diff --git a/unittests/test_table_importer.py b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
index 746141771f0584c19dcdd962ed916b487a382d26..8c28839c3fc56a78709977d9ea4a2d96d538f91e 100644
--- a/unittests/test_table_importer.py
+++ b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from caosadvancedtools.datainconsistency import DataInconsistencyError
-from caosadvancedtools.table_importer import (XLS_Importer, name_converter,
+from caosadvancedtools.table_importer import (XLS_Importer, assure_name_format,
                                               yes_no_converter)
 
 
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ 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):