diff --git a/MeshLib/Properties.h b/MeshLib/Properties.h
index 0ba085c39a2beb4c3ce3b60622892e9cb9b02d67..3c384792dd7c9a2cfdca99cd5137615d2c8853a4 100644
--- a/MeshLib/Properties.h
+++ b/MeshLib/Properties.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public:
     /// Checks if a property vector with given type \c T, \c name, \c
     /// mesh_item_type, and \c number_of_components exists.
     template <typename T>
-    bool existsPropertyVector(std::string const& property_name,
+    bool existsPropertyVector(std::string const& name,
                               MeshItemType const mesh_item_type,
                               int const number_of_components) const;