diff --git a/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts b/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts
index 0bcc3c0b6b..65f158850f 100644
--- a/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-creator-core/src/creator-base.ts
@@ -2363,9 +2363,23 @@ export class SurveyCreatorModel extends Base
   }
 
   public createNewElement(json: any): IElement {
-    var newElement = Serializer.createClass(json["type"]);
+    const newElement = Serializer.createClass(json["type"]);
     new JsonObject().toObject(json, newElement);
-    this.setNewNames(newElement);
+    let needNewName = true;
+    if(!!json.name) {
+      if(newElement.isPage) {
+        needNewName = !!this.survey.getPageByName(newElement.name);
+      } else {
+        if(newElement.isPanel) {
+          needNewName = !!this.survey.getPanelByName(newElement.name);
+        } else {
+          needNewName = !!this.survey.getQuestionByName(newElement.name);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if(needNewName) {
+      this.setNewNames(newElement);
+    }
     return newElement;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/survey-creator-core/src/toolbox.ts b/packages/survey-creator-core/src/toolbox.ts
index 840d166075..7593c77af4 100644
--- a/packages/survey-creator-core/src/toolbox.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-creator-core/src/toolbox.ts
@@ -892,13 +892,14 @@ export class QuestionToolbox
     const defaultCategories = useDefaultCategories ? this.getDefaultQuestionCategories() : {};
 
     for (var i = 0; i < questions.length; i++) {
-      var name = questions[i];
-      var question = ElementFactory.Instance.createElement(name, "q1");
+      const name = questions[i];
+      let question = ElementFactory.Instance.createElement(name, "q1");
       if (!question) {
         question = Serializer.createClass(name);
       }
-      var json = this.getQuestionJSON(question);
-      var title = editorLocalization.getString("qt." + name);
+      const json = this.getQuestionJSON(question);
+      delete json.name;
+      const title = editorLocalization.getString("qt." + name);
       const iconName = "icon-" + name;
       const item: IQuestionToolboxItem = {
         id: name,
@@ -952,10 +953,11 @@ export class QuestionToolbox
     if (!title) {
       title = json.name;
     }
-    var elementJson = json.defaultJSON ? json.defaultJSON : {};
+    var elementJson = json.defaultJSON ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json.defaultJSON)) : {};
     if (!elementJson.type) {
       elementJson.type = json.name;
     }
+    delete elementJson.name;
     var category = json.category ? json.category : "";
     const item: IQuestionToolboxItem = <any>new Action(<any>{
       id: json.name,
diff --git a/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/creator-toolbox.tests.ts b/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/creator-toolbox.tests.ts
index 762d463508..f1355918e9 100644
--- a/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/creator-toolbox.tests.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-creator-core/tests/creator-toolbox.tests.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ test("Click on toolbox and insert into correct index", (): any => {
   expect(creator.selectedElementName).toEqual("question3");
   expect(creator.survey.currentPage.elements[1].name).toEqual("question3");
 });
+test("Try to use name property from JSON", (): any => {
+  const creator = new CreatorTester();
+  creator.JSON = {
+    elements: [
+      { type: "text", name: "question1" },
+      { type: "text", name: "question2" }
+    ]
+  };
+  creator.selectElement(creator.survey.getQuestionByName("question1"));
+  creator.clickToolboxItem({ type: "text", name: "text1" });
+  expect(creator.selectedElementName).toEqual("text1");
+  creator.clickToolboxItem({ type: "text", name: "text1" });
+  expect(creator.selectedElementName).toEqual("question3");
+});
 test("Convert checkbox into rating", (): any => {
   const creator = new CreatorTester();
   creator.JSON = {