Macbook name (number) keeps changing with updates

Hello,
I would like to understand why my macbook pro changes the number, displayed in parenthesis, on my iCloud. Right now I'm on Macbook Pro (7)
Am I doing something wrong? This happens every time I install a mayor update, such as Yosemite. I was in the "Beta program" so maybe that also affected.
Looking for my Computer on my iPad it appears as "Macbook (7)"... also on icloud on the web.
Would appreciate any help to understand this and to know if it affects functionality, right now I can't sync Pages via icloud.
Thanks.

I've just started experiencing the same problem with my MB Pro after my upgrade to Yosemite. I don't believe it is iCloud related. For some reason the OS is thinking it's seeing two computers on the LAN with the same name.
In previous OS X versions I've seen this self-imposed auto-renaming because there WERE two computers using the same computer name set up in System Preferences -> Sharing on a LAN.
I have an iMac and MBPr that are on my LAN, and connected via the newest AirPort Extreme to the internet. I can assure you there is no other computer on the LAN with the same name. Yet Yosemite just auto-renames the MBPr. In fact I've currently got MBP (3), MBP (4), MBP (5), and MBP (6) listed in the Finder Sidebar. Worse yet, there is no way to remove those previous names from the Finder Sidebar. How long will that list of MBP names get?????
If I go to System Preferences -> Sharing and change the computer name back to MBP, it stays for about 15 seconds before being reset to MBP (6).
There are several other people on the MacInTouch web site reporting the same problem without any resolution. Apparently there are a limited number of people experiencing the problem. Perhaps related to their LAN configuration or some other factor.
I would like to know how to fix the problem. I believe it is a Yosemite bug, and will try to report it to Apple as such.

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