diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java
index 79a59627a0..dbf85b869b 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ public final class HSSFEvaluationWorkbook implements FormulaRenderingWorkbook, E
         _uBook = book;
         _iBook = book.getWorkbook();
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public HSSFName createName() {
+        return _uBook.createName();
+    }
 
     public int getExternalSheetIndex(String sheetName) {
         int sheetIndex = _uBook.getSheetIndex(sheetName);
@@ -79,6 +84,10 @@ public final class HSSFEvaluationWorkbook implements FormulaRenderingWorkbook, E
         int extIx = getSheetExtIx(sheet);
         return new Area3DPtg(areaRef, extIx);
     }
+    /**
+     * Return an external name (named range, function, user-defined function) Ptg
+     */
+    @Override
     public NameXPtg getNameXPtg(String name, SheetIdentifier sheet) {
         int sheetRefIndex = getSheetExtIx(sheet);
         return _iBook.getNameXPtg(name, sheetRefIndex, _uBook.getUDFFinder());
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParsingWorkbook.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParsingWorkbook.java
index a2be6f8f2e..fe907fbb1d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParsingWorkbook.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/FormulaParsingWorkbook.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.ss.formula;
 
 import org.apache.poi.ss.SpreadsheetVersion;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.ptg.Ptg;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Name;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.util.AreaReference;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellReference;
 
@@ -34,7 +35,15 @@ public interface FormulaParsingWorkbook {
 	 *  named range name matching is case insensitive
 	 */
 	EvaluationName getName(String name, int sheetIndex);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return the underlying workbook
+	 */
+	Name createName();
 
+	/**
+	 * Return an external name (named range, function, user-defined function) Ptg
+	 */
 	Ptg getNameXPtg(String name, SheetIdentifier sheet);
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/NameXPxg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/NameXPxg.java
index b1ca488c78..8969ad47bf 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/NameXPxg.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/ptg/NameXPxg.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public final class NameXPxg extends OperandPtg implements Pxg {
     public NameXPxg(String sheetName, String nameName) {
         this(-1, sheetName, nameName);
     }
+    public NameXPxg(String nameName) {
+        this(-1, null, nameName);
+    }
 
     public String toString(){
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java
index c8a7fae526..04b559ba10 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook.java
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ public abstract class BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook implements FormulaRenderingWork
         }
     }
 
+	/**
+	 * Return EvaluationName wrapper around the matching XSSFName (named range)
+	 * @param name case-aware but case-insensitive named range in workbook
+	 * @param sheetIndex index of sheet if named range scope is limited to one sheet
+	 *		 if named range scope is global to the workbook, sheetIndex is -1.
+	 * @return If name is a named range in the workbook, returns
+	 *  EvaluationName corresponding to that named range 
+	 *  Returns null if there is no named range with the same name and scope in the workbook
+	 */
 	public EvaluationName getName(String name, int sheetIndex) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < _uBook.getNumberOfNames(); i++) {
 			XSSFName nm = _uBook.getNameAt(i);
@@ -137,7 +146,7 @@ public abstract class BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook implements FormulaRenderingWork
 			int nameSheetindex = nm.getSheetIndex();
 			if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(nameText) && 
 			       (nameSheetindex == -1 || nameSheetindex == sheetIndex)) {
-				return new Name(_uBook.getNameAt(i), i, this);
+				return new Name(nm, i, this);
 			}
 		}
 		return sheetIndex == -1 ? null : getName(name, -1);
@@ -179,6 +188,10 @@ public abstract class BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook implements FormulaRenderingWork
 	    
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return an external name (named range, function, user-defined function) Pxg
+     */
+    @Override
     public NameXPxg getNameXPtg(String name, SheetIdentifier sheet) {
 	    // First, try to find it as a User Defined Function
         IndexedUDFFinder udfFinder = (IndexedUDFFinder)getUDFFinder();
@@ -290,6 +303,10 @@ public abstract class BaseXSSFEvaluationWorkbook implements FormulaRenderingWork
 		int ix = namePtg.getIndex();
 		return new Name(_uBook.getNameAt(ix), ix, this);
 	}
+	@Override
+	public XSSFName createName() {
+		return _uBook.createName();
+	}
 	
     public UDFFinder getUDFFinder(){
         return _uBook.getUDFFinder();
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/XSSFTestDataSamples.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/XSSFTestDataSamples.java
index 7906759ac9..d9dbfbfea6 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/XSSFTestDataSamples.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/XSSFTestDataSamples.java
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public class XSSFTestDataSamples {
     */
    public static final String TEST_OUTPUT_DIR = "poi.test.xssf.output.dir";
 
+   public static File getSampleFile(String sampleFileName) {
+      return HSSFTestDataSamples.getSampleFile(sampleFileName);
+   }
    public static OPCPackage openSamplePackage(String sampleName) {
       try {
          return OPCPackage.open(