diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index b30be47f3..ac31c5d73 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2005-09-12  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/NameEdit.py: preserve custom name types
 	* src/plugins/ScratchPad.py: handle unicode better
 	* src/DdTargets.py: handle unicode better
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py b/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py
index b1ea0bf9c..59b460b58 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/NameEdit.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class NameEditor:
 
         if const.NameTypesMap.has_value(mtype):
             mtype = const.NameTypesMap.find_key(mtype)
-        else:
+        if not mtype:
             mtype = "Also Known As"
         
         if self.name == None: