diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/lmethod/fvmpfal3dpressure2padaptive.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/lmethod/fvmpfal3dpressure2padaptive.hh
index 8446769870ef2f6d03b8810541fd5c250bb4213a..fffc4234b7ab9f0f8b7498fab42a04f410f59df9 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/lmethod/fvmpfal3dpressure2padaptive.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/lmethod/fvmpfal3dpressure2padaptive.hh
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ void FvMpfaL3dPressure2pAdaptive<TypeTag>::initializeMatrixRowSize()
                     {
                         if (neighbor->level() == levelI + 2)
                         {
-                            for (int vertIdx = 0; vertIdx < numCorners; vertIdx++)
+                            for (int vIdx = 0; vIdx < numCorners; vIdx++)
                             {
-                                int globalVertIdxJ = problem_.variables().vertexMapper().map(*neighbor, vertIdx, dim);
+                                int globalVertIdxJ = problem_.variables().vertexMapper().map(*neighbor, vIdx, dim);
 
                                 if (globalVertIdxJ != globalVertIdx)
                                 {
diff --git a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/omethod/fvmpfao2dpressurevelocity2p.hh b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/omethod/fvmpfao2dpressurevelocity2p.hh
index c9c1db2b25660e5f1815f3150035a1cb59062f4e..52f2cd8a7a0c6635d58e2251a3e93ff3a1672480 100644
--- a/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/omethod/fvmpfao2dpressurevelocity2p.hh
+++ b/dumux/decoupled/2p/diffusion/fvmpfa/omethod/fvmpfao2dpressurevelocity2p.hh
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ void FvMpfaO2dPressureVelocity2p<TypeTag>::calculateVelocity(const Intersection&
 
     Dune::FieldVector<CellData, 4> cellDataTemp;
 
-    for (int vertIdx = 0; vertIdx < numVertices; vertIdx++)
+    for (int vIdx = 0; vIdx < numVertices; vIdx++)
     {
-        int localVertIdx = referenceElement.subEntity(indexInInside, dim - 1, vertIdx, dim);
+        int localVertIdx = referenceElement.subEntity(indexInInside, dim - 1, vIdx, dim);
 
         int globalVertIdx = problem_.variables().index(
                 *((*elementPtrI).template subEntity < dim > (localVertIdx)));
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/2p/2pvolumevariables.hh b/dumux/implicit/2p/2pvolumevariables.hh
index 302c131e89a4ccd2fcb5059c331db64065e5f9b1..b783f6406fd8c76a2584bb56325b1bdbc53d7ec0 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/2p/2pvolumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/2p/2pvolumevariables.hh
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ protected:
                        const Problem &problem,
                        const Element &element,
                        const FVElementGeometry &fvGeometry,
-                       int vertIdx,
+                       int vIdx,
                        bool isOldSol)
     { }
 
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cvolumevariables.hh b/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cvolumevariables.hh
index e4c49d66db52f2ea5b5a9bcadd3985d14b83f2eb..8b0c18d0a1c70c53d6644b12a21462d4699475be 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cvolumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cvolumevariables.hh
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ protected:
                        const Problem &problem,
                        const Element &element,
                        const FVElementGeometry &fvGeometry,
-                       const int vertIdx,
+                       const int vIdx,
                        bool isOldSol)
     { }
 
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh b/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
index ca6c89e70b3b6c14d7f7f8a682884633bdfd5a25..32f96b798e4a52c7b4d72fd8950379fb21cfa59c 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class BoxFVElementGeometry
         }
     }
 
-    void getEdgeIndices(int numVertices, int faceIdx, int vertIdx, int& leftEdge, int& rightEdge)
+    void getEdgeIndices(int numVertices, int faceIdx, int vIdx, int& leftEdge, int& rightEdge)
     {
         static const int faceAndVertexToLeftEdgeTet[4][4] = {
             { 0, 0, 2, -1},
@@ -530,20 +530,20 @@ class BoxFVElementGeometry
 
         switch (numVertices) {
         case 4:
-            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgeTet[faceIdx][vertIdx];
-            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgeTet[faceIdx][vertIdx];
+            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgeTet[faceIdx][vIdx];
+            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgeTet[faceIdx][vIdx];
             break;
         case 5:
-            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgePyramid[faceIdx][vertIdx];
-            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgePyramid[faceIdx][vertIdx];
+            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgePyramid[faceIdx][vIdx];
+            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgePyramid[faceIdx][vIdx];
             break;
         case 6:
-            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgePrism[faceIdx][vertIdx];
-            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgePrism[faceIdx][vertIdx];
+            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgePrism[faceIdx][vIdx];
+            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgePrism[faceIdx][vIdx];
             break;
         case 8:
-            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgeHex[faceIdx][vertIdx];
-            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgeHex[faceIdx][vertIdx];
+            leftEdge = faceAndVertexToLeftEdgeHex[faceIdx][vIdx];
+            rightEdge = faceAndVertexToRightEdgeHex[faceIdx][vIdx];
             break;
         default:
             DUNE_THROW(Dune::NotImplemented, "BoxFVElementGeometry :: getFaceIndices for numVertices = " << numVertices);
@@ -952,8 +952,8 @@ public:
 
                 JacobianInverseTransposed jacInvT =
                     geometry.jacobianInverseTransposed(subContVol[scvIdx].localCenter);
-                for (int vertIdx = 0; vertIdx < numScv; vertIdx++)
-                    jacInvT.mv(localJac[vertIdx][0], subContVol[scvIdx].gradCenter[vertIdx]);
+                for (int vIdx = 0; vIdx < numScv; vIdx++)
+                    jacInvT.mv(localJac[vIdx][0], subContVol[scvIdx].gradCenter[vIdx]);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/co2/co2volumevariables.hh b/dumux/implicit/co2/co2volumevariables.hh
index ed6cfa7ac8cbd57c0f0782c005d8963aafedf162..8094145dfac33756f36897173d92e661a87d0ec8 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/co2/co2volumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/co2/co2volumevariables.hh
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ protected:
                        const Problem &problem,
                        const Element &element,
                        const FVElementGeometry &fvGeometry,
-                       const int vertIdx,
+                       const int vIdx,
                        bool isOldSol)
     { }
 
diff --git a/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh b/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
index 8d8c5bed6495b7122cb9603f179d7f50e57ec145..91be6b92705aa581cc6bbcc1396e5390005af4df 100644
--- a/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
+++ b/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ public:
     template<class MessageBufferImp, class EntityType>
     void gather(MessageBufferImp &buff, const EntityType &e) const
     {
-        int vertIdx = mapper_.map(e);
-        buff.write(container_[vertIdx]);
+        int vIdx = mapper_.map(e);
+        buff.write(container_[vIdx]);
     }
 
     template<class MessageBufferImp, class EntityType>
     void scatter(MessageBufferImp &buff, const EntityType &e, size_t n)
     {
-        int vertIdx = mapper_.map(e);
+        int vIdx = mapper_.map(e);
 
         FieldType tmp;
         buff.read(tmp);
-        container_[vertIdx] += tmp;
+        container_[vIdx] += tmp;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -126,18 +126,18 @@ public:
     template<class MessageBufferImp, class EntityType>
     void gather(MessageBufferImp &buff, const EntityType &e) const
     {
-        int vertIdx = mapper_.map(e);
-        buff.write(container_[vertIdx]);
+        int vIdx = mapper_.map(e);
+        buff.write(container_[vIdx]);
     }
 
     template<class MessageBufferImp, class EntityType>
     void scatter(MessageBufferImp &buff, const EntityType &e, size_t n)
     {
-        int vertIdx = mapper_.map(e);
+        int vIdx = mapper_.map(e);
 
         FieldType tmp;
         buff.read(tmp);
-        container_[vertIdx] = std::max(container_[vertIdx], tmp);
+        container_[vIdx] = std::max(container_[vIdx], tmp);
     }
 
 private:
@@ -185,18 +185,18 @@ public:
     template<class MessageBufferImp, class EntityType>
     void gather(MessageBufferImp &buff, const EntityType &e) const
     {
-        int vertIdx = mapper_.map(e);
-        buff.write(container_[vertIdx]);
+        int vIdx = mapper_.map(e);
+        buff.write(container_[vIdx]);
     }
 
     template<class MessageBufferImp, class EntityType>
     void scatter(MessageBufferImp &buff, const EntityType &e, size_t n)
     {
-        int vertIdx = mapper_.map(e);
+        int vIdx = mapper_.map(e);
 
         FieldType tmp;
         buff.read(tmp);
-        container_[vertIdx] = std::min(container_[vertIdx], tmp);
+        container_[vIdx] = std::min(container_[vIdx], tmp);
     }
 
 private: