diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55fd2640..5cadd2b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "@sheerun/mutationobserver-shim": "^0.3.2",
     "@types/testing-library__dom": "^6.0.0",
     "aria-query": "3.0.0",
+    "dom-accessibility-api": "^0.3.0",
     "pretty-format": "^24.9.0",
     "wait-for-expect": "^3.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/role-helpers.js.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/role-helpers.js.snap
index ef5746b2..2e5ce3d7 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/role-helpers.js.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/role-helpers.js.snap
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 exports[`logRoles calls console.log with output from prettyRoles 1`] = `
 "region:
 
+Name "":
 <section
   data-testid="a-section"
 />
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ exports[`logRoles calls console.log with output from prettyRoles 1`] = `
 --------------------------------------------------
 link:
 
+Name "link":
 <a
   data-testid="a-link"
   href="http://whatever.com"
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ link:
 --------------------------------------------------
 navigation:
 
+Name "":
 <nav
   data-testid="a-nav"
 />
@@ -25,14 +28,17 @@ navigation:
 --------------------------------------------------
 heading:
 
+Name "Main Heading":
 <h1
   data-testid="a-h1"
 />
 
+Name "Sub Heading":
 <h2
   data-testid="a-h2"
 />
 
+Name "Tertiary Heading":
 <h3
   data-testid="a-h3"
 />
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ heading:
 --------------------------------------------------
 article:
 
+Name "":
 <article
   data-testid="a-article"
 />
@@ -47,10 +54,12 @@ article:
 --------------------------------------------------
 command:
 
+Name "":
 <menuitem
   data-testid="a-menuitem-1"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <menuitem
   data-testid="a-menuitem-2"
 />
@@ -58,10 +67,12 @@ command:
 --------------------------------------------------
 menuitem:
 
+Name "":
 <menuitem
   data-testid="a-menuitem-1"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <menuitem
   data-testid="a-menuitem-2"
 />
@@ -69,10 +80,12 @@ menuitem:
 --------------------------------------------------
 list:
 
+Name "":
 <ul
   data-testid="a-list"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <ul
   data-testid="b-list"
 />
@@ -80,18 +93,22 @@ list:
 --------------------------------------------------
 listitem:
 
+Name "":
 <li
   data-testid="a-list-item-1"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <li
   data-testid="a-list-item-2"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <li
   data-testid="b-list-item-1"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <li
   data-testid="b-list-item-2"
 />
@@ -99,6 +116,7 @@ listitem:
 --------------------------------------------------
 table:
 
+Name "":
 <table
   data-testid="a-table"
 />
@@ -106,6 +124,7 @@ table:
 --------------------------------------------------
 rowgroup:
 
+Name "":
 <tbody
   data-testid="a-tbody"
 />
@@ -113,6 +132,7 @@ rowgroup:
 --------------------------------------------------
 row:
 
+Name "Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell 3":
 <tr
   data-testid="a-row"
 />
@@ -120,14 +140,17 @@ row:
 --------------------------------------------------
 cell:
 
+Name "Cell 1":
 <td
   data-testid="a-cell-1"
 />
 
+Name "Cell 2":
 <td
   data-testid="a-cell-2"
 />
 
+Name "Cell 3":
 <td
   data-testid="a-cell-3"
 />
@@ -135,6 +158,7 @@ cell:
 --------------------------------------------------
 form:
 
+Name "":
 <form
   data-testid="a-form"
 />
@@ -142,11 +166,13 @@ form:
 --------------------------------------------------
 radio:
 
+Name "":
 <input
   data-testid="a-radio-1"
   type="radio"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <input
   data-testid="a-radio-2"
   type="radio"
@@ -155,16 +181,19 @@ radio:
 --------------------------------------------------
 textbox:
 
+Name "":
 <input
   data-testid="a-input-1"
   type="text"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <input
   data-testid="a-input-2"
   type="text"
 />
 
+Name "":
 <textarea
   data-testid="a-textarea"
 />
diff --git a/src/__tests__/role.js b/src/__tests__/role.js
index 565fe605..b68410fe 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/role.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/role.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {configure, getConfig} from '../config'
-import {render} from './helpers/test-utils'
+import {getQueriesForElement} from '../get-queries-for-element'
+import {render, renderIntoDocument} from './helpers/test-utils'
 
 test('by default logs accessible roles when it fails', () => {
   const {getByRole} = render(`<h1>Hi</h1>`)
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ Here are the accessible roles:
 
   heading:
 
+  Name "Hi":
   <h1 />
 
   --------------------------------------------------
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ Here are the available roles:
 
   heading:
 
+  Name "Hi":
   <h1 />
 
   --------------------------------------------------
@@ -183,6 +186,144 @@ test('can include inaccessible roles', () => {
   expect(getByRole('list', {hidden: true})).not.toBeNull()
 })
 
+test('can be filtered by accessible name', () => {
+  const {getByRole} = renderIntoDocument(
+    `
+<div>
+  <h1>Order</h1>
+  <h2>Delivery Adress</h2>
+  <form aria-label="Delivery Adress">
+    <label>
+      <div>Street</div>
+      <input type="text" />
+    </label>
+    <input type="submit" />
+  </form>
+  <h2>Invoice Adress</h2>
+  <form aria-label="Invoice Adress">
+    <label>
+      <div>Street</div>
+      <input type="text" />
+    </label>
+    <input type="submit" />
+  </form>
+</div>`,
+  )
+
+  const deliveryForm = getByRole('form', {name: 'Delivery Adress'})
+  expect(deliveryForm).not.toBeNull()
+
+  expect(
+    // TODO: upstream bug in `aria-query`; should be `button` role
+    getQueriesForElement(deliveryForm).getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Submit'}),
+  ).not.toBeNull()
+
+  const invoiceForm = getByRole('form', {name: 'Delivery Adress'})
+  expect(invoiceForm).not.toBeNull()
+
+  expect(
+    getQueriesForElement(invoiceForm).getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Street'}),
+  ).not.toBeNull()
+})
+
+test('accessible name comparison is case sensitive', () => {
+  const {getByRole} = render(`<h1>Sign <em>up</em></h1>`)
+
+  // actual:  "Sign up",
+  // queried: "Sign Up"
+  expect(() => getByRole('heading', {name: 'Sign Up'}))
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+"Unable to find an accessible element with the role "heading" and name "Sign Up"
+
+Here are the accessible roles:
+
+  heading:
+
+  Name "Sign up":
+  <h1 />
+
+  --------------------------------------------------
+
+<div>
+  <h1>
+    Sign 
+    <em>
+      up
+    </em>
+  </h1>
+</div>"
+`)
+})
+
+test('accessible name filter implements TextMatch', () => {
+  const {getByRole} = render(
+    `<h1>Sign <em>up</em></h1><h2>Details</h2><h2>Your Signature</h2>`,
+  )
+
+  // subset via regex
+  expect(getByRole('heading', {name: /gn u/})).not.toBeNull()
+  // regex
+  expect(getByRole('heading', {name: /^sign/i})).not.toBeNull()
+  // function
+  expect(
+    getByRole('heading', {
+      name: (name, element) => {
+        return element.nodeName === 'H2' && name === 'Your Signature'
+      },
+    }),
+  ).not.toBeNull()
+})
+
+test('TextMatch serialization in error message', () => {
+  const {getByRole} = render(`<h1>Sign <em>up</em></h1>`)
+
+  expect(() => getByRole('heading', {name: /Login/}))
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+"Unable to find an accessible element with the role "heading" and name \`/Login/\`
+
+Here are the accessible roles:
+
+  heading:
+
+  Name "Sign up":
+  <h1 />
+
+  --------------------------------------------------
+
+<div>
+  <h1>
+    Sign 
+    <em>
+      up
+    </em>
+  </h1>
+</div>"
+`)
+
+  expect(() => getByRole('heading', {name: () => false}))
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+"Unable to find an accessible element with the role "heading" and name \`() => false\`
+
+Here are the accessible roles:
+
+  heading:
+
+  Name "Sign up":
+  <h1 />
+
+  --------------------------------------------------
+
+<div>
+  <h1>
+    Sign 
+    <em>
+      up
+    </em>
+  </h1>
+</div>"
+`)
+})
+
 describe('configuration', () => {
   let originalConfig
   beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/src/queries/role.js b/src/queries/role.js
index 55e50e10..a442bfd9 100644
--- a/src/queries/role.js
+++ b/src/queries/role.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {computeAccessibleName} from 'dom-accessibility-api'
 import {
   getImplicitAriaRoles,
   prettyRoles,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ function queryAllByRole(
     exact = true,
     collapseWhitespace,
     hidden = getConfig().defaultHidden,
+    name,
     trim,
     normalizer,
     queryFallbacks = false,
@@ -70,6 +72,19 @@ function queryAllByRole(
           }) === false
         : true
     })
+    .filter(element => {
+      if (name === undefined) {
+        // Don't care
+        return true
+      }
+
+      return matches(
+        computeAccessibleName(element),
+        element,
+        name,
+        text => text,
+      )
+    })
 }
 
 const getMultipleError = (c, role) =>
@@ -78,9 +93,12 @@ const getMultipleError = (c, role) =>
 const getMissingError = (
   container,
   role,
-  {hidden = getConfig().defaultHidden} = {},
+  {hidden = getConfig().defaultHidden, name} = {},
 ) => {
-  const roles = prettyRoles(container, {hidden})
+  const roles = prettyRoles(container, {
+    hidden,
+    includeName: name !== undefined,
+  })
   let roleMessage
 
   if (roles.length === 0) {
@@ -100,10 +118,19 @@ Here are the ${hidden === false ? 'accessible' : 'available'} roles:
 `.trim()
   }
 
+  let nameHint = ''
+  if (name === undefined) {
+    nameHint = ''
+  } else if (typeof name === 'string') {
+    nameHint = ` and name "${name}"`
+  } else {
+    nameHint = ` and name \`${name}\``
+  }
+
   return `
 Unable to find an ${
     hidden === false ? 'accessible ' : ''
-  }element with the role "${role}"
+  }element with the role "${role}"${nameHint}
 
 ${roleMessage}`.trim()
 }
diff --git a/src/role-helpers.js b/src/role-helpers.js
index 6218461d..6d3ee309 100644
--- a/src/role-helpers.js
+++ b/src/role-helpers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {elementRoles} from 'aria-query'
+import {computeAccessibleName} from 'dom-accessibility-api'
 import {prettyDOM} from './pretty-dom'
 
 const elementRoleList = buildElementRoleList(elementRoles)
@@ -145,7 +146,11 @@ function prettyRoles(dom, {hidden}) {
     .map(([role, elements]) => {
       const delimiterBar = '-'.repeat(50)
       const elementsString = elements
-        .map(el => prettyDOM(el.cloneNode(false)))
+        .map(el => {
+          const nameString = `Name "${computeAccessibleName(el)}":\n`
+          const domString = prettyDOM(el.cloneNode(false))
+          return `${nameString}${domString}`
+        })
         .join('\n\n')
 
       return `${role}:\n\n${elementsString}\n\n${delimiterBar}`