diff --git a/lisp/ob.el b/lisp/ob.el
index 5e721ba41..26a3af718 100644
--- a/lisp/ob.el
+++ b/lisp/ob.el
@@ -433,12 +433,13 @@ can not be resolved.")
 
 (defun org-babel-named-src-block-regexp-for-name (name)
   "This generates a regexp used to match a src block named NAME."
-  (concat org-babel-src-name-regexp (regexp-quote name) "[ \t\n]*"
+  (concat org-babel-src-name-regexp (regexp-quote name)
+	  "\\([ \t]\\|$\\|(\\)" ".*[\r\n]"
 	  (substring org-babel-src-block-regexp 1)))
 
 (defun org-babel-named-data-regexp-for-name (name)
   "This generates a regexp used to match data named NAME."
-  (concat org-babel-result-regexp (regexp-quote name) "[ \t]*.*$"))
+  (concat org-babel-result-regexp (regexp-quote name) "\\([ \t]\\|$\\)"))
 
 ;;; functions
 (defvar call-process-region)
diff --git a/testing/lisp/test-ob.el b/testing/lisp/test-ob.el
index c993fbef8..d145f4e3a 100644
--- a/testing/lisp/test-ob.el
+++ b/testing/lisp/test-ob.el
@@ -463,6 +463,40 @@ on two lines
     (org-babel-next-src-block 2)
     (should (string= (org-babel-execute-src-block) "baz"))))
 
+(ert-deftest test-ob/do-not-resolve-to-partial-names-data ()
+  (org-test-with-temp-text "
+#+tblname: base_plus
+| 1 |
+| 2 |
+
+#+tblname: base
+| 3 |
+| 4 |
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var x=base
+  x
+#+end_src"
+    (org-babel-next-src-block 1)
+    (should (equal (org-babel-execute-src-block) '((3) (4))))))
+
+(ert-deftest test-ob/do-not-resolve-to-partial-names-code ()
+  (org-test-with-temp-text "
+#+name: base_plus
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  'bar
+#+end_src
+
+#+name: base
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  'foo
+#+end_src
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var x=base
+  x
+#+end_src"
+    (org-babel-next-src-block 3)
+    (should (equal (org-babel-execute-src-block) "foo"))))
+
 (provide 'test-ob)
 
 ;;; test-ob ends here