diff --git a/developer/src/kmldmlc/test/fixtures/sections/name/minimal.xml b/developer/src/kmldmlc/test/fixtures/sections/name/minimal.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE keyboard SYSTEM "../../../../../../../resources/standards-data/ldml-keyboards/techpreview/ldmlKeyboard.dtd">
+<keyboard locale="mt" conformsTo="techpreview">
+  <names>
+    <name value="My First Keyboard" />
+  </names>
+
+  <keys />
+</keyboard>
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diff --git a/developer/src/kmldmlc/test/fixtures/sections/name/multiple.xml b/developer/src/kmldmlc/test/fixtures/sections/name/multiple.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE keyboard SYSTEM "../../../../../../../resources/standards-data/ldml-keyboards/techpreview/ldmlKeyboard.dtd">
+<keyboard locale="mt" conformsTo="techpreview">
+  <names>
+    <name value="My Second Keyboard" />
+    <name value="My 2nd Keyboard" />
+    <!-- so these following names are really just a made up idea of how multiple names *could* be used -->
+    <name value="win:kbd2" />
+    <name value="mac:keybd_2" />
+    <name value="web:keyboard-2" />
+  </names>
+
+  <keys />
+</keyboard>
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diff --git a/developer/src/kmldmlc/test/test-name.ts b/developer/src/kmldmlc/test/test-name.ts
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+import 'mocha';
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { NameCompiler } from '../src/keyman/compiler/name';
+import { CompilerCallbacks, loadSectionFixture } from './helpers';
+import { Name } from '../src/keyman/kmx/kmx-plus';
+//import { CompilerMessages } from './keyman/compiler/messages';
+
+describe('name', function () {
+  this.slow(500); // 0.5 sec -- json schema validation takes a while
+
+  it('should compile minimal name data', function() {
+    const callbacks = new CompilerCallbacks();
+    let name = loadSectionFixture(NameCompiler, 'sections/name/minimal.xml', callbacks) as Name;
+    assert.equal(callbacks.messages.length, 0);
+
+    assert.equal(name.names.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(name.names[0], 'My First Keyboard');
+  });
+
+  it('should compile multiple names', function() {
+    const callbacks = new CompilerCallbacks();
+    let name = loadSectionFixture(NameCompiler, 'sections/name/multiple.xml', callbacks) as Name;
+    assert.equal(callbacks.messages.length, 0);
+
+    assert.equal(name.names.length, 5);
+    assert.equal(name.names[0], 'My Second Keyboard');
+    assert.equal(name.names[1], 'My 2nd Keyboard');
+    assert.equal(name.names[2], 'win:kbd2');
+    assert.equal(name.names[3], 'mac:keybd_2');
+    assert.equal(name.names[4], 'web:keyboard-2');
+  });
+
+  //TODO-LDML: should we be linting on repeated names?
+});
+