diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/MiriamType.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/MiriamType.js
index efda3b897722129cfe0430cc1e73765d461d5256..57b7387244aaadd90aeef121fad18de1f763dd96 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/MiriamType.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/MiriamType.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ function MiriamType(data, name) {
   self.setUris(data.uris);
   self.setHomepage(data.homepage);
   self.setName(name);
+  self.setCommonName(data.commonName);
   self.setRegistryIdentifier(data.registryIdentifier);
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ MiriamType.prototype.getName = function() {
   return this._name;
 };
 
+MiriamType.prototype.setCommonName = function(commonName) {
+  this._commonName = commonName;
+};
+
+MiriamType.prototype.getCommonName = function() {
+  return this._commonName;
+};
+
 MiriamType.prototype.setRegistryIdentifier = function(registryIdentifier) {
   this._registryIdentifier = registryIdentifier;
 };