diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtils.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtils.java
index 61a0339a64c3..c169a0571b79 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtils.java
@@ -532,11 +532,11 @@ private static Field convertField(
         (Object) null /* Cast to avoid deprecated JsonNode constructor. */);
   }
 
-  static TableSchema toTableSchema(Schema schema) {
-    return toTableSchema(schema, true);
+  static TableSchema fromGenericAvroSchema(Schema schema) {
+    return fromGenericAvroSchema(schema, true);
   }
 
-  static TableSchema toTableSchema(Schema schema, Boolean useAvroLogicalTypes) {
+  static TableSchema fromGenericAvroSchema(Schema schema, Boolean useAvroLogicalTypes) {
     verify(
         schema.getType() == Type.RECORD,
         "Expected Avro schema type RECORD, not %s",
@@ -544,12 +544,12 @@ static TableSchema toTableSchema(Schema schema, Boolean useAvroLogicalTypes) {
 
     List<TableFieldSchema> fields =
         schema.getFields().stream()
-            .map(f -> toTableFieldSchema(f, useAvroLogicalTypes))
+            .map(f -> fromAvroFieldSchema(f, useAvroLogicalTypes))
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
     return new TableSchema().setFields(fields);
   }
 
-  private static TableFieldSchema toTableFieldSchema(
+  private static TableFieldSchema fromAvroFieldSchema(
       Schema.Field avrofield, Boolean useAvroLogicalTypes) {
     Schema fieldSchema = avrofield.schema();
     TableFieldSchema field;
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ private static TableFieldSchema typedTableFieldSchema(Schema type, Boolean useAv
       case RECORD:
         List<TableFieldSchema> recordFields =
             type.getFields().stream()
-                .map(f -> toTableFieldSchema(f, useAvroLogicalTypes))
+                .map(f -> fromAvroFieldSchema(f, useAvroLogicalTypes))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
         return new TableFieldSchema().setType("RECORD").setFields(recordFields);
       default:
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java
index a7accfef48e0..2ff4a223cb30 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java
@@ -461,14 +461,14 @@ public static org.apache.avro.Schema toGenericAvroSchema(TableSchema tableSchema
   }
 
   /** Convert an Avro {@link org.apache.avro.Schema} to a BigQuery {@link TableSchema}. */
-  public static TableSchema toTableSchema(org.apache.avro.Schema schema) {
-    return toTableSchema(schema, false);
+  public static TableSchema fromGenericAvroSchema(org.apache.avro.Schema schema) {
+    return fromGenericAvroSchema(schema, false);
   }
 
   /** Convert an Avro {@link org.apache.avro.Schema} to a BigQuery {@link TableSchema}. */
-  public static TableSchema toTableSchema(
+  public static TableSchema fromGenericAvroSchema(
       org.apache.avro.Schema schema, Boolean useAvroLogicalTypes) {
-    return BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(schema, useAvroLogicalTypes);
+    return BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(schema, useAvroLogicalTypes);
   }
 
   /** Convert a BigQuery {@link TableSchema} to Avro {@link org.apache.avro.Schema}. */
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtilsTest.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtilsTest.java
index d00c1ba95027..9b752055d011 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtilsTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryAvroUtilsTest.java
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().booleanType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BOOLEAN").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().optional().booleanType());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BOOLEAN").setMode("NULLABLE"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().array().items().booleanType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BOOLEAN").setMode("REPEATED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().intType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().longType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().floatType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("FLOAT").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().doubleType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("FLOAT").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().bytesType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       Schema avroSchema = avroSchema(f -> f.type().stringType().noDefault());
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("STRING").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
 
     {
@@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("NUMERIC").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -786,8 +786,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
           tableSchema(f -> f.setType("NUMERIC").setPrecision(29L).setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -799,8 +799,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
           tableSchema(f -> f.setType("NUMERIC").setPrecision(10L).setScale(9L).setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BIGNUMERIC").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -824,8 +824,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
           tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BIGNUMERIC").setPrecision(38L).setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
               f -> f.setType("BIGNUMERIC").setPrecision(39L).setScale(38L).setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("BYTES").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -849,8 +849,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("DATE").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -860,8 +860,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("TIME").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("TIME").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -883,8 +883,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("DATETIME").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -895,8 +895,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("DATETIME").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -907,8 +907,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("TIMESTAMP").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("TIMESTAMP").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("INTEGER").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -931,8 +931,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("GEOGRAPHY").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("STRING").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -942,8 +942,8 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
       TableSchema expected = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("JSON").setMode("REQUIRED"));
       TableSchema expectedRaw = tableSchema(f -> f.setType("STRING").setMode("REQUIRED"));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
-      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema, false));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expectedRaw, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema, false));
     }
 
     {
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ public void testConvertAvroSchemaToBigQuerySchema() {
                       .setMode("REQUIRED")
                       .setFields(Lists.newArrayList(subInteger, subFloat)));
 
-      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema));
+      assertEquals(expected, BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryIOWriteTest.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryIOWriteTest.java
index e7d7ed23e6a1..f66a95c12965 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryIOWriteTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/BigQueryIOWriteTest.java
@@ -4111,7 +4111,7 @@ public void testUpsertAndDeleteGenericRecords() throws Exception {
             .requiredString("sqn")
             .endRecord();
 
-    TableSchema tableSchema = BigQueryAvroUtils.toTableSchema(avroSchema);
+    TableSchema tableSchema = BigQueryAvroUtils.fromGenericAvroSchema(avroSchema);
 
     Table fakeTable = new Table();
     TableReference ref =