diff --git a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/NewIjModuleAction.kt b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/NewIjModuleAction.kt
index b7212464cd3f..7fe203883bca 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/NewIjModuleAction.kt
+++ b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/NewIjModuleAction.kt
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataContext
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.EDT
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.currentThreadCoroutineScope
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 internal class NewIjModuleAction : AnAction(), DumbAware {
 
@@ -33,6 +36,11 @@ internal class NewIjModuleAction : AnAction(), DumbAware {
 private suspend fun actionPerformed(dc: DataContext) {
   val project = dc.getData(CommonDataKeys.PROJECT) ?: return
   val root = dc.getData(CommonDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE) ?: return
-  val name = askForModuleName(project)
+  val suggestedNamePrefix = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { 
+    suggestModuleNamePrefix(root, project) 
+  }
+  val name = withContext(Dispatchers.EDT) {
+    askForModuleName(project, suggestedNamePrefix)
+  }
   createIjModule(root, name)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/impl.kt b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/impl.kt
index 1474ea26dc76..badc1016b37e 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/impl.kt
+++ b/plugins/devkit/intellij.devkit.scaffolding/src/impl.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.intellij.lang.LangBundle
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataContext
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.backgroundWriteAction
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.readAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.ModuleManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.IntelliJProjectUtil.isIntelliJPlatformProject
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ internal fun isActionEnabled(dc: DataContext): Boolean {
   return !ProjectFileIndex.getInstance(project).isInSource(virtualFile)
 }
 
-internal suspend fun askForModuleName(project: Project): @Nls String {
+internal suspend fun askForModuleName(project: Project, suggestedNamePrefix: String): @Nls String {
   val contentPanel = NewItemSimplePopupPanel()
   val nameField: JTextField = contentPanel.textField
-  nameField.text = "intellij."
+  nameField.text = suggestedNamePrefix
   val popup: JBPopup = NewItemPopupUtil.createNewItemPopup(message("scaffolding.new.ij.module"), contentPanel, nameField)
   return suspendCancellableCoroutine { continuation ->
     contentPanel.applyAction = Consumer { event: InputEvent? ->
@@ -76,6 +77,31 @@ internal suspend fun askForModuleName(project: Project): @Nls String {
   }
 }
 
+internal suspend fun suggestModuleNamePrefix(parentDir: VirtualFile, project: Project): String {
+  return readAction {
+    val fileIndex = ProjectFileIndex.getInstance(project)
+    val parentContentRoot = fileIndex.getContentRootForFile(parentDir)
+    if (parentContentRoot == parentDir) {
+      val module = fileIndex.getModuleForFile(parentContentRoot)
+      if (module != null) {
+        return@readAction "${module.name.removeSuffix(".plugin").removeSuffix(".main").removeSuffix(".core")}."
+      }
+    }
+    if (parentDir.isDirectory) {
+      val siblingModuleNames = parentDir.children
+        .asSequence()
+        .filter { fileIndex.getContentRootForFile(it) == it }
+        .mapNotNull { fileIndex.getModuleForFile(it)?.name }
+      val commonPrefix = siblingModuleNames.reduceOrNull { acc, item -> acc.commonPrefixWith(item) } ?: ""
+      val suggestion = commonPrefix.substringBeforeLast('.', "")
+      if (suggestion.isNotEmpty()) {
+        return@readAction "$suggestion."
+      }
+    }
+    "intellij."
+  }
+}
+
 internal suspend fun createIjModule(vRoot: VirtualFile, moduleName: String) {
   val project = instance<Project>()
   val files = prepareFiles(vRoot.toNioPath(), moduleName)