diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
index c7a5e9a4fa7..4a6d1a99d3d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/ListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -236,20 +236,6 @@ export default {
             duplicateNames: [],
         };
     },
-    props: {
-        /** distance from list edge to begin autoscrolling list */
-        autoscrollDist: {
-            type: Number,
-            required: false,
-            default: 24,
-        },
-        /** Color passed to hoverhighlight */
-        highlightClr: {
-            type: String,
-            required: false,
-            default: "rgba( 64, 255, 255, 1.0 )",
-        },
-    },
     computed: {
         atLeastOneDatasetIsSelected() {
             return this.selectedDatasetElems.length > 0;
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue
index 307f5cdb315..44e302992cd 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/PairCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
                     @onUpdateHideSourceItems="onUpdateHideSourceItems"
                     @clicked-create="clickedCreate"
                     @remove-extensions-toggle="removeExtensionsToggle"
+                    :renderExtensionsToggle="true"
+                    :suggestedName="initialSuggestedName"
                 >
                     <template v-slot:help-content>
                         <p>
@@ -162,6 +164,11 @@ export default {
     mixins: [mixin],
     created() {
         this._elementsSetUp();
+        this.initialSuggestedName = this._guessNameForPair(
+            this.workingElements[0],
+            this.workingElements[1],
+            this.removeExtensions
+        );
     },
     data: function () {
         return {
@@ -177,6 +184,8 @@ export default {
             minElements: 2,
             workingElements: [],
             invalidElements: [],
+            removeExtensions: true,
+            initialSuggestedName: "",
         };
     },
     computed: {
@@ -263,6 +272,41 @@ export default {
         toString: function () {
             return "PairCollectionCreator";
         },
+        removeExtensionsToggle: function () {
+            this.removeExtensions = !this.removeExtensions;
+            this.initialSuggestedName = this._guessNameForPair(
+                this.workingElements[0],
+                this.workingElements[1],
+                this.removeExtensions
+            );
+        },
+        _guessNameForPair: function (fwd, rev, removeExtensions) {
+            removeExtensions = removeExtensions ? removeExtensions : this.removeExtensions;
+            var fwdName = fwd.name;
+            var revName = rev.name;
+
+            var lcs = this._naiveStartingAndEndingLCS(fwdName, revName);
+
+            /** remove url prefix if files were uploaded by url */
+            var lastSlashIndex = lcs.lastIndexOf("/");
+            if (lastSlashIndex > 0) {
+                var urlprefix = lcs.slice(0, lastSlashIndex + 1);
+                lcs = lcs.replace(urlprefix, "");
+                fwdName = fwdName.replace(extension, "");
+                revName = revName.replace(extension, "");
+            }
+
+            if (removeExtensions) {
+                var lastDotIndex = lcs.lastIndexOf(".");
+                if (lastDotIndex > 0) {
+                    var extension = lcs.slice(lastDotIndex, lcs.length);
+                    lcs = lcs.replace(extension, "");
+                    fwdName = fwdName.replace(extension, "");
+                    revName = revName.replace(extension, "");
+                }
+            }
+            return lcs || `${fwdName} & ${revName}`;
+        },
     },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
index 85879c75958..03019553418 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -719,38 +719,6 @@ export default {
             }
             return lcs || `${fwdName} & ${revName}`;
         },
-        /** return the concat'd longest common prefix and suffix from two strings */
-        _naiveStartingAndEndingLCS: function (s1, s2) {
-            var fwdLCS = "";
-            var revLCS = "";
-            var i = 0;
-            var j = 0;
-            while (i < s1.length && i < s2.length) {
-                if (s1[i] !== s2[i]) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                fwdLCS += s1[i];
-                i += 1;
-            }
-            if (i === s1.length) {
-                return s1;
-            }
-            if (i === s2.length) {
-                return s2;
-            }
-
-            i = s1.length - 1;
-            j = s2.length - 1;
-            while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
-                if (s1[i] !== s2[j]) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                revLCS = [s1[i], revLCS].join("");
-                i -= 1;
-                j -= 1;
-            }
-            return fwdLCS + revLCS;
-        },
         clickAutopair: function () {
             // Unselect any selected elements
             this.selectedForwardElement = null;
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/common/CollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/common/CollectionCreator.vue
index 8931271edf8..efcee013b0d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/common/CollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/common/CollectionCreator.vue
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                         @click="$emit('clicked-create', collectionName)"
                         :disabled="!validInput"
                     >
-                        {{ l("Create list") }}
+                        {{ l("Create collection") }}
                     </button>
                 </div>
             </div>
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ export default {
             type: Boolean,
             required: true,
         },
+        suggestedName: {
+            type: String,
+            required: false,
+            default: "",
+        },
     },
     computed: {
         validInput: function () {
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ export default {
             placeholderEnterName: _l("Enter a name for your new collection"),
             dropdownText: _l("Create a <i>single</> pair"),
             isExpanded: false,
-            collectionName: "",
+            collectionName: this.suggestedName,
             removeFileExtensionsText: "Remove file extensions?",
             localHideSourceItems: this.hideSourceItems,
         };
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/common/mixin.js b/client/src/components/Collections/common/mixin.js
index 22685ef924d..e247100d05a 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/common/mixin.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/common/mixin.js
@@ -37,5 +37,37 @@ export default {
         onUpdateHideSourceItems(hideSourceItems) {
             this.hideSourceItems = hideSourceItems;
         },
+        /** return the concat'd longest common prefix and suffix from two strings */
+        _naiveStartingAndEndingLCS: function (s1, s2) {
+            var fwdLCS = "";
+            var revLCS = "";
+            var i = 0;
+            var j = 0;
+            while (i < s1.length && i < s2.length) {
+                if (s1[i] !== s2[i]) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                fwdLCS += s1[i];
+                i += 1;
+            }
+            if (i === s1.length) {
+                return s1;
+            }
+            if (i === s2.length) {
+                return s2;
+            }
+
+            i = s1.length - 1;
+            j = s2.length - 1;
+            while (i >= 0 && j >= 0) {
+                if (s1[i] !== s2[j]) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                revLCS = [s1[i], revLCS].join("");
+                i -= 1;
+                j -= 1;
+            }
+            return fwdLCS + revLCS;
+        },
     },
 };