diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
index aa9bbe94e8..f56f0e527a 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ public class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
 		// Register aliases for bean name, if any.
 		String[] aliases = definitionHolder.getAliases();
 		if (aliases != null) {
-			for (String aliase : aliases) {
-				registry.registerAlias(beanName, aliase);
+			for (String alias : aliases) {
+				registry.registerAlias(beanName, alias);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 38dba2c10e..ad6c6e2f2e 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
-	/** Constant for the id attribute */
+	/** Constant for the "id" attribute */
 	public static final String ID_ATTRIBUTE = "id";
 
-	/** Constant for the name attribute */
+	/** Constant for the "name" attribute */
 	public static final String NAME_ATTRIBUTE = "name";
 
+
 	@Override
 	public final BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		AbstractBeanDefinition definition = parseInternal(element, parserContext);
@@ -66,10 +67,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionPars
 							"Id is required for element '" + parserContext.getDelegate().getLocalName(element)
 									+ "' when used as a top-level tag", element);
 				}
-				String[] aliases = new String[0];
-				String name = element.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
-				if (StringUtils.hasLength(name)) {
-					aliases = StringUtils.trimArrayElements(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(name));
+				String[] aliases = null;
+				if (shouldParseNameAsAliases()) {
+					String name = element.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
+					if (StringUtils.hasLength(name)) {
+						aliases = StringUtils.trimArrayElements(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(name));
+					}
 				}
 				BeanDefinitionHolder holder = new BeanDefinitionHolder(definition, id, aliases);
 				registerBeanDefinition(holder, parserContext.getRegistry());
@@ -170,7 +173,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionPars
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Controls whether this parser is supposed to fire a
+	 * Determine whether the element's "name" attribute should get parsed as
+	 * bean definition aliases, i.e. alternative bean definition names.
+	 * <p>The default implementation returns {@code true}.
+	 * @return whether the parser should evaluate the "name" attribute as aliases
+	 * @since 4.1.5
+	 */
+	protected boolean shouldParseNameAsAliases() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether this parser is supposed to fire a
 	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition}
 	 * event after parsing the bean definition.
 	 * <p>This implementation returns {@code true} by default; that is,