diff --git a/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h b/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h
index 9902373db..eafc383a9 100644
--- a/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h
+++ b/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h
@@ -1,90 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef PODIO_SIOFRAMEREADER_H
 #define PODIO_SIOFRAMEREADER_H
 
-#include "podio/SIOBlock.h"
-#include "podio/SIOFrameData.h"
-#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
-#include "podio/utilities/DatamodelRegistryIOHelpers.h"
-
-#include <sio/definitions.h>
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <string_view>
-#include <unordered_map>
+#include "podio/SIOReader.h"
 
 namespace podio {
-
-class CollectionIDTable;
-
-class SIOFrameReader {
-
-public:
-  SIOFrameReader();
-  ~SIOFrameReader() = default;
-
-  // non copyable
-  SIOFrameReader(const SIOFrameReader&) = delete;
-  SIOFrameReader& operator=(const SIOFrameReader&) = delete;
-
-  /**
-   * Read the next data entry from which a Frame can be constructed for the
-   * given name. In case there are no more entries left for this name or in
-   * case there is no data for this name, this returns a nullptr.
-   */
-  std::unique_ptr<podio::SIOFrameData> readNextEntry(const std::string& name);
-
-  /**
-   * Read the specified data entry from which a Frame can be constructed for
-   * the given name. In case the entry does not exist for this name or in
-   * case there is no data for this name, this returns a nullptr.
-   */
-  std::unique_ptr<podio::SIOFrameData> readEntry(const std::string& name, const unsigned entry);
-
-  /// Returns number of entries for the given name
-  unsigned getEntries(const std::string& name) const;
-
-  void openFile(const std::string& filename);
-
-  /// Get the build version of podio that has been used to write the current file
-  podio::version::Version currentFileVersion() const {
-    return m_fileVersion;
-  }
-
-  /// Get the names of all the available Frame categories in the current file(s)
-  std::vector<std::string_view> getAvailableCategories() const;
-
-  /// Get the datamodel definition for the given name
-  const std::string_view getDatamodelDefinition(const std::string& name) const {
-    return m_datamodelHolder.getDatamodelDefinition(name);
-  }
-
-  /// Get all names of the datamodels that ara available from this reader
-  std::vector<std::string> getAvailableDatamodels() const {
-    return m_datamodelHolder.getAvailableDatamodels();
-  }
-
-private:
-  void readPodioHeader();
-
-  /// read the TOC record
-  bool readFileTOCRecord();
-
-  void readEDMDefinitions();
-
-  sio::ifstream m_stream{}; ///< The stream from which we read
-
-  /// Count how many times each an entry of this name has been read already
-  std::unordered_map<std::string, unsigned> m_nameCtr{};
-
-  /// Table of content record where starting points of named entries can be read from
-  SIOFileTOCRecord m_tocRecord{};
-  /// The podio version that has been used to write the file
-  podio::version::Version m_fileVersion{0};
-
-  DatamodelDefinitionHolder m_datamodelHolder{};
-};
-
-} // namespace podio
+using SIOFrameReader [[deprecated("Will be removed in v1.0 switch podio::SIOReader")]] = podio::SIOReader;
+}
 
 #endif // PODIO_SIOFRAMEREADER_H
diff --git a/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h b/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h
index c111261ca..85b4da8d2 100644
--- a/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h
+++ b/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h
@@ -1,44 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef PODIO_SIOFRAMEWRITER_H
 #define PODIO_SIOFRAMEWRITER_H
 
-#include "podio/SIOBlock.h"
-#include "podio/utilities/DatamodelRegistryIOHelpers.h"
-
-#include <sio/definitions.h>
-
-#include <string>
-#include <utility>
-#include <vector>
+#include "podio/SIOWriter.h"
 
 namespace podio {
-
-class Frame;
-
-class SIOFrameWriter {
-public:
-  SIOFrameWriter(const std::string& filename);
-  ~SIOFrameWriter();
-
-  SIOFrameWriter(const SIOFrameWriter&) = delete;
-  SIOFrameWriter& operator=(const SIOFrameWriter&) = delete;
-
-  /** Write the given Frame with the given category
-   */
-  void writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category);
-
-  /** Write the given Frame with the given category only storing the collections
-   * that are desired via collsToWrite
-   */
-  void writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category, const std::vector<std::string>& collsToWrite);
-
-  void finish();
-
-private:
-  sio::ofstream m_stream{};       ///< The output file stream
-  SIOFileTOCRecord m_tocRecord{}; ///< The "table of contents" of the written file
-  DatamodelDefinitionCollector m_datamodelCollector{};
-  bool m_finished{false}; ///< Has finish been called already?
-};
-} // namespace podio
+using SIOFrameWriter [[deprecated("Will be removed in v1.0 switch podio::SIOWriter")]] = podio::SIOWriter;
+}
 
 #endif // PODIO_SIOFRAMEWRITER_H
diff --git a/include/podio/SIOReader.h b/include/podio/SIOReader.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b16fbe79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/podio/SIOReader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#ifndef PODIO_SIOREADER_H
+#define PODIO_SIOREADER_H
+
+#include "podio/SIOBlock.h"
+#include "podio/SIOFrameData.h"
+#include "podio/podioVersion.h"
+#include "podio/utilities/DatamodelRegistryIOHelpers.h"
+
+#include <sio/definitions.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+namespace podio {
+
+class CollectionIDTable;
+
+class SIOReader {
+
+public:
+  SIOReader();
+  ~SIOReader() = default;
+
+  // non copyable
+  SIOReader(const SIOReader&) = delete;
+  SIOReader& operator=(const SIOReader&) = delete;
+
+  /**
+   * Read the next data entry from which a Frame can be constructed for the
+   * given name. In case there are no more entries left for this name or in
+   * case there is no data for this name, this returns a nullptr.
+   */
+  std::unique_ptr<podio::SIOFrameData> readNextEntry(const std::string& name);
+
+  /**
+   * Read the specified data entry from which a Frame can be constructed for
+   * the given name. In case the entry does not exist for this name or in
+   * case there is no data for this name, this returns a nullptr.
+   */
+  std::unique_ptr<podio::SIOFrameData> readEntry(const std::string& name, const unsigned entry);
+
+  /// Returns number of entries for the given name
+  unsigned getEntries(const std::string& name) const;
+
+  void openFile(const std::string& filename);
+
+  /// Get the build version of podio that has been used to write the current file
+  podio::version::Version currentFileVersion() const {
+    return m_fileVersion;
+  }
+
+  /// Get the names of all the available Frame categories in the current file(s)
+  std::vector<std::string_view> getAvailableCategories() const;
+
+  /// Get the datamodel definition for the given name
+  const std::string_view getDatamodelDefinition(const std::string& name) const {
+    return m_datamodelHolder.getDatamodelDefinition(name);
+  }
+
+  /// Get all names of the datamodels that ara available from this reader
+  std::vector<std::string> getAvailableDatamodels() const {
+    return m_datamodelHolder.getAvailableDatamodels();
+  }
+
+private:
+  void readPodioHeader();
+
+  /// read the TOC record
+  bool readFileTOCRecord();
+
+  void readEDMDefinitions();
+
+  sio::ifstream m_stream{}; ///< The stream from which we read
+
+  /// Count how many times each an entry of this name has been read already
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, unsigned> m_nameCtr{};
+
+  /// Table of content record where starting points of named entries can be read from
+  SIOFileTOCRecord m_tocRecord{};
+  /// The podio version that has been used to write the file
+  podio::version::Version m_fileVersion{0};
+
+  DatamodelDefinitionHolder m_datamodelHolder{};
+};
+
+} // namespace podio
+
+#endif // PODIO_SIOREADER_H
diff --git a/include/podio/SIOWriter.h b/include/podio/SIOWriter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cd02118b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/podio/SIOWriter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#ifndef PODIO_SIOWRITER_H
+#define PODIO_SIOWRITER_H
+
+#include "podio/SIOBlock.h"
+#include "podio/utilities/DatamodelRegistryIOHelpers.h"
+
+#include <sio/definitions.h>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace podio {
+
+class Frame;
+
+class SIOWriter {
+public:
+  SIOWriter(const std::string& filename);
+  ~SIOWriter();
+
+  SIOWriter(const SIOWriter&) = delete;
+  SIOWriter& operator=(const SIOWriter&) = delete;
+
+  /** Write the given Frame with the given category
+   */
+  void writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category);
+
+  /** Write the given Frame with the given category only storing the collections
+   * that are desired via collsToWrite
+   */
+  void writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category, const std::vector<std::string>& collsToWrite);
+
+  void finish();
+
+private:
+  sio::ofstream m_stream{};       ///< The output file stream
+  SIOFileTOCRecord m_tocRecord{}; ///< The "table of contents" of the written file
+  DatamodelDefinitionCollector m_datamodelCollector{};
+  bool m_finished{false}; ///< Has finish been called already?
+};
+} // namespace podio
+
+#endif // PODIO_SIOWRITER_H
diff --git a/python/podio/sio_io.py b/python/podio/sio_io.py
index f876b0475..51c303f2a 100644
--- a/python/podio/sio_io.py
+++ b/python/podio/sio_io.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename):
         Args:
             filename (str): File to open and read data from
         """
-        self._reader = podio.SIOFrameReader()
+        self._reader = podio.SIOReader()
         self._reader.openFile(filename)
 
         super().__init__()
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ def __init__(self, filename):
         Args:
             filename (str): The name of the output file
         """
-        self._writer = podio.SIOFrameWriter(filename)
+        self._writer = podio.SIOWriter(filename)
         super().__init__()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a4f2416cc..c7ac8f748 100755
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@ if(ENABLE_SIO)
   SET(sio_sources
     SIOBlockUserData.cc
     SIOBlock.cc
-    SIOFrameWriter.cc
-    SIOFrameReader.cc
+    SIOWriter.cc
+    SIOReader.cc
     SIOFrameData.cc
     sioUtils.h
     SIOLegacyReader.cc
     )
 
   SET(sio_headers
-    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/podio/SIOFrameReader.h
+    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/podio/SIOReader.h
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/podio/SIOLegacyReader.h
-    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/podio/SIOFrameWriter.h
+    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/podio/SIOWriter.h
     )
 
   PODIO_ADD_LIB_AND_DICT(podioSioIO "${sio_headers}" "${sio_sources}" sio_selection.xml)
diff --git a/src/SIOFrameReader.cc b/src/SIOReader.cc
similarity index 86%
rename from src/SIOFrameReader.cc
rename to src/SIOReader.cc
index 60427adf5..de3d1e0e7 100644
--- a/src/SIOFrameReader.cc
+++ b/src/SIOReader.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "podio/SIOFrameReader.h"
+#include "podio/SIOReader.h"
 #include "podio/SIOBlock.h"
 
 #include "sioUtils.h"
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 namespace podio {
 
-SIOFrameReader::SIOFrameReader() {
+SIOReader::SIOReader() {
   auto& libLoader [[maybe_unused]] = SIOBlockLibraryLoader::instance();
 }
 
-void SIOFrameReader::openFile(const std::string& filename) {
+void SIOReader::openFile(const std::string& filename) {
   m_stream.open(filename, std::ios::binary);
   if (!m_stream.is_open()) {
     throw std::runtime_error("File " + filename + " couldn't be opened");
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void SIOFrameReader::openFile(const std::string& filename) {
   readEDMDefinitions(); // Potentially could do this lazily
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<SIOFrameData> SIOFrameReader::readNextEntry(const std::string& name) {
+std::unique_ptr<SIOFrameData> SIOReader::readNextEntry(const std::string& name) {
   // Skip to where the next record of this name starts in the file, based on
   // how many times we have already read this name
   //
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ std::unique_ptr<SIOFrameData> SIOFrameReader::readNextEntry(const std::string& n
                                         tableInfo._uncompressed_length);
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<SIOFrameData> SIOFrameReader::readEntry(const std::string& name, const unsigned entry) {
+std::unique_ptr<SIOFrameData> SIOReader::readEntry(const std::string& name, const unsigned entry) {
   // NOTE: Will create or overwrite the entry counter
   //       All checks are done in the following function
   m_nameCtr[name] = entry;
   return readNextEntry(name);
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string_view> SIOFrameReader::getAvailableCategories() const {
+std::vector<std::string_view> SIOReader::getAvailableCategories() const {
   // Filter the available records from the TOC to remove records that are
   // stored, but use reserved record names for podio meta data
   auto recordNames = m_tocRecord.getRecordNames();
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ std::vector<std::string_view> SIOFrameReader::getAvailableCategories() const {
   return recordNames;
 }
 
-unsigned SIOFrameReader::getEntries(const std::string& name) const {
+unsigned SIOReader::getEntries(const std::string& name) const {
   return m_tocRecord.getNRecords(name);
 }
 
-bool SIOFrameReader::readFileTOCRecord() {
+bool SIOReader::readFileTOCRecord() {
   // Check if there is a dedicated marker at the end of the file that tells us
   // where the TOC actually starts
   m_stream.seekg(-sio_helpers::SIOTocInfoSize, std::ios_base::end);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ bool SIOFrameReader::readFileTOCRecord() {
   return false;
 }
 
-void SIOFrameReader::readPodioHeader() {
+void SIOReader::readPodioHeader() {
   const auto& [buffer, _] = sio_utils::readRecord(m_stream, false, sizeof(podio::version::Version));
 
   sio::block_list blocks;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void SIOFrameReader::readPodioHeader() {
   m_fileVersion = static_cast<SIOVersionBlock*>(blocks[0].get())->version;
 }
 
-void SIOFrameReader::readEDMDefinitions() {
+void SIOReader::readEDMDefinitions() {
   const auto recordPos = m_tocRecord.getPosition(sio_helpers::SIOEDMDefinitionName);
   if (recordPos == 0) {
     // No EDM definitions found
diff --git a/src/SIOFrameWriter.cc b/src/SIOWriter.cc
similarity index 86%
rename from src/SIOFrameWriter.cc
rename to src/SIOWriter.cc
index dcc1e4c22..008e94a97 100644
--- a/src/SIOFrameWriter.cc
+++ b/src/SIOWriter.cc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#include "podio/SIOFrameWriter.h"
 #include "podio/CollectionBase.h"
 #include "podio/CollectionIDTable.h"
 #include "podio/Frame.h"
 #include "podio/GenericParameters.h"
 #include "podio/SIOBlock.h"
+#include "podio/SIOWriter.h"
 
 #include "sioUtils.h"
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 namespace podio {
 
-SIOFrameWriter::SIOFrameWriter(const std::string& filename) {
+SIOWriter::SIOWriter(const std::string& filename) {
   m_stream.open(filename, std::ios::binary);
   if (!m_stream.is_open()) {
     SIO_THROW(sio::error_code::not_open, "Couldn't open output stream '" + filename + "'");
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ SIOFrameWriter::SIOFrameWriter(const std::string& filename) {
   sio_utils::writeRecord(blocks, "podio_header_info", m_stream, sizeof(podio::version::Version), false);
 }
 
-SIOFrameWriter::~SIOFrameWriter() {
+SIOWriter::~SIOWriter() {
   if (!m_finished) {
     finish();
   }
 }
 
-void SIOFrameWriter::writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category) {
+void SIOWriter::writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category) {
   writeFrame(frame, category, frame.getAvailableCollections());
 }
 
-void SIOFrameWriter::writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category,
-                                const std::vector<std::string>& collsToWrite) {
+void SIOWriter::writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& category,
+                           const std::vector<std::string>& collsToWrite) {
   std::vector<sio_utils::StoreCollection> collections;
   collections.reserve(collsToWrite.size());
   for (const auto& name : collsToWrite) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void SIOFrameWriter::writeFrame(const podio::Frame& frame, const std::string& ca
   sio_utils::writeRecord(blocks, category, m_stream);
 }
 
-void SIOFrameWriter::finish() {
+void SIOWriter::finish() {
   auto edmDefMap = std::make_shared<podio::SIOMapBlock<std::string, std::string>>(
       m_datamodelCollector.getDatamodelDefinitionsToWrite());
 
diff --git a/src/sio_selection.xml b/src/sio_selection.xml
index b0101fd3e..a7b88c789 100644
--- a/src/sio_selection.xml
+++ b/src/sio_selection.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <lcgdict>
   <selection>
-    <class name="podio::SIOFrameReader"/>
+    <class name="podio::SIOReader"/>
     <class name="podio::SIOLegacyReader"/>
-    <class name="podio::SIOFrameWriter"/>
+    <class name="podio::SIOWriter"/>
   </selection>
 </lcgdict>