--- views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
+++ views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_
         'alt' => array('default' => '', 'translatable' => TRUE),
         'rel' => array('default' => ''),
         'link_class' => array('default' => ''),
+        'name' => array('default' => ''),
         'prefix' => array('default' => '', 'translatable' => TRUE),
         'suffix' => array('default' => '', 'translatable' => TRUE),
         'target' => array('default' => ''),
@@ -785,7 +786,15 @@ class views_handler_field extends views_
           'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1),
         ),
       );
-
+      $form['alter']['name'] = array(
+        '#title' => t('Name'),
+        '#type' => 'textfield',
+        '#default_value' => $this->options['alter']['name'],
+        '#description' => t('The name attribute to apply to be applied to the link.'),
+        '#dependency' => array(
+          'edit-options-alter-make-link' => array(1),
+        ),
+      );
 
       // Get a list of the available fields and arguments for token replacement.
       $options = array();
@@ -1315,7 +1324,12 @@ If you would like to have the characters
     if ($class) {
       $options['attributes']['class'] = array($class);
     }
-
+    
+    $name = strtr($alter['name'], $tokens);
+    if ($class) {
+    $options['attributes']['name'] = array($name);
+    }
+    
     if (!empty($alter['rel']) && $rel = strtr($alter['rel'], $tokens)) {
       $options['attributes']['rel'] = $rel;
     }