diff --git a/src/Behat/Mink/Element/NodeElement.php b/src/Behat/Mink/Element/NodeElement.php
index 1f867ed0d..6a79e934f 100644
--- a/src/Behat/Mink/Element/NodeElement.php
+++ b/src/Behat/Mink/Element/NodeElement.php
@@ -55,6 +55,86 @@ public function getParent()
         return $this->find('xpath', '..');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns All child elements (including descendant) to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static[]|null
+     */
+    public function getAllChildren()
+    {
+        return $this->findAll('xpath', 'descendant::*');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns All direct child elements (NOT including deeper descendant) to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static[]|null
+     */
+    public function getDirectChildren()
+    {
+        return $this->findAll('xpath', 'child::*');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the first child element to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static|null
+     */
+    public function getFirstChild()
+    {
+        return $this->find('xpath', 'child::*[1]');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the last direct child element to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static|null
+     */
+    public function getLastChild()
+    {
+        return $this->find('xpath', 'child::*[last()]');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all preceding sibling elements to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static[]|null
+     */
+    public function getPreviousSiblings()
+    {
+        return $this->findAll('xpath', 'preceding-sibling::*');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the preceding sibling element close to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static|null
+     */
+    public function getPreviousSibling()
+    {
+        return $this->find('xpath', 'preceding-sibling::*[1]');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all following sibling elements to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static[]|null
+     */
+    public function getNextSiblings()
+    {
+        return $this->findAll('xpath', 'following-sibling::*');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the following sibling element close to the current one.
+     *
+     * @return static|null
+     */
+    public function getNextSibling()
+    {
+        return $this->find('xpath', 'following-sibling::*[1]');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns current node tag name.
      *
diff --git a/src/Behat/Mink/Element/TraversableElement.php b/src/Behat/Mink/Element/TraversableElement.php
index 27843d2dd..b2834a512 100644
--- a/src/Behat/Mink/Element/TraversableElement.php
+++ b/src/Behat/Mink/Element/TraversableElement.php
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ public function findById($id)
         return $this->find('named', array('id', $id));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Finds element by its name.
+     *
+     * @param string name element name
+     * @return static|null
+     */
+    public function findByName($name)
+    {
+        $name = $this->getSelectorsHandler()->xpathLiteral($name);
+        return $this->find('named', array('name', $name));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds elements by its tag.
+     *
+     * @param string tag element tag
+     * @return static[]|null
+     */
+    public function findByTag($tag)
+    {
+        return $this->findAll('css', $tag);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks whether element has a link with specified locator.
      *
diff --git a/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/ExactNamedSelector.php b/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/ExactNamedSelector.php
index 03315a9cf..12a21b806 100644
--- a/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/ExactNamedSelector.php
+++ b/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/ExactNamedSelector.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->registerReplacement('%altMatch%', './@alt = %locator%');
         $this->registerReplacement('%relMatch%', './@rel = %locator%');
         $this->registerReplacement('%labelAttributeMatch%', './@label = %locator%');
+        $this->registerReplacement('%nameMatch%', './@name = %locator%');
 
         parent::__construct();
     }
diff --git a/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/NamedSelector.php b/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/NamedSelector.php
index a7e8d193c..431217ea1 100644
--- a/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/NamedSelector.php
+++ b/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/NamedSelector.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class NamedSelector implements SelectorInterface
         '%altMatch%' => 'contains(./@alt, %locator%)',
         '%relMatch%' => 'contains(./@rel, %locator%)',
         '%labelAttributeMatch%' => 'contains(./@label, %locator%)',
+        '%nameMatch%' => 'contains(./@name, %locator%)',
 
         // complex replacements
         '%inputTypeWithoutPlaceholderFilter%' => "%lowercaseType% = 'radio' or %lowercaseType% = 'checkbox' or %lowercaseType% = 'file'",
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ class NamedSelector implements SelectorInterface
 XPATH
         ,'id' => <<<XPATH
 .//*[%idMatch%]
+XPATH
+        
+        ,'name' => <<<XPATH
+.//*[%nameMatch%]
 XPATH
     );
 
diff --git a/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/PartialNamedSelector.php b/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/PartialNamedSelector.php
index b864a2265..5903899e3 100644
--- a/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/PartialNamedSelector.php
+++ b/src/Behat/Mink/Selector/PartialNamedSelector.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->registerReplacement('%altMatch%', 'contains(./@alt, %locator%)');
         $this->registerReplacement('%relMatch%', 'contains(./@rel, %locator%)');
         $this->registerReplacement('%labelAttributeMatch%', 'contains(./@label, %locator%)');
+        $this->registerReplacement('%nameMatch%', 'contains(./@name, %locator%)');
 
         parent::__construct();
     }
diff --git a/tests/Selector/NamedSelectorTest.php b/tests/Selector/NamedSelectorTest.php
index 2c5c03fe0..1dfe62389 100644
--- a/tests/Selector/NamedSelectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Selector/NamedSelectorTest.php
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ public function getSelectorTests()
             'table' => array('test.html', 'table', 'the-table', 2, 3),
 
             'id' => array('test.html', 'id', 'bad-link-text', 1),
+            
+            'name' => array('test.html', 'name', 'the-field', 11),
         );
     }