diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWriterTests.cs b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWriterTests.cs
index c9acdf7..94ee281 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWriterTests.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWriterTests.cs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             Assert.That(expected.FieldNames, Is.EquivalentTo(actual.FieldNames));
             foreach (var name in expected.FieldNames)
             {
-                for (var i = 0; i < expected.NumberOfElements; i++)
+                for (var i = 0; i < expected.Count; i++)
                 {
                     CompareMatArrays(expected[name, i], actual[name, i]);
                 }
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         {
             Assert.That(actual, Is.Not.Null);
             Assert.That(expected.Dimensions, Is.EqualTo(actual.Dimensions));
-            for (var i = 0; i < expected.NumberOfElements; i++)
+            for (var i = 0; i < expected.Count; i++)
             {
                 CompareMatArrays(expected[i], actual[i]);
             }
diff --git a/MatFileHandler/IArray.cs b/MatFileHandler/IArray.cs
index 188d90b..682c8fa 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler/IArray.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler/IArray.cs
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         int[] Dimensions { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the number of elements in the array.
+        /// Gets the total number of elements in the array.
         /// </summary>
-        int NumberOfElements { get; }
+        int Count { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Tries to convert the array to an array of Double values.
diff --git a/MatFileHandler/MatArray.cs b/MatFileHandler/MatArray.cs
index 4f5250f..8e4d293 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler/MatArray.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler/MatArray.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         public string Name { get; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public int NumberOfElements => Dimensions.NumberOfElements();
+        public int Count => Dimensions.NumberOfElements();
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public bool IsEmpty => Dimensions.Length == 0;
diff --git a/MatFileHandler/MatFileWriter.cs b/MatFileHandler/MatFileWriter.cs
index 43dda29..8d586c1 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler/MatFileWriter.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler/MatFileWriter.cs
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
 
         private void WriteStructureArrayValues(BinaryWriter writer, IStructureArray array)
         {
-            for (var i = 0; i < array.NumberOfElements; i++)
+            for (var i = 0; i < array.Count; i++)
             {
                 foreach (var name in array.FieldNames)
                 {
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
 
         private void WriteCellArrayValues(BinaryWriter writer, ICellArray array)
         {
-            for (var i = 0; i < array.NumberOfElements; i++)
+            for (var i = 0; i < array.Count; i++)
             {
                 WriteArray(writer, array[i]);
             }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 922d138..4eb86f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface IArray
 {
     bool IsEmpty { get; }
     int[] Dimensions { get; }
-    int NumberOfElements { get; }
+    int Count { get; }
     double[] ConvertToDoubleArray();
     System.Numerics.Complex[] ConvertToDoubleArray();
 }