diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/dynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/dynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
index ec5fe4475c2..48983666199 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/dynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/dynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ QString DynamicPropertiesProxyModel::newPropertyName() const
 {
     DynamicPropertiesModel *propsModel = dynamicPropertiesModel();
 
-    return QString::fromUtf8(uniquePropertyName("property", propsModel->singleSelectedNode()));
+    return QString::fromUtf8(uniquePropertyName("newName", propsModel->singleSelectedNode()));
 }
 
 void DynamicPropertiesProxyModel::createProperty(const QString &name, const QString &type)