diff --git a/pkg/controller/controllername/controllername.go b/pkg/controller/controllername/controllername.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3210de38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/controllername/controllername.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package controllername
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+const (
+	metricsNameDelimiter = "_"
+	loggerNameDelimiter  = "-"
+)
+
+type ControllerNamer interface {
+	MetricsName() string
+	LoggerName() string
+}
+
+// controllerName ex. {"My","Controller", "Name"} ->  MyControllerName
+type controllerName []string
+
+func NewControllerName(name []string) controllerName {
+	cn := make(controllerName, len(name))
+
+	for i, w := range name {
+		cn[i] = strip(strings.ToLower(w))
+
+	}
+	return cn
+}
+
+// Strip removes spaces and non letters
+func strip(s string) string {
+	rr := make([]rune, 0, len(s))
+	for _, r := range s {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(r) {
+			rr = append(rr, r)
+		}
+	}
+	return string(rr)
+}
+
+func (c controllerName) MetricsName() string {
+	return strings.Join(c, metricsNameDelimiter)
+}
+
+func (c controllerName) LoggerName() string {
+	return strings.Join(c, loggerNameDelimiter)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controllername/controllername_test.go b/pkg/controller/controllername/controllername_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba943ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/controllername/controllername_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package controllername
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestMetricsName(t *testing.T) {
+
+	cn1 := NewControllerName([]string{"SomeFakeControllerName"})
+	cn2 := NewControllerName([]string{"Some", "Controller", "Name"})
+	cn3 := NewControllerName([]string{" SomeName", "Entered  ", "poorly"})
+	cn4 := NewControllerName([]string{"Some Spaces"})
+	cn5 := NewControllerName([]string{"Too  Many       Spaces"})
+	cn6 := NewControllerName([]string{"special!@characters"})
+
+	metricName1 := cn1.MetricsName()
+	metricName2 := cn2.MetricsName()
+	metricName3 := cn3.MetricsName()
+	metricName4 := cn4.MetricsName()
+	metricName5 := cn5.MetricsName()
+	metricName6 := cn6.MetricsName()
+
+	require.True(t, isPrometheusBestPracticeName(metricName1))
+	require.True(t, isPrometheusBestPracticeName(metricName2))
+	require.True(t, isPrometheusBestPracticeName(metricName3))
+	require.True(t, isPrometheusBestPracticeName(metricName4))
+	require.True(t, isPrometheusBestPracticeName(metricName5))
+	require.True(t, isPrometheusBestPracticeName(metricName6))
+
+}
+
+func TestLoggerName(t *testing.T) {
+	cn1 := NewControllerName([]string{"SomeFakeControllerName"})
+	cn2 := NewControllerName([]string{"Some", "Controller", "Name"})
+	cn3 := NewControllerName([]string{" SomeName", "Entered  ", "poorly"})
+	cn4 := NewControllerName([]string{"Some Spaces"})
+	cn5 := NewControllerName([]string{"Too  Many       Spaces"})
+	cn6 := NewControllerName([]string{"special!@characters"})
+
+	loggerName1 := cn1.LoggerName()
+	loggerName2 := cn2.LoggerName()
+	loggerName3 := cn3.LoggerName()
+	loggerName4 := cn4.LoggerName()
+	loggerName5 := cn5.LoggerName()
+	loggerName6 := cn6.LoggerName()
+
+	require.True(t, isBestPracticeLoggerName(loggerName1))
+	require.True(t, isBestPracticeLoggerName(loggerName2))
+	require.True(t, isBestPracticeLoggerName(loggerName3))
+	require.True(t, isBestPracticeLoggerName(loggerName4))
+	require.True(t, isBestPracticeLoggerName(loggerName5))
+	require.True(t, isBestPracticeLoggerName(loggerName6))
+
+}
+
+func TestStrip(t *testing.T) {
+	str := "a *&b   c "
+	striped := strip(str)
+
+	require.Equal(t, striped, "abc")
+}
+
+// IsPrometheusBestPracticeName - function returns true if the name given matches best practices for prometheus name, i.e. snake_case
+func isPrometheusBestPracticeName(controllerName string) bool {
+	pattern := "^[a-z]+(_[a-z]+)*$"
+	match, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, controllerName)
+
+	return match
+}
+
+// IsBestPracticeLoggerName - function returns true if the name given matches best practices for prometheus name, i.e. kebab-case
+func isBestPracticeLoggerName(controllerName string) bool {
+	pattern := "^[a-z]+(-[a-z]+)*$"
+	match, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, controllerName)
+
+	return match
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils.go b/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils.go
index 8f401247..fddfa69f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package testutils
 
 import (
-	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/aks-app-routing-operator/pkg/controller/metrics"
@@ -49,11 +48,3 @@ func StartTestingEnv() (*rest.Config, *envtest.Environment, error) {
 func CleanupTestingEnv(env *envtest.Environment) error {
 	return env.Stop()
 }
-
-// IsPrometheusBestPracticeName - function returns true if the name given matches best practices for prometheus name, i.e. snake_case
-func IsPrometheusBestPracticeName(controllerName string) bool {
-	pattern := "^[a-z]+(_[a-z]+)*$"
-	match, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, controllerName)
-
-	return match
-}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils_test.go b/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f3896262..00000000
--- a/pkg/controller/testutils/testutils_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package testutils
-
-import (
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestIsPrometheusBestPracticeName(t *testing.T) {
-	notSnakeCase := "obviouslyNotSnakeCase"
-	simpleSnakeCase := "snake_case"
-	complexSnakeCase := "complex_snake_case"
-	leadingSlash := "_leading_slash"
-	trailingSlash := "trailing_slash_"
-
-	require.False(t, IsPrometheusBestPracticeName(notSnakeCase))
-	require.True(t, IsPrometheusBestPracticeName(simpleSnakeCase))
-	require.True(t, IsPrometheusBestPracticeName(complexSnakeCase))
-	require.False(t, IsPrometheusBestPracticeName(leadingSlash))
-	require.False(t, IsPrometheusBestPracticeName(trailingSlash))
-}