diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
index 56c023e25d4ff319de61db2989a6cf1d27f5631a..5b2b215263b0edc7817c18ad9eecf85ad648f10f 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@ class Identifiable():
     def __init__(self, record_id: int = None, path: str = None, record_type: str = None,
                  name: str = None, properties: dict = None,
                  backrefs: list[Union[int, str]] = None):
-        if (record_id is None and path is None and name is None and backrefs is None and (properties
-                                                                                          is None or len(properties) == 0)):
+        if (record_id is None and path is None and name is None and backrefs is None and (
+                properties is None or len(properties) == 0)):
             raise ValueError("There is no identifying information. You need to add a path or "
                              "properties or other identifying attributes.")
+        if properties is not None and 'name' in [k.lower() for k in properties.keys()]:
+            raise ValueError("Please use the separete 'name' keyword instead of the properties "
+                             "dict for name")
         self.record_id = record_id
         self.path = path
         self.record_type = record_type
diff --git a/unittests/test_identifiable.py b/unittests/test_identifiable.py
index 4c695d6f8ea7f3887972833dd75be5c7071dace3..c06ef0ec4b0ab7a91e0397884d95a9e496240df2 100644
--- a/unittests/test_identifiable.py
+++ b/unittests/test_identifiable.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 test identifiable module
 """
 
+import pytest
 import caosdb as db
 from caoscrawler.identifiable import Identifiable
 from caoscrawler.identified_cache import IdentifiedCache
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ def test_create_hashable_string():
             Identifiable(record_type="B", properties={'a': [db.Record()]})))
 
 
+def test_name():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        Identifiable(properties={"Name": 'li'})
+
+
 def test_equality():
     assert Identifiable(
         record_id=12, properties={"a": 0}) == Identifiable(record_id=12, properties={"a": 1})