWords = name.split(" ");
+        nameWords[0] = nameWords[0].at(0).toLower() + nameWords[0].mid(1);
+        for (int i = 1; i < nameWords.size(); ++i)
+            nameWords[i] = nameWords[i].at(0).toUpper() + nameWords[i].mid(1);
+        newId = nameWords.join("");
+
+        // if id starts with a number prepend an underscore
+        if (newId.at(0).isDigit())
+            newId.prepend('_');
+    }
+
+    QRegularExpression rgx("\\d+$"); // matches a number at the end of a string
+    while (hasId(newId)) { // id exists
+        QRegularExpressionMatch match = rgx.match(newId);
+        if (match.hasMatch()) { // ends with a number, increment it
+            QString numStr = match.captured();
+            int num = numStr.toInt() + 1;
+            newId = newId.mid(0, match.capturedStart()) + QString::number(num);
+        } else {
+            newId.append('1');
+        }
+    }
+
+    return newId;
+}
+
 void Model::startDrag(QMimeData *mimeData, const QPixmap &icon)
 {
     d->notifyDragStarted(mimeData);
@@ -1575,11 +1610,6 @@ void Model::endDrag()
     d->notifyDragEnded();
 }
 
-QString Model::generateNewId(const QString &prefixName) const
-{
-    return generateNewId(prefixName, QStringLiteral("element"));
-}
-
 bool Model::isImportPossible(const Import &import, bool ignoreAlias, bool allowHigherVersion) const
 {
     if (imports().contains(import))