diff --git a/src/V3Ast.cpp b/src/V3Ast.cpp
index 5b980d6d6..1fa1cb410 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Ast.cpp
@@ -203,31 +203,6 @@ string AstNode::prettyTypeName() const {
     return string(typeName())+" '"+prettyName()+"'";
 }
 
-string AstNode::quoteName(const string& namein) {
-    // Encode control chars into C style escapes
-    // Reverse is V3Parse::deQuote
-    const char* start = namein.c_str();
-    string out;
-    for (const char* pos = start; *pos; pos++) {
-	if (pos[0]=='\\' || pos[0]=='"') {
-	    out += string("\\")+pos[0];
-	} else if (pos[0]=='\n') {
-	    out += "\\n";
-	} else if (pos[0]=='\r') {
-	    out += "\\r";
-	} else if (pos[0]=='\t') {
-	    out += "\\t";
-	} else if (isprint(pos[0])) {
-	    out += pos[0];
-	} else {
-	    // This will also cover \a etc
-	    char octal[10]; sprintf(octal,"\\%03o",pos[0]);
-	    out += octal;
-	}
-    }
-    return out;
-}
-
 //######################################################################
 // Insertion
 
diff --git a/src/V3Ast.h b/src/V3Ast.h
index 4eecd7d2a..cc290d78f 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.h
+++ b/src/V3Ast.h
@@ -1017,7 +1017,6 @@ public:
     virtual string verilogKwd() const { return ""; }
     string 	shortName() const;	// Name with __PVT__ removed for concatenating scopes
     static string dedotName(const string& namein);	// Name with dots removed
-    static string quoteName(const string& namein);	// Name with control chars quoted
     static string prettyName(const string& namein);	// Name for printing out to the user
     static string encodeName(const string& namein);	// Encode user name into internal C representation
     static string encodeNumber(vlsint64_t numin);	// Encode number into internal C representation
diff --git a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
index afd2ce341..aa044b795 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
+++ b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ void AstNode::dump(ostream& str) {
     } else { // V3Broken will throw an error
 	if (dtypep()) str<<" %Error-dtype-exp=null,got="<<(void*)dtypep();
     }
-    if (name()!="") str<<"  "<<AstNode::quoteName(name());
+    if (name()!="") str<<"  "<<V3Number::quoteNameControls(name());
 }
 
 void AstAlways::dump(ostream& str) {
diff --git a/src/V3EmitV.cpp b/src/V3EmitV.cpp
index b7c7c9915..b33c0e6cc 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitV.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitV.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class EmitVBaseVisitor : public EmitCBaseVisitor {
 	// Don't use to quote a filename for #include - #include doesn't \ escape.
 	// Duplicate in V3File - here so we can print to string
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
-	putsNoTracking(AstNode::quoteName(str));
+	putsNoTracking(V3Number::quoteNameControls(str));
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/V3EmitXml.cpp b/src/V3EmitXml.cpp
index 851bd2600..9e2dd8cf5 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitXml.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitXml.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class EmitXmlFileVisitor : public EmitCBaseVisitor {
 	// Don't use to quote a filename for #include - #include doesn't \ escape.
 	// Duplicate in V3File - here so we can print to string
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
-	putsNoTracking(AstNode::quoteName(str));
+	putsNoTracking(V3Number::quoteNameControls(str));
 	putsNoTracking("\"");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/V3File.cpp b/src/V3File.cpp
index aad16a66b..0247b7399 100644
--- a/src/V3File.cpp
+++ b/src/V3File.cpp
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ void V3OutFormatter::putsQuoted(const char* strg) {
     // Quote \ and " for use inside C programs
     // Don't use to quote a filename for #include - #include doesn't \ escape.
     putcNoTracking('"');
-    string quoted = AstNode::quoteName(strg);
+    string quoted = V3Number::quoteNameControls(strg);
     for (const char* cp=quoted.c_str(); *cp; cp++) {
 	putcNoTracking (*cp);
     }
diff --git a/src/V3Number.cpp b/src/V3Number.cpp
index 79c68146b..6ea325bd6 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Number.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 // Read class functions
 // CREATION
 
-V3Number::V3Number(VerilogString, FileLine* fileline, const string& str) {
+V3Number::V3Number(VerilogStringLiteral, FileLine* fileline, const string& str) {
     // Create a number using a verilog string as the value, thus 8 bits per character.
     // cppcheck bug - doesn't see init() resets these
     // cppcheck: Member variable 'm_sized/m_width' is not initialized in the constructor
@@ -404,6 +404,31 @@ string V3Number::ascii(bool prefixed, bool cleanVerilog) const {
     return out.str();
 }
 
+string V3Number::quoteNameControls(const string& namein) {
+    // Encode control chars into C style escapes
+    // Reverse is V3Parse::deQuote
+    const char* start = namein.c_str();
+    string out;
+    for (const char* pos = start; *pos; pos++) {
+	if (pos[0]=='\\' || pos[0]=='"') {
+	    out += string("\\")+pos[0];
+	} else if (pos[0]=='\n') {
+	    out += "\\n";
+	} else if (pos[0]=='\r') {
+	    out += "\\r";
+	} else if (pos[0]=='\t') {
+	    out += "\\t";
+	} else if (isprint(pos[0])) {
+	    out += pos[0];
+	} else {
+	    // This will also cover \a etc
+	    char octal[10]; sprintf(octal,"\\%03o",pos[0]);
+	    out += octal;
+	}
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
 bool V3Number::displayedFmtLegal(char format) {
     // Is this a valid format letter?
     switch (tolower(format)) {
diff --git a/src/V3Number.h b/src/V3Number.h
index 32232d3c1..20a30b893 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.h
+++ b/src/V3Number.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class V3Number {
     bool	m_sized:1;	// True if the user specified the width, else we track it.
     bool	m_signed:1;	// True if signed value
     bool	m_double:1;	// True if double real value
-    bool	m_fromString:1;	// True if from string
+    bool	m_fromString:1;	// True if from string literal
     bool	m_autoExtend:1;	// True if SystemVerilog extend-to-any-width
     FileLine*	m_fileline;
     vector<uint32_t>	m_value;	// The Value, with bit 0 being in bit 0 of this vector (unless X/Z)
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ private:
     V3Number& opModDivGuts(const V3Number& lhs, const V3Number& rhs, bool is_modulus);
 
 public:
-    class VerilogString {};	// for creator type-overload selection
+    class VerilogStringLiteral {};	// for creator type-overload selection
     // CONSTRUCTORS
     V3Number(FileLine* fileline) { init(fileline, 1); }
     V3Number(FileLine* fileline, int width) { init(fileline, width); }  // 0=unsized
     V3Number(FileLine* fileline, int width, uint32_t value) { init(fileline, width); m_value[0]=value; opCleanThis(); }
     V3Number(FileLine* fileline, const char* source);	// Create from a verilog 32'hxxxx number.
-    V3Number(VerilogString, FileLine* fileline, const string& vvalue);
+    V3Number(VerilogStringLiteral, FileLine* fileline, const string& vvalue);
 
 private:
     void init(FileLine* fileline, int swidth) {
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ public:
 
     // ACCESSORS
     string ascii(bool prefixed=true, bool cleanVerilog=false) const;
+    static string quoteNameControls(const string& namein); // Add backslash quotes to strings
     string displayed(const string& format) const;
     static bool displayedFmtLegal(char format);  // Is this a valid format letter?
     int width() const { return m_width; }
diff --git a/src/verilog.y b/src/verilog.y
index ba02fe6de..61ada34a1 100644
--- a/src/verilog.y
+++ b/src/verilog.y
@@ -3484,7 +3484,7 @@ str<strp>:			// yaSTRING but with \{escapes} need decoded
 	;
 
 strAsInt<nodep>:
-		yaSTRING				{ $$ = new AstConst($<fl>1,V3Number(V3Number::VerilogString(),$<fl>1,GRAMMARP->deQuote($<fl>1,*$1)));}
+		yaSTRING				{ $$ = new AstConst($<fl>1,V3Number(V3Number::VerilogStringLiteral(),$<fl>1,GRAMMARP->deQuote($<fl>1,*$1)));}
 	;
 
 strAsIntIgnore<nodep>:		// strAsInt, but never matches for when expr shouldn't parse strings
@@ -3735,7 +3735,7 @@ AstVar* V3ParseGrammar::createVariable(FileLine* fileline, string name, AstRange
 
 string V3ParseGrammar::deQuote(FileLine* fileline, string text) {
     // Fix up the quoted strings the user put in, for example "\"" becomes "
-    // Reverse is AstNode::quoteName(...)
+    // Reverse is V3Number::quoteNameControls(...)
     bool quoted = false;
     string newtext;
     unsigned char octal_val = 0;