diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen.java
index 71f7d32c5eb2..9322af82e95b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen.java
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen imp
                 "Array",
                 "Date",
                 "number",
-                "any"
+                "any",
+                "Error"
         ));
         instantiationTypes.put("array", "Array");
 
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen imp
                 return modelName;
             }
 
+            if (languageSpecificPrimitives.contains(name)) {
+                String modelName = camelize("model_" + name);
+                LOGGER.warn(name + " (model name matches existing language type) cannot be used as a model name. Renamed to " + modelName);
+                return modelName;
+            }
             // camelize the model name
             // phone_number => PhoneNumber
             return camelize(name);