diff --git a/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py b/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py
index 20e53b0ef3..da0e631c06 100644
--- a/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py
+++ b/resotocore/resotocore/cli/command.py
@@ -2535,6 +2535,12 @@ class ListCommand(CLICommand, OutputTransformer):
         (["change"], "change"),
         (["changed_at"], "changed_at"),
     ]
+    default_properties_to_ignore = {
+        "ancestors.cloud.reported.id",
+        "ancestors.account.reported.id",
+        "ancestors.region.reported.id",
+        "ancestors.zone.reported.id",
+    }
     all_default_props = {
         ".".join(path)
         for path, _ in default_properties_to_show
@@ -2585,7 +2591,9 @@ def default_props_to_show() -> List[Tuple[List[str], str]]:
             # add all predicates the user has queried
             if ctx.query:
                 # add all predicates the user has queried
-                predicate_names = (p.name for p in ctx.query.visible_predicates)
+                predicate_names = (
+                    p.name for p in ctx.query.visible_predicates if p.name not in self.default_properties_to_ignore
+                )
                 # add sort keys of the last part the user has defined
                 sort_names = (s.name for s in ctx.query.current_part.sort)
                 for name in chain(predicate_names, sort_names):
@@ -2623,7 +2631,39 @@ def parse_props_to_show(props_arg: str) -> List[Tuple[List[str], str]]:
                 props.append((path, as_name))
             return props
 
+        def create_unique_names(all_props: List[Tuple[List[str], str]]) -> List[Tuple[List[str], str]]:
+            result = []
+            names: Set[str] = set()
+
+            def unique_name(path: List[str], current: str) -> str:
+                # compute the name by parameter path
+                current = "_".join(path) if path else current
+                if current not in names:
+                    return current
+                # compute the name by parameter path and current name
+                count = 0
+                attempt = current
+                while attempt in names:
+                    count += 1
+                    attempt = f"{current}_{count}"
+                return attempt
+
+            for path, name in all_props:
+                if name in names:
+                    if len(path) <= 1:
+                        name = unique_name(path, name)
+                    elif path[0] in ("ancestors", "descendants"):
+                        name = unique_name([path[1]] + path[3:], name)
+                    elif path[0] in Section.all:
+                        name = unique_name(path[1:], name)
+                    else:
+                        name = unique_name(path, name)
+                names.add(name)
+                result.append((path, name))
+            return result
+
         props_to_show = parse_props_to_show(properties) if properties is not None else default_props_to_show()
+        props_to_show = create_unique_names(props_to_show)
 
         def fmt_json(elem: Json) -> JsonElement:
             if is_node(elem):
diff --git a/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py b/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py
index 11ea085804..70dab88810 100644
--- a/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py
+++ b/resotocore/tests/resotocore/cli/command_test.py
@@ -583,14 +583,12 @@ async def test_list_command(cli: CLI) -> None:
     assert result[0] == ["some_string=hello, some_int=0, node_id=sub_root"]
 
     # List supports csv output
-    props = dict(id="test", a="a", b=True, c=False, d=None, e=12, f=1.234, reported={})
     result = await cli.execute_cli_command(
         f"json {json.dumps(props)} | list --csv a,b,c,d,e,f,non_existent", stream.list
     )
     assert result[0] == ['"a","b","c","d","e","f","non_existent"', '"a",True,False,"",12,1.234,""']
 
     # List supports markdown output
-    props = dict(id="test", a="a", b=True, c=False, d=None, e=12, f=1.234, reported={})
     result = await cli.execute_cli_command(
         f"json {json.dumps(props)} | list --markdown a,b,c,d,e,f,non_existent", stream.list
     )
@@ -615,10 +613,19 @@ async def test_list_command(cli: CLI) -> None:
     ]
 
     # List supports only markdown or csv, but not both at the same time
-    props = dict(id="test", a="a", b=True, c=False, d=None, e=12, f=1.234, reported={})
     with pytest.raises(CLIParseError):
         await cli.execute_cli_command(f"json {json.dumps(props)}" " | list --csv --markdown", stream.list)
 
+    # List command will make sure to make the column name unique
+    props = dict(id="123", reported=props, ancestors={"account": {"reported": props}})
+    result = await cli.execute_cli_command(
+        f"json {json.dumps(props)} | list reported.a, reported.b as a, reported.c as a, reported.c, "
+        f"ancestors.account.reported.a, ancestors.account.reported.a, ancestors.account.reported.a as foo",
+        stream.list,
+    )
+    # b as a ==> b, c as a ==> c, c ==> c_1, ancestors.account.reported.a ==> account_a, again ==> _1
+    assert result[0][0] == "a=a, b=true, c=false, c_1=false, account_a=a, account_a_1=a, foo=a"
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_jq_command(cli: CLI) -> None: