where does a layout view get verilog module name from?

I'm curious about how layout (and for that matter, symbol and schematic) views in Virtuoso get module names and if this can be accessed and changed via skill.  I've noticed that sometimes if I use the library manager to copy a cell to a new cell, make my various symbol, schematic, and layout updates and then later do:

oa2verilog -lib myLib -cell myNewCell -view layout -verilog -

and look at the module name,  I will see the cell name of the old cell, not the new one.  This can then cause headaches when pulling into encounter with assembleDesign when trying to do an AOT STA.    The only reason I'm using oa2verilog is it seems to be a fast way to check if the module name matches the cell name.

So... can I check this with skill?  I did some digging through cell view properties and didn't find it but stopped short of trying to write skill code to follow every possible path from a cell view id.

Also of note, I get the same mismatch if I check the symbol or schematic view.  I can see the bad value in the binary .oa file (strings file.oa | grep "oldCellName").

My work around is painful.  Instead of copying a cell via the library manager if I want a similar cell, I create each view from scratch and then, for example, go to the old symbol, select all, copy, and paste to the new.  But that is tedious.

Thanks

-Dan