diff --git a/src/tint/ast/function.cc b/src/tint/ast/function.cc
index d8485d6cc9..2fb64f1b95 100644
--- a/src/tint/ast/function.cc
+++ b/src/tint/ast/function.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace tint::ast {
 Function::Function(ProgramID pid,
                    const Source& src,
                    Symbol sym,
-                   VariableList parameters,
+                   ParameterList parameters,
                    const Type* return_ty,
                    const BlockStatement* b,
                    AttributeList attrs,
diff --git a/src/tint/ast/function.h b/src/tint/ast/function.h
index 843877efde..585f1c80f1 100644
--- a/src/tint/ast/function.h
+++ b/src/tint/ast/function.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 namespace tint::ast {
 
+/// ParameterList is a list of function parameters
+using ParameterList = std::vector<const Variable*>;
+
 /// A Function statement.
 class Function final : public Castable<Function, Node> {
   public:
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ class Function final : public Castable<Function, Node> {
     Function(ProgramID program_id,
              const Source& source,
              Symbol symbol,
-             VariableList params,
+             ParameterList params,
              const Type* return_type,
              const BlockStatement* body,
              AttributeList attributes,
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ class Function final : public Castable<Function, Node> {
     const Symbol symbol;
 
     /// The function params
-    const VariableList params;
+    const ParameterList params;
 
     /// The function return type
     const Type* const return_type;
diff --git a/src/tint/ast/function_test.cc b/src/tint/ast/function_test.cc
index 6b79af9c3d..4fb6b9121e 100644
--- a/src/tint/ast/function_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/ast/function_test.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace {
 using FunctionTest = TestHelper;
 
 TEST_F(FunctionTest, Creation) {
-    VariableList params{Param("var", ty.i32())};
+    ParameterList params{Param("var", ty.i32())};
     auto* var = params[0];
 
     auto* f = Func("func", params, ty.void_(), {});
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ TEST_F(FunctionTest, Creation) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(FunctionTest, Creation_WithSource) {
-    VariableList params{Param("var", ty.i32())};
+    ParameterList params{Param("var", ty.i32())};
 
     auto* f = Func(Source{Source::Location{20, 2}}, "func", params, ty.void_(), {});
     auto src = f->source;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ TEST_F(FunctionTest, Assert_Null_Param) {
     EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE(
         {
             ProgramBuilder b;
-            VariableList params;
+            ParameterList params;
             params.push_back(b.Param("var", b.ty.i32()));
             params.push_back(nullptr);
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ TEST_F(FunctionTest, Assert_NonConstParam) {
     EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE(
         {
             ProgramBuilder b;
-            VariableList params;
+            ParameterList params;
             params.push_back(b.Var("var", b.ty.i32(), ast::StorageClass::kNone));
 
             b.Func("f", params, b.ty.void_(), {});
diff --git a/src/tint/ast/module_test.cc b/src/tint/ast/module_test.cc
index 5944f2a20d..4a2884bd50 100644
--- a/src/tint/ast/module_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/ast/module_test.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ TEST_F(ModuleTest, Assert_DifferentProgramID_Function) {
             ProgramBuilder b1;
             ProgramBuilder b2;
             b1.AST().AddFunction(b2.create<ast::Function>(b2.Symbols().Register("func"),
-                                                          VariableList{}, b2.ty.f32(), b2.Block(),
+                                                          ParameterList{}, b2.ty.f32(), b2.Block(),
                                                           AttributeList{}, AttributeList{}));
         },
         "internal compiler error");
diff --git a/src/tint/program_builder.h b/src/tint/program_builder.h
index 5f47efb016..960f3d7e19 100644
--- a/src/tint/program_builder.h
+++ b/src/tint/program_builder.h
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ class ProgramBuilder {
     template <typename NAME>
     const ast::Function* Func(const Source& source,
                               NAME&& name,
-                              ast::VariableList params,
+                              ast::ParameterList params,
                               const ast::Type* type,
                               ast::StatementList body,
                               ast::AttributeList attributes = {},
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ class ProgramBuilder {
     /// @returns the function pointer
     template <typename NAME>
     const ast::Function* Func(NAME&& name,
-                              ast::VariableList params,
+                              ast::ParameterList params,
                               const ast::Type* type,
                               ast::StatementList body,
                               ast::AttributeList attributes = {},
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc
index db1b0338ae..72cc93b219 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc
+++ b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ bool FunctionEmitter::EmitPipelineInput(std::string var_name,
                                         std::vector<int> index_prefix,
                                         const Type* tip_type,
                                         const Type* forced_param_type,
-                                        ast::VariableList* params,
+                                        ast::ParameterList* params,
                                         ast::StatementList* statements) {
     // TODO(dneto): Handle structs where the locations are annotated on members.
     tip_type = tip_type->UnwrapAlias();
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ bool FunctionEmitter::ParseFunctionDeclaration(FunctionDeclaration* decl) {
                       << function_.result_id();
     }
 
-    ast::VariableList ast_params;
+    ast::ParameterList ast_params;
     function_.ForEachParam([this, &ast_params](const spvtools::opt::Instruction* param) {
         auto* type = parser_impl_.ConvertType(param->type_id());
         if (type != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.h b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.h
index dbfd327175..5c50e211fc 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.h
+++ b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class FunctionEmitter {
                            std::vector<int> index_prefix,
                            const Type* tip_type,
                            const Type* forced_param_type,
-                           ast::VariableList* params,
+                           ast::ParameterList* params,
                            ast::StatementList* statements);
 
     /// Creates one or more struct members from an output variable, and the
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ class FunctionEmitter {
         /// Function name
         std::string name;
         /// Function parameters
-        ast::VariableList params;
+        ast::ParameterList params;
         /// Function return type
         const Type* return_type;
         /// Function attributes
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.cc b/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.cc
index ddd9e96f05..13194780fc 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.cc
+++ b/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.cc
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ ParserImpl::FunctionHeader::FunctionHeader(const FunctionHeader&) = default;
 
 ParserImpl::FunctionHeader::FunctionHeader(Source src,
                                            std::string n,
-                                           ast::VariableList p,
+                                           ast::ParameterList p,
                                            const ast::Type* ret_ty,
                                            ast::AttributeList ret_attrs)
     : source(src), name(n), params(p), return_type(ret_ty), return_type_attributes(ret_attrs) {}
@@ -1443,8 +1443,8 @@ Maybe<ParserImpl::FunctionHeader> ParserImpl::function_header() {
 // param_list
 //   :
 //   | (param COMMA)* param COMMA?
-Expect<ast::VariableList> ParserImpl::expect_param_list() {
-    ast::VariableList ret;
+Expect<ast::ParameterList> ParserImpl::expect_param_list() {
+    ast::ParameterList ret;
     while (continue_parsing()) {
         // Check for the end of the list.
         auto t = peek();
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.h b/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.h
index 67d000437e..0c9515905d 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.h
+++ b/src/tint/reader/wgsl/parser_impl.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class ParserImpl {
         /// @param ret_attrs return type attributes
         FunctionHeader(Source src,
                        std::string n,
-                       ast::VariableList p,
+                       ast::ParameterList p,
                        const ast::Type* ret_ty,
                        ast::AttributeList ret_attrs);
         /// Destructor
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class ParserImpl {
         /// Function name
         std::string name;
         /// Function parameters
-        ast::VariableList params;
+        ast::ParameterList params;
         /// Function return type
         const ast::Type* return_type = nullptr;
         /// Function return type attributes
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class ParserImpl {
     Maybe<FunctionHeader> function_header();
     /// Parses a `param_list` grammar element, erroring on parse failure.
     /// @returns the parsed variables
-    Expect<ast::VariableList> expect_param_list();
+    Expect<ast::ParameterList> expect_param_list();
     /// Parses a `param` grammar element, erroring on parse failure.
     /// @returns the parsed variable
     Expect<ast::Variable*> expect_param();
diff --git a/src/tint/resolver/call_test.cc b/src/tint/resolver/call_test.cc
index 39a6eb490c..535162315e 100644
--- a/src/tint/resolver/call_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/resolver/call_test.cc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static constexpr Params all_param_types[] = {
 };
 
 TEST_F(ResolverCallTest, Valid) {
-    ast::VariableList params;
+    ast::ParameterList params;
     ast::ExpressionList args;
     for (auto& p : all_param_types) {
         params.push_back(Param(Sym(), p.create_type(*this)));
diff --git a/src/tint/resolver/dependency_graph_test.cc b/src/tint/resolver/dependency_graph_test.cc
index 82b0a69b68..f562afbdad 100644
--- a/src/tint/resolver/dependency_graph_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/resolver/dependency_graph_test.cc
@@ -384,11 +384,11 @@ struct SymbolTestHelper {
     /// The program builder
     ProgramBuilder* const builder;
     /// Parameters to a function that may need to be built
-    std::vector<const ast::Variable*> parameters;
+    ast::ParameterList parameters;
     /// Shallow function var / let declaration statements
-    std::vector<const ast::Statement*> statements;
+    ast::StatementList statements;
     /// Nested function local var / let declaration statements
-    std::vector<const ast::Statement*> nested_statements;
+    ast::StatementList nested_statements;
     /// Function attributes
     ast::AttributeList func_attrs;
 
@@ -717,8 +717,10 @@ TEST_F(ResolverDependencyGraphUsedBeforeDeclTest, VarUsed) {
     // }
     // var G: f32 = 2.1;
 
-    Func("F", ast::VariableList{}, ty.void_(),
-         {Block(Assign(Expr(Source{{12, 34}}, "G"), 3.14_f))});
+    Func("F", {}, ty.void_(),
+         {
+             Block(Assign(Expr(Source{{12, 34}}, "G"), 3.14_f)),
+         });
 
     Global(Source{{56, 78}}, "G", ty.f32(), ast::StorageClass::kPrivate, Expr(2.1_f));
 
diff --git a/src/tint/resolver/function_validation_test.cc b/src/tint/resolver/function_validation_test.cc
index ac4e01f03f..06817aae89 100644
--- a/src/tint/resolver/function_validation_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/resolver/function_validation_test.cc
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ TEST_F(ResolverFunctionValidationTest, ParameterSotreType_AtomicFree) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ResolverFunctionValidationTest, ParametersAtLimit) {
-    ast::VariableList params;
+    ast::ParameterList params;
     for (int i = 0; i < 255; i++) {
         params.emplace_back(Param("param_" + std::to_string(i), ty.i32()));
     }
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ TEST_F(ResolverFunctionValidationTest, ParametersAtLimit) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ResolverFunctionValidationTest, ParametersOverLimit) {
-    ast::VariableList params;
+    ast::ParameterList params;
     for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
         params.emplace_back(Param("param_" + std::to_string(i), ty.i32()));
     }
diff --git a/src/tint/resolver/uniformity_test.cc b/src/tint/resolver/uniformity_test.cc
index d661099d71..7c07357afa 100644
--- a/src/tint/resolver/uniformity_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/resolver/uniformity_test.cc
@@ -5001,7 +5001,7 @@ TEST_F(UniformityAnalysisTest, MaximumNumberOfPointerParameters) {
     //   ...
     //   *p254 = rhs;
     // }
-    ast::VariableList params;
+    ast::ParameterList params;
     ast::StatementList foo_body;
     const ast::Expression* rhs_init = b.Deref("p0");
     for (int i = 1; i < 255; i++) {
diff --git a/src/tint/transform/calculate_array_length.cc b/src/tint/transform/calculate_array_length.cc
index bdda1cd43b..9cf1175970 100644
--- a/src/tint/transform/calculate_array_length.cc
+++ b/src/tint/transform/calculate_array_length.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void CalculateArrayLength::Run(CloneContext& ctx, const DataMap&, DataMap&) cons
                 ctx.dst->Disable(ast::DisabledValidation::kIgnoreConstructibleFunctionParameter);
             ctx.dst->AST().AddFunction(ctx.dst->create<ast::Function>(
                 name,
-                ast::VariableList{
+                ast::ParameterList{
                     // Note: The buffer parameter requires the kStorage StorageClass
                     // in order for HLSL to emit this as a ByteAddressBuffer.
                     ctx.dst->create<ast::Variable>(ctx.dst->Sym("buffer"),
diff --git a/src/tint/transform/canonicalize_entry_point_io.cc b/src/tint/transform/canonicalize_entry_point_io.cc
index 44d577bb52..104429b3bd 100644
--- a/src/tint/transform/canonicalize_entry_point_io.cc
+++ b/src/tint/transform/canonicalize_entry_point_io.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct CanonicalizeEntryPointIO::State {
     const sem::Function* func_sem;
 
     /// The new entry point wrapper function's parameters.
-    ast::VariableList wrapper_ep_parameters;
+    ast::ParameterList wrapper_ep_parameters;
     /// The members of the wrapper function's struct parameter.
     ast::StructMemberList wrapper_struct_param_members;
     /// The name of the wrapper function's struct parameter.
diff --git a/src/tint/transform/combine_samplers.cc b/src/tint/transform/combine_samplers.cc
index c9d4913b99..8cd3a6d49a 100644
--- a/src/tint/transform/combine_samplers.cc
+++ b/src/tint/transform/combine_samplers.cc
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct CombineSamplers::State {
                 if (pairs.empty()) {
                     return nullptr;
                 }
-                ast::VariableList params;
+                ast::ParameterList params;
                 for (auto pair : func->TextureSamplerPairs()) {
                     const sem::Variable* texture_var = pair.first;
                     const sem::Variable* sampler_var = pair.second;
diff --git a/src/tint/transform/decompose_memory_access.cc b/src/tint/transform/decompose_memory_access.cc
index a90a6e2711..f89d9abbdc 100644
--- a/src/tint/transform/decompose_memory_access.cc
+++ b/src/tint/transform/decompose_memory_access.cc
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ struct DecomposeMemoryAccess::State {
             auto* disable_validation =
                 b.Disable(ast::DisabledValidation::kIgnoreConstructibleFunctionParameter);
 
-            ast::VariableList params = {
+            ast::ParameterList params = {
                 // Note: The buffer parameter requires the StorageClass in
                 // order for HLSL to emit this as a ByteAddressBuffer or cbuffer
                 // array.
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ struct DecomposeMemoryAccess::State {
             auto* el_ast_ty = CreateASTTypeFor(ctx, el_ty);
             auto* disable_validation =
                 b.Disable(ast::DisabledValidation::kIgnoreConstructibleFunctionParameter);
-            ast::VariableList params{
+            ast::ParameterList params{
                 // Note: The buffer parameter requires the StorageClass in
                 // order for HLSL to emit this as a ByteAddressBuffer.
 
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ struct DecomposeMemoryAccess::State {
             // The first parameter to all WGSL atomics is the expression to the
             // atomic. This is replaced with two parameters: the buffer and offset.
 
-            ast::VariableList params = {
+            ast::ParameterList params = {
                 // Note: The buffer parameter requires the kStorage StorageClass in
                 // order for HLSL to emit this as a ByteAddressBuffer.
                 b.create<ast::Variable>(b.Sym("buffer"), ast::StorageClass::kStorage,
diff --git a/src/tint/transform/remove_phonies.cc b/src/tint/transform/remove_phonies.cc
index 7ca1194487..1cac0b7690 100644
--- a/src/tint/transform/remove_phonies.cc
+++ b/src/tint/transform/remove_phonies.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void RemovePhonies::Run(CloneContext& ctx, const DataMap&, DataMap&) const {
                     }
                     auto sink = utils::GetOrCreate(sinks, sig, [&] {
                         auto name = ctx.dst->Symbols().New("phony_sink");
-                        ast::VariableList params;
+                        ast::ParameterList params;
                         for (auto* ty : sig.types) {
                             auto* ast_ty = CreateASTTypeFor(ctx, ty);
                             params.push_back(
diff --git a/src/tint/transform/vertex_pulling.cc b/src/tint/transform/vertex_pulling.cc
index e297c90449..31e4e7c9ce 100644
--- a/src/tint/transform/vertex_pulling.cc
+++ b/src/tint/transform/vertex_pulling.cc
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct State {
     Symbol pulling_position_name;
     Symbol struct_buffer_name;
     std::unordered_map<uint32_t, Symbol> vertex_buffer_names;
-    ast::VariableList new_function_parameters;
+    ast::ParameterList new_function_parameters;
 
     /// Generate the vertex buffer binding name
     /// @param index index to append to buffer name