diff --git a/unittests/test_table_importer.py b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
index 49debb43f20704c301a77cf2386307c9d3de7d1b..c6a7d064a077669b75a859eddcb89c091fe3053e 100644
--- a/unittests/test_table_importer.py
+++ b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
-from caosadvancedtools.table_importer import (XLS_Importer, name_converter,
+from caosadvancedtools.table_importer import (XLS_Importer, assure_name_format,
                                               yes_no_converter)
 
 
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ class ConverterTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, yes_no_converter, "True")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, yes_no_converter, "true")
 
-    def test_name_converter(self):
-        self.assertEqual(name_converter("Müstermann, Max"), "Müstermann, Max")
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, name_converter, "Max Mustermann")
+    def test_assure_name_format(self):
+        self.assertEqual(assure_name_format("Müstermann, Max"), 
+                         "Müstermann, Max")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, assure_name_format, "Max Mustermann")
 
 
 class XLS_ImporterTest(unittest.TestCase):