diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
index 306e176b73..ac79357033 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/ios/ios.py
@@ -145,3 +145,51 @@ def load_config(module, commands):
         return resp.get('response')
     except ConnectionError as exc:
         module.fail_json(msg=to_text(exc))
+
+
+def normalize_interface(name):
+    """Return the normalized interface name
+    """
+    if not name:
+        return
+
+    def _get_number(name):
+        digits = ''
+        for char in name:
+            if char.isdigit() or char in '/.':
+                digits += char
+        return digits
+
+    if name.lower().startswith('gi'):
+        if_type = 'GigabitEthernet'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('te'):
+        if_type = 'TenGigabitEthernet'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('fa'):
+        if_type = 'FastEthernet'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('fo'):
+        if_type = 'FortyGigabitEthernet'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('et'):
+        if_type = 'Ethernet'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('vl'):
+        if_type = 'Vlan'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('lo'):
+        if_type = 'loopback'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('po'):
+        if_type = 'port-channel'
+    elif name.lower().startswith('nv'):
+        if_type = 'nve'
+    else:
+        if_type = None
+
+    number_list = name.split(' ')
+    if len(number_list) == 2:
+        if_number = number_list[-1].strip()
+    else:
+        if_number = _get_number(name)
+
+    if if_type:
+        proper_interface = if_type + if_number
+    else:
+        proper_interface = name
+
+    return proper_interface
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l2_interface.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l2_interface.py
index ac48f57643..a3d983e48a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l2_interface.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_l2_interface.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.network.ios.ios import ios_argument_spec
 
 def get_interface_type(interface):
     intf_type = 'unknown'
-    if interface.upper()[:2] in ('ET', 'GI'):
+    if interface.upper()[:2] in ('ET', 'GI', 'FA', 'TE', 'FO'):
         intf_type = 'ethernet'
     elif interface.upper().startswith('VL'):
         intf_type = 'svi'
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_vlan.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_vlan.py
index 7a186777c7..e8ac49cc93 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_vlan.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_vlan.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import remove_default_spec
-from ansible.module_utils.network.ios.ios import load_config, run_commands
+from ansible.module_utils.network.ios.ios import load_config, run_commands, normalize_interface
 from ansible.module_utils.network.ios.ios import ios_argument_spec, check_args
 
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def parse_to_logical_rows(out):
 
 
 def map_ports_str_to_list(ports_str):
-    return list(filter(bool, (p.strip().replace('Gi', 'GigabitEthernet') for p in ports_str.split(', '))))
+    return list(filter(bool, (normalize_interface(p.strip()) for p in ports_str.split(', '))))
 
 
 def parse_to_obj(logical_rows):