diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
index 20ae625adde1..3a0974ee7c74 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
@@ -1253,13 +1253,13 @@ public void writePropertyBack(String propertyKey, boolean value) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Output the partial Getter name for boolean property, e.g. Active
+     * Output the Getter name for boolean property, e.g. isActive
      *
      * @param name the name of the property
-     * @return partial getter name based on naming convention
+     * @return getter name based on naming convention
      */
     public String toBooleanGetter(String name) {
-        return getterAndSetterCapitalize(name);
+        return "is" + getterAndSetterCapitalize(name);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PhpSymfonyServerCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PhpSymfonyServerCodegen.java
index edff9886996c..8956d26caeca 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PhpSymfonyServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PhpSymfonyServerCodegen.java
@@ -409,16 +409,22 @@ public Map<String, Object> postProcessModels(Map<String, Object> objs) {
                 if (var.isContainer) {
                     var.vendorExtensions.put("x-commentType", var.datatype + "[]");
                 }
-
-                if (var.isBoolean) {
-                    var.getter = var.getter.replaceAll("^get", "is");
-                }
             }
         }
 
         return objs;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Output the Getter name for boolean property, e.g. isActive
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the property
+     * @return getter name based on naming convention
+     */
+    public String toBooleanGetter(String name) {
+        return "is" + getterAndSetterCapitalize(name);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String escapeReservedWord(String name) {
         if (this.reservedWordsMappings().containsKey(name)) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
index 351430dbe746..26f1e2df379a 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}} {{/parent}}{{#parcela
 {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
 {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
-  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   {{^isReadOnly}}
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache
index 8b50a3ded9e2..74859ab39b45 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/pojo.mustache
index 2b6b95a5dbc5..05543a0dd0e0 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/pojo.mustache
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache
index 860586410346..2a717eaad06f 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {
 {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
 {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  {{#isEnum}}{{^isListContainer}}{{^isMapContainer}}public {{datatype}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  {{#isEnum}}{{^isListContainer}}{{^isMapContainer}}public {{datatype}} {{getter}}() {
     if ({{name}} == null) {
       return null;
     }
     return {{name}}.value();
-  }{{/isMapContainer}}{{/isListContainer}}{{/isEnum}}{{#isEnum}}{{#isListContainer}}public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  }{{/isMapContainer}}{{/isListContainer}}{{/isEnum}}{{#isEnum}}{{#isListContainer}}public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
-  }{{/isListContainer}}{{/isEnum}}{{#isEnum}}{{#isMapContainer}}public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  }{{/isListContainer}}{{/isEnum}}{{#isEnum}}{{#isMapContainer}}public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
-  }{{/isMapContainer}}{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  }{{/isMapContainer}}{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }{{/isEnum}}
 
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/pojo.mustache
index 378ec210f2b5..69a600031029 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/pojo.mustache
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
   {{/jackson}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   {{^isReadOnly}}
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/eap/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/eap/pojo.mustache
index 8afc16cf9d8b..a2c7e8c000c7 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/eap/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/eap/pojo.mustache
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/pojo.mustache
index 99e0576bdbec..8abd4bcd94b8 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/pojo.mustache
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/spec/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/spec/pojo.mustache
index 52c1df7c815d..73d96a3b16bb 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/spec/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/spec/pojo.mustache
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaPlayFramework/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaPlayFramework/pojo.mustache
index 3d1a7ca885a7..c7ce1c4dadb0 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaPlayFramework/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaPlayFramework/pojo.mustache
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
  {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
   {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
-  {{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  {{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
index 3a49211f64eb..96aea0b41c7b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
   {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}{{#isReadOnly}}readOnly = {{{isReadOnly}}}, {{/isReadOnly}}value = "{{{description}}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaVertXServer/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaVertXServer/pojo.mustache
index e2be0d8ba785..c3f95a095c2c 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaVertXServer/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaVertXServer/pojo.mustache
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vars}}
     {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/MSF4J/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/MSF4J/pojo.mustache
index b9fef349d811..1d73446c4ab0 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/MSF4J/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/MSF4J/pojo.mustache
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
   {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
-  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   {{^isReadOnly}}
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/java-pkmst/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/java-pkmst/pojo.mustache
index a57abed0ef16..5830c643aebd 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/java-pkmst/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/java-pkmst/pojo.mustache
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}
   {{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}{{#isReadOnly}}readOnly = {{{isReadOnly}}}, {{/isReadOnly}}value = "{{{description}}}")
-{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+{{#useBeanValidation}}{{>beanValidation}}{{/useBeanValidation}}  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/undertow/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/undertow/pojo.mustache
index cb83418b77da..fd6a4b34fa15 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/undertow/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/undertow/pojo.mustache
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{{example}}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
-  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{#isBoolean}}is{{/isBoolean}}{{getter}}() {
+  public {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{getter}}() {
     return {{name}};
   }
   public void {{setter}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaModelTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaModelTest.java
index 9abe0884084e..15c26707b400 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaModelTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/JavaModelTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ArraySchema;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.BooleanSchema;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.ByteArraySchema;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.Content;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.DateTimeSchema;
@@ -734,6 +735,21 @@ public void modelWithWrappedXmlTest() {
         Assert.assertEquals(items.baseName, "array");
     }
 
+    @Test(description = "convert a boolean parameter")
+    public void booleanPropertyTest() {
+        final BooleanSchema property = new BooleanSchema();
+        final DefaultCodegen codegen = new JavaClientCodegen();
+        final CodegenProperty cp = codegen.fromProperty("property", property);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(cp.baseName, "property");
+        Assert.assertEquals(cp.datatype, "Boolean");
+        Assert.assertEquals(cp.name, "property");
+        Assert.assertEquals(cp.baseType, "Boolean");
+        Assert.assertTrue(cp.isNotContainer);
+        Assert.assertTrue(cp.isBoolean);
+        Assert.assertEquals(cp.getter, "isProperty");
+    }
+
     @Test(description = "convert an integer property")
     public void integerPropertyTest() {
         final IntegerSchema property = new IntegerSchema();