diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Logic/vtkSlicerMarkupsLogic.cxx b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Logic/vtkSlicerMarkupsLogic.cxx
index addbfb6d876..f33f1713fa9 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Logic/vtkSlicerMarkupsLogic.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/Logic/vtkSlicerMarkupsLogic.cxx
@@ -755,20 +755,28 @@ char * vtkSlicerMarkupsLogic::LoadMarkupsFromFcsv(const char* fileName, const ch
     }
 
   vtkDebugMacro("LoadMarkups, file name = " << fileName << ", nodeName = " << (nodeName ? nodeName : "null"));
-
-  vtkMRMLMarkupsNode* markupsNode = vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::SafeDownCast(this->GetMRMLScene()->AddNewNodeByClass("vtkMRMLMarkupsFiducialNode", nodeName));
-  if (!markupsNode)
-    {
-    vtkErrorMacro("LoadMarkups: failed to instantiate markups node by class vtkMRMLMarkupsFiducialNode");
-    return nullptr;
-    }
-
   // make a storage node and fiducial node and set the file name
   vtkMRMLStorageNode* storageNode = vtkMRMLStorageNode::SafeDownCast(this->GetMRMLScene()->AddNewNodeByClass("vtkMRMLMarkupsFiducialStorageNode"));
   if (!storageNode)
     {
     vtkErrorMacro("LoadMarkups: failed to instantiate markups storage node by class vtkMRMLMarkupsFiducialNode");
-    this->GetMRMLScene()->RemoveNode(markupsNode);
+    return nullptr;
+    }
+
+  std::string newNodeName;
+  if (nodeName && strlen(nodeName)>0)
+    {
+    newNodeName = nodeName;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    newNodeName = this->GetMRMLScene()->GetUniqueNameByString(storageNode->GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName).c_str());
+    }
+  vtkMRMLMarkupsNode* markupsNode = vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::SafeDownCast(this->GetMRMLScene()->AddNewNodeByClass("vtkMRMLMarkupsFiducialNode", newNodeName));
+  if (!markupsNode)
+    {
+    vtkErrorMacro("LoadMarkups: failed to instantiate markups node by class vtkMRMLMarkupsFiducialNode");
+    this->GetMRMLScene()->RemoveNode(storageNode);
     return nullptr;
     }
 
diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsJsonStorageNode.cxx b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsJsonStorageNode.cxx
index f9930441eac..c49b1b91d75 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsJsonStorageNode.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/MRML/vtkMRMLMarkupsJsonStorageNode.cxx
@@ -710,7 +710,17 @@ vtkMRMLMarkupsNode* vtkMRMLMarkupsJsonStorageNode::AddNewMarkupsNodeFromFile(con
     return nullptr;
     }
   std::string markupsType = markup["type"].GetString();
-  vtkMRMLMarkupsNode* markupsNode = vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::SafeDownCast(scene->AddNewNodeByClass(className.c_str(), nodeName ? nodeName : ""));
+
+  std::string newNodeName;
+  if (nodeName && strlen(nodeName)>0)
+    {
+    newNodeName = nodeName;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    newNodeName = scene->GetUniqueNameByString(this->GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath).c_str());
+    }
+  vtkMRMLMarkupsNode* markupsNode = vtkMRMLMarkupsNode::SafeDownCast(scene->AddNewNodeByClass(className.c_str(), newNodeName));
   if (!markupsNode)
     {
     vtkErrorMacro("vtkMRMLMarkupsStorageNode::ReadDataInternal failed: cannot instantiate class '" << className);
diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/qSlicerMarkupsReader.cxx b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/qSlicerMarkupsReader.cxx
index 7e90aee09ca..2b747a9f51c 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Markups/qSlicerMarkupsReader.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Markups/qSlicerMarkupsReader.cxx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ bool qSlicerMarkupsReader::load(const IOProperties& properties)
   Q_ASSERT(properties.contains("fileName"));
   QString fileName = properties["fileName"].toString();
 
-  QString name = QFileInfo(fileName).baseName();
+  QString name;
   if (properties.contains("name"))
     {
     name = properties["name"].toString();