diff --git a/lib/relation-definition.js b/lib/relation-definition.js
index 011b545b..eeafd328 100644
--- a/lib/relation-definition.js
+++ b/lib/relation-definition.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var mergeQuery = require('./scope.js').mergeQuery;
 var ModelBaseClass = require('./model.js');
 var applyFilter = require('./connectors/memory').applyFilter;
 var ValidationError = require('./validations.js').ValidationError;
+var debug = require('debug')('loopback:relations');
 
 exports.Relation = Relation;
 exports.RelationDefinition = RelationDefinition;
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@ function RelationDefinition(definition) {
   }
   definition = definition || {};
   this.name = definition.name;
-  this.accessor = definition.accessor || this.name;
   assert(this.name, 'Relation name is missing');
   this.type = normalizeType(definition.type);
   assert(this.type, 'Invalid relation type: ' + definition.type);
@@ -1463,18 +1463,22 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
   modelTo = lookupModelTo(modelFrom, modelTo, params, true);
   
   var thisClassName = modelFrom.modelName;
-  var accessorName = params.as || (i8n.camelize(modelTo.modelName, true) + 'List');
-  var relationName = params.property || i8n.camelize(modelTo.pluralModelName, true);
-  var fk = modelTo.dataSource.idName(modelTo.modelName) || 'id';
-  var idName = modelFrom.dataSource.idName(modelFrom.modelName) || 'id';
+  var relationName = params.as || (i8n.camelize(modelTo.modelName, true) + 'List');
+  var propertyName = params.property || i8n.camelize(modelTo.pluralModelName, true);
+  var idName = modelTo.dataSource.idName(modelTo.modelName) || 'id';
   
-  var definition = modelFrom.relations[accessorName] = new RelationDefinition({
-    accessor: accessorName,
+  if (relationName === propertyName) {
+    propertyName = '_' + propertyName;
+    debug('EmbedsMany property cannot be equal to relation name: ' +
+      'forcing property %s for relation %s', propertyName, relationName);
+  }
+  
+  var definition = modelFrom.relations[relationName] = new RelationDefinition({
     name: relationName,
     type: RelationTypes.embedsMany,
     modelFrom: modelFrom,
-    keyFrom: idName,
-    keyTo: fk,
+    keyFrom: propertyName,
+    keyTo: idName,
     modelTo: modelTo,
     multiple: true,
     properties: params.properties,
@@ -1483,7 +1487,7 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
     embed: true
   });
   
-  modelFrom.dataSource.defineProperty(modelFrom.modelName, relationName, { 
+  modelFrom.dataSource.defineProperty(modelFrom.modelName, propertyName, { 
     type: [modelTo], default: function() { return []; } 
   });
   
@@ -1491,14 +1495,14 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
   modelTo.validatesPresenceOf(idName);
   
   if (!params.polymorphic) {
-    modelFrom.validate(relationName, function(err) {
-      var embeddedList = this[relationName] || [];
+    modelFrom.validate(propertyName, function(err) {
+      var embeddedList = this[propertyName] || [];
       var ids = embeddedList.map(function(m) { return m[idName]; });
       var uniqueIds = ids.filter(function(id, pos) {
           return ids.indexOf(id) === pos;
       });
       if (ids.length !== uniqueIds.length) {
-        this.errors.add(relationName, 'Contains duplicate `' + idName + '`', 'uniqueness');
+        this.errors.add(propertyName, 'Contains duplicate `' + idName + '`', 'uniqueness');
         err(false);
       }
     }, { code: 'uniqueness' })
@@ -1506,9 +1510,9 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
   
   // validate all embedded items
   if (definition.options.validate) {
-    modelFrom.validate(relationName, function(err) {
+    modelFrom.validate(propertyName, function(err) {
       var self = this;
-      var embeddedList = this[relationName] || [];
+      var embeddedList = this[propertyName] || [];
       var hasErrors = false;
       embeddedList.forEach(function(item) {
         if (item instanceof modelTo) {
@@ -1518,11 +1522,11 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
             var first = Object.keys(item.errors)[0];
             var msg = 'contains invalid item: `' + id + '`';
             msg += ' (' + first + ' ' + item.errors[first] + ')';
-            self.errors.add(relationName, msg, 'invalid');
+            self.errors.add(propertyName, msg, 'invalid');
           }
         } else {
           hasErrors = true;
-          self.errors.add(relationName, 'Contains invalid item', 'invalid');
+          self.errors.add(propertyName, 'Contains invalid item', 'invalid');
         }
       });
       if (hasErrors) err(false);
@@ -1543,19 +1547,19 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
   };
   
   var findByIdFunc = scopeMethods.findById;
-  modelFrom.prototype['__findById__' + accessorName] = findByIdFunc;
+  modelFrom.prototype['__findById__' + relationName] = findByIdFunc;
   
   var destroyByIdFunc = scopeMethods.destroy;
-  modelFrom.prototype['__destroyById__' + accessorName] = destroyByIdFunc;
+  modelFrom.prototype['__destroyById__' + relationName] = destroyByIdFunc;
   
   var updateByIdFunc = scopeMethods.updateById;
-  modelFrom.prototype['__updateById__' + accessorName] = updateByIdFunc;
+  modelFrom.prototype['__updateById__' + relationName] = updateByIdFunc;
   
   var addFunc = scopeMethods.add;
-  modelFrom.prototype['__link__' + accessorName] = addFunc;
+  modelFrom.prototype['__link__' + relationName] = addFunc;
 
   var removeFunc = scopeMethods.remove;
-  modelFrom.prototype['__unlink__' + accessorName] = removeFunc;
+  modelFrom.prototype['__unlink__' + relationName] = removeFunc;
 
   scopeMethods.create = scopeMethod(definition, 'create');
   scopeMethods.build = scopeMethod(definition, 'build');
@@ -1568,12 +1572,12 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
     var methodName = customMethods[i];
     var method = scopeMethods[methodName];
     if (typeof method === 'function' && method.shared === true) {
-      modelFrom.prototype['__' + methodName + '__' + accessorName] = method;
+      modelFrom.prototype['__' + methodName + '__' + relationName] = method;
     }
   };
   
   // Mix the property and scoped methods into the prototype class
-  var scopeDefinition = defineScope(modelFrom.prototype, modelTo, accessorName, function () {
+  var scopeDefinition = defineScope(modelFrom.prototype, modelTo, relationName, function () {
     return {};
   }, scopeMethods, definition.options);
 
@@ -1582,7 +1586,7 @@ RelationDefinition.embedsMany = function embedsMany(modelFrom, modelTo, params)
 
 EmbedsMany.prototype.related = function(receiver, scopeParams, condOrRefresh, cb) {
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   var self = receiver;
   
@@ -1601,7 +1605,7 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.related = function(receiver, scopeParams, condOrRefresh, cb
     throw new Error('Method can be only called with one or two arguments');
   }
   
-  var embeddedList = self[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = self[propertyName] || [];
   
   this.definition.applyScope(modelInstance, actualCond);
   
@@ -1623,12 +1627,12 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.related = function(receiver, scopeParams, condOrRefresh, cb
 };
 
 EmbedsMany.prototype.findById = function (fkId, cb) {
-  var pk = this.definition.keyFrom;
+  var pk = this.definition.keyTo;
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   
-  var embeddedList = modelInstance[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = modelInstance[propertyName] || [];
   
   var find = function(id) {
     for (var i = 0; i < embeddedList.length; i++) {
@@ -1665,10 +1669,10 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.updateById = function (fkId, data, cb) {
   }
   
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   
-  var embeddedList = modelInstance[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = modelInstance[propertyName] || [];
   
   var inst = this.findById(fkId);
   
@@ -1684,7 +1688,7 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.updateById = function (fkId, data, cb) {
     }
     
     if (typeof cb === 'function') {
-      modelInstance.updateAttribute(relationName, 
+      modelInstance.updateAttribute(propertyName, 
         embeddedList, function(err) {
         cb(err, inst);
       });
@@ -1699,10 +1703,10 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.updateById = function (fkId, data, cb) {
 
 EmbedsMany.prototype.destroyById = function (fkId, cb) {
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   
-  var embeddedList = modelInstance[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = modelInstance[propertyName] || [];
   
   var inst = (fkId instanceof modelTo) ? fkId : this.findById(fkId);
   
@@ -1710,7 +1714,7 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.destroyById = function (fkId, cb) {
     var index = embeddedList.indexOf(inst);
     if (index > -1) embeddedList.splice(index, 1);
     if (typeof cb === 'function') {
-      modelInstance.updateAttribute(relationName, 
+      modelInstance.updateAttribute(propertyName, 
         embeddedList, function(err) {
         cb(err);
       });
@@ -1727,10 +1731,10 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.unset = EmbedsMany.prototype.destroyById;
 
 EmbedsMany.prototype.at = function (index, cb) {
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   
-  var embeddedList = modelInstance[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = modelInstance[propertyName] || [];
   
   var item = embeddedList[parseInt(index)];
   item = (item instanceof modelTo) ? item : null;
@@ -1745,9 +1749,9 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.at = function (index, cb) {
 };
 
 EmbedsMany.prototype.create = function (targetModelData, cb) {
-  var pk = this.definition.keyFrom;
+  var pk = this.definition.keyTo;
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   var autoId = this.definition.options.autoId !== false;
   
@@ -1757,7 +1761,7 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.create = function (targetModelData, cb) {
   }
   targetModelData = targetModelData || {};
   
-  var embeddedList = modelInstance[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = modelInstance[propertyName] || [];
   
   var inst = this.build(targetModelData);
   
@@ -1769,20 +1773,20 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.create = function (targetModelData, cb) {
     });
   }
   
-  modelInstance.updateAttribute(relationName,
+  modelInstance.updateAttribute(propertyName,
     embeddedList, function(err, modelInst) {
     cb(err, err ? null : inst);
   });
 };
 
 EmbedsMany.prototype.build = function(targetModelData) {
-  var pk = this.definition.keyFrom;
+  var pk = this.definition.keyTo;
   var modelTo = this.definition.modelTo;
-  var relationName = this.definition.name;
+  var propertyName = this.definition.keyFrom;
   var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
   var autoId = this.definition.options.autoId !== false;
   
-  var embeddedList = modelInstance[relationName] || [];
+  var embeddedList = modelInstance[propertyName] || [];
   
   targetModelData = targetModelData || {};
   
@@ -1884,7 +1888,7 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.remove = function (acInst, cb) {
   
   belongsTo.applyScope(modelInstance, filter);
   
-  modelInstance[definition.accessor](filter, function(err, items) {
+  modelInstance[definition.name](filter, function(err, items) {
     if (err) return cb(err);
     
     items.forEach(function(item) {
diff --git a/test/loopback-dl.test.js b/test/loopback-dl.test.js
index f388e50e..458f91db 100644
--- a/test/loopback-dl.test.js
+++ b/test/loopback-dl.test.js
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ describe('Load models with relations', function () {
     var ds = new DataSource('memory');
   
     var Post = ds.define('Post', {userId: Number, content: String});
-    var User = ds.define('User', {name: String}, {relations: {posts: {type: 'embedsMany', model: 'Post'}}});
+    var User = ds.define('User', {name: String}, {relations: {posts: {type: 'embedsMany', model: 'Post' }}});
   
     assert(User.relations['posts']);
     done();