diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile
rename to boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.dep b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.dep
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.dep
rename to boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.dep
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.features b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.features
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.features
rename to boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.features
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.include b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.include
similarity index 76%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.include
rename to boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.include
index 4e2567a435e1e176be78bc3b0368526550dd9a85..c5e96698c97fe7b55d84c7e363d04ef3917d3617 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo144-f446/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/Makefile.include
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# define the cpu used by the nucleo144-f446 board
+# define the cpu used by the nucleo-f446ze board
 export CPU = stm32f4
 export CPU_MODEL = stm32f446ze
 
diff --git a/boards/nucleo144-f446/include/periph_conf.h b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/include/periph_conf.h
similarity index 97%
rename from boards/nucleo144-f446/include/periph_conf.h
rename to boards/nucleo-f446ze/include/periph_conf.h
index 1ea6a9f2608e9a5d78295379e1d4ae3d5dc23fa9..3316ae1b62a20eee32ebc339fef01e6c15107159 100644
--- a/boards/nucleo144-f446/include/periph_conf.h
+++ b/boards/nucleo-f446ze/include/periph_conf.h
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @defgroup    boards_nucleo144-f446 STM32 Nucleo144-F446
+ * @defgroup    boards_nucleo-f446ze STM32 Nucleo-F446ZE
  * @ingroup     boards_common_nucleo144
- * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo144-F446
+ * @brief       Support for the STM32 Nucleo-F446ZE
  * @{
  *
  * @file
- * @name        Peripheral MCU configuration for the nucleo144-f446 board
+ * @name        Peripheral MCU configuration for the nucleo-f446ze board
  *
  * @author      Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
  */