diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/SimilarNodeName.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/SimilarNodeName.cs
index df31ae894a..4561edb972 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/SimilarNodeName.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/SimilarNodeName.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories
                 var name = Name;
 
 				// cater for instances where node has no name.
-				if(name.Length == 0)
+				if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
 				{
 					return _numPos;
  				}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories
                 }
             }
 
-            return uniqueing ? string.Concat(nodeName, " (", uniqueNumber.ToString(), ")") : nodeName;
+            return uniqueing || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(nodeName) ? string.Concat(nodeName, " (", uniqueNumber.ToString(), ")") : nodeName;
         }
     }
 }
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