diff --git a/extensions/redis/ActiveQuery.php b/extensions/redis/ActiveQuery.php
index 755fc6f..607b18e 100644
--- a/extensions/redis/ActiveQuery.php
+++ b/extensions/redis/ActiveQuery.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ActiveQuery extends \yii\base\Component implements ActiveQueryInterface
 			if ($db === null) {
 				$db = $modelClass::getDb();
 			}
-			return $db->executeCommand('LLEN', [$modelClass::tableName()]);
+			return $db->executeCommand('LLEN', [$modelClass::keyPrefix()]);
 		} else {
 			return $this->executeScript($db, 'Count');
 		}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class ActiveQuery extends \yii\base\Component implements ActiveQueryInterface
 		$data = [];
 		foreach($pks as $pk) {
 			if (++$i > $start && ($this->limit === null || $i <= $start + $this->limit)) {
-				$key = $modelClass::tableName() . ':a:' . $modelClass::buildKey($pk);
+				$key = $modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:' . $modelClass::buildKey($pk);
 				$result = $db->executeCommand('HGETALL', [$key]);
 				if (!empty($result)) {
 					$data[] = $result;
diff --git a/extensions/redis/ActiveRecord.php b/extensions/redis/ActiveRecord.php
index 37421cd..f227ed1 100644
--- a/extensions/redis/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/extensions/redis/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace yii\redis;
 use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
 use yii\base\NotSupportedException;
 use yii\db\BaseActiveRecord;
+use yii\helpers\Inflector;
 use yii\helpers\StringHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -88,6 +89,18 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Declares prefix of the key that represents the keys that store this records in redis.
+	 * By default this method returns the class name as the table name by calling [[Inflector::camel2id()]].
+	 * For example, 'Customer' becomes 'customer', and 'OrderItem' becomes
+	 * 'order_item'. You may override this method if you want different key naming.
+	 * @return string the prefix to apply to all AR keys
+	 */
+	public static function keyPrefix()
+	{
+		return Inflector::camel2id(StringHelper::basename(get_called_class()), '_');
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * @inheritdoc
 	 */
 	public function insert($runValidation = true, $attributes = null)
@@ -103,15 +116,15 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 			foreach ($this->primaryKey() as $key) {
 				$pk[$key] = $values[$key] = $this->getAttribute($key);
 				if ($pk[$key] === null) {
-					$pk[$key] = $values[$key] = $db->executeCommand('INCR', [static::tableName() . ':s:' . $key]);
+					$pk[$key] = $values[$key] = $db->executeCommand('INCR', [static::keyPrefix() . ':s:' . $key]);
 					$this->setAttribute($key, $values[$key]);
 				}
 			}
 //			}
 			// save pk in a findall pool
-			$db->executeCommand('RPUSH', [static::tableName(), static::buildKey($pk)]);
+			$db->executeCommand('RPUSH', [static::keyPrefix(), static::buildKey($pk)]);
 
-			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . static::buildKey($pk);
+			$key = static::keyPrefix() . ':a:' . static::buildKey($pk);
 			// save attributes
 			$args = [$key];
 			foreach($values as $attribute => $value) {
@@ -151,7 +164,7 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 		foreach(static::fetchPks($condition) as $pk) {
 			$newPk = $pk;
 			$pk = static::buildKey($pk);
-			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . $pk;
+			$key = static::keyPrefix() . ':a:' . $pk;
 			// save attributes
 			$args = [$key];
 			foreach($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
@@ -162,13 +175,13 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 				$args[] = $value;
 			}
 			$newPk = static::buildKey($newPk);
-			$newKey = static::tableName() . ':a:' . $newPk;
+			$newKey = static::keyPrefix() . ':a:' . $newPk;
 			// rename index if pk changed
 			if ($newPk != $pk) {
 				$db->executeCommand('MULTI');
 				$db->executeCommand('HMSET', $args);
-				$db->executeCommand('LINSERT', [static::tableName(), 'AFTER', $pk, $newPk]);
-				$db->executeCommand('LREM', [static::tableName(), 0, $pk]);
+				$db->executeCommand('LINSERT', [static::keyPrefix(), 'AFTER', $pk, $newPk]);
+				$db->executeCommand('LREM', [static::keyPrefix(), 0, $pk]);
 				$db->executeCommand('RENAME', [$key, $newKey]);
 				$db->executeCommand('EXEC');
 			} else {
@@ -202,7 +215,7 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 		$db = static::getDb();
 		$n=0;
 		foreach(static::fetchPks($condition) as $pk) {
-			$key = static::tableName() . ':a:' . static::buildKey($pk);
+			$key = static::keyPrefix() . ':a:' . static::buildKey($pk);
 			foreach($counters as $attribute => $value) {
 				$db->executeCommand('HINCRBY', [$key, $attribute, $value]);
 			}
@@ -234,8 +247,8 @@ class ActiveRecord extends BaseActiveRecord
 		$db->executeCommand('MULTI');
 		foreach($pks as $pk) {
 			$pk = static::buildKey($pk);
-			$db->executeCommand('LREM', [static::tableName(), 0, $pk]);
-			$attributeKeys[] = static::tableName() . ':a:' . $pk;
+			$db->executeCommand('LREM', [static::keyPrefix(), 0, $pk]);
+			$attributeKeys[] = static::keyPrefix() . ':a:' . $pk;
 		}
 		if (empty($attributeKeys)) {
 			$db->executeCommand('EXEC');
diff --git a/extensions/redis/LuaScriptBuilder.php b/extensions/redis/LuaScriptBuilder.php
index 81dff3f..55bf455 100644
--- a/extensions/redis/LuaScriptBuilder.php
+++ b/extensions/redis/LuaScriptBuilder.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 		// TODO add support for orderBy
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "n=n+1 pks[n]=redis.call('HGETALL',$key .. pk)", 'pks');
 	}
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 		// TODO add support for orderBy
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "do return redis.call('HGETALL',$key .. pk) end", 'pks');
 	}
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 		// TODO add support for orderBy and indexBy
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "n=n+1 pks[n]=redis.call('HGET',$key .. pk," . $this->quoteValue($column) . ")", 'pks');
 	}
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 	{
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "n=n+redis.call('HGET',$key .. pk," . $this->quoteValue($column) . ")", 'n');
 	}
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 	{
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "n=n+1 if v==nil then v=0 end v=v+redis.call('HGET',$key .. pk," . $this->quoteValue($column) . ")", 'v/n');
 	}
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 	{
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "n=redis.call('HGET',$key .. pk," . $this->quoteValue($column) . ") if v==nil or n<v then v=n end", 'v');
 	}
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 	{
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName() . ':a:');
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix() . ':a:');
 		return $this->build($query, "n=redis.call('HGET',$key .. pk," . $this->quoteValue($column) . ") if v==nil or n>v then v=n end", 'v');
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class LuaScriptBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
 
 		/** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
 		$modelClass = $query->modelClass;
-		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::tableName());
+		$key = $this->quoteValue($modelClass::keyPrefix());
 		$loadColumnValues = '';
 		foreach($columns as $column => $alias) {
 			$loadColumnValues .= "local $alias=redis.call('HGET',$key .. ':a:' .. pk, '$column')\n";