diff --git a/samples/BindingDemo/ViewModels/ExceptionErrorViewModel.cs b/samples/BindingDemo/ViewModels/ExceptionErrorViewModel.cs
index 2ab6c26e68..df80931367 100644
--- a/samples/BindingDemo/ViewModels/ExceptionErrorViewModel.cs
+++ b/samples/BindingDemo/ViewModels/ExceptionErrorViewModel.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace BindingDemo.ViewModels
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Value must be less than 10.");
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(value), "Value must be less than 10.");
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/MethodAccessorPlugin.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/MethodAccessorPlugin.cs
index 135935498c..e48c671a13 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/MethodAccessorPlugin.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/MethodAccessorPlugin.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data.Core.Plugins
             {
                 if (method.GetParameters().Length + (method.ReturnType == typeof(void) ? 0 : 1) > 8)
                 {
-                    var exception = new ArgumentException("Cannot create a binding accessor for a method with more than 8 parameters or more than 7 parameters if it has a non-void return type.", nameof(method));
+                    var exception = new ArgumentException("Cannot create a binding accessor for a method with more than 8 parameters or more than 7 parameters if it has a non-void return type.", nameof(methodName));
                     return new PropertyError(new BindingNotification(exception, BindingErrorType.Error));
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/NumericUpDown/NumericUpDown.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/NumericUpDown/NumericUpDown.cs
index 18cef7d64e..f8ae5c9690 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/NumericUpDown/NumericUpDown.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/NumericUpDown/NumericUpDown.cs
@@ -965,11 +965,11 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         {
             if (value < Minimum)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(Minimum), string.Format("Value must be greater than Minimum value of {0}", Minimum));
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(value), string.Format("Value must be greater than Minimum value of {0}", Minimum));
             }
             else if (value > Maximum)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(Maximum), string.Format("Value must be less than Maximum value of {0}", Maximum));
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(value), string.Format("Value must be less than Maximum value of {0}", Maximum));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Remote.Protocol/MetsysBson.cs b/src/Avalonia.Remote.Protocol/MetsysBson.cs
index 925fe10681..5593112bd6 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Remote.Protocol/MetsysBson.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Remote.Protocol/MetsysBson.cs
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ namespace Metsys.Bson
 
                         if (memberExpression.Expression.NodeType != ExpressionType.Parameter && memberExpression.Expression.NodeType != ExpressionType.Convert)
                         {
-                            throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Expression '{0}' must resolve to top-level member.", lambdaExpression), "lambdaExpression");
+                            throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Expression '{0}' must resolve to top-level member.", lambdaExpression), nameof(lambdaExpression));
                         }
                         return memberExpression.Member.Name;
                     default:
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Visual.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Visual.cs
index bf282db72f..ab2f5307a0 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Visual.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Visual.cs
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ namespace Avalonia
         {
             if (c == null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("Cannot add null to VisualChildren.");
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(c), "Cannot add null to VisualChildren.");
             }
 
             if (c.VisualParent != null)
diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/ImageSurfaceFramebuffer.cs b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/ImageSurfaceFramebuffer.cs
index 44d887241c..878689442d 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/ImageSurfaceFramebuffer.cs
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/ImageSurfaceFramebuffer.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Gtk3
             public RenderOp(GtkWidget widget, ManagedCairoSurface surface, double factor, int width, int height)
             {
                 _widget = widget;
-                _surface = surface ?? throw new ArgumentNullException();
+                _surface = surface ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(surface));
                 _factor = factor;
                 _width = width;
                 _height = height;
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Data/RelativeSource.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Data/RelativeSource.cs
index 369bd8112c..ac974e3bda 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Data/RelativeSource.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Data/RelativeSource.cs
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data
             get { return _ancestorLevel; }
             set
             {
-                if (_ancestorLevel <= 0)
+                if (value <= 0)
                 {
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("AncestorLevel may not be set to less than 1.");
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(value), "AncestorLevel may not be set to less than 1.");
                 }
 
                 _ancestorLevel = value;