diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/arrays.py b/src/pystencils/backend/arrays.py
index aaae1356b3414d5a8edcc39f3247aff04e1c11c2..45f22cb87b26eb21d06be78664b183d060431598 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/arrays.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/arrays.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class PsArrayShapeSymbol(PsArrayAssocSymbol):
     __match_args__ = PsArrayAssocSymbol.__match_args__ + ("coordinate",)
 
     def __init__(self, array: PsLinearizedArray, coordinate: int, dtype: PsIntegerType):
-        name = f"{array.name}_size{coordinate}"
+        name = f"_size_{array.name}_{coordinate}"
         super().__init__(name, dtype, array)
         self._coordinate = coordinate
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class PsArrayStrideSymbol(PsArrayAssocSymbol):
     __match_args__ = PsArrayAssocSymbol.__match_args__ + ("coordinate",)
 
     def __init__(self, array: PsLinearizedArray, coordinate: int, dtype: PsIntegerType):
-        name = f"{array.name}_stride{coordinate}"
+        name = f"_stride_{array.name}_{coordinate}"
         super().__init__(name, dtype, array)
         self._coordinate = coordinate