diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocale.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocale.kt
index 9aab28ae..479724cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocale.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocale.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.locale
 /**
  * [Locale] implementation using [java.util.Locale].
  */
-internal class JVMLocale(private val jvmLocale: java.util.Locale) : Locale {
+internal data class JVMLocale(private val jvmLocale: java.util.Locale) : Locale {
     override val code: String
         get() = jvmLocale.language
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocaleLoader.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocaleLoader.kt
index a04ca626..5d53a06b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocaleLoader.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/JVMLocaleLoader.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 package eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.locale
 
+private typealias JLocale = java.util.Locale
+
 /**
  * Loader of [JVMLocale]s.
  */
 internal object JVMLocaleLoader : LocaleLoader {
     override val all: Iterable<Locale>
-        get() = java.util.Locale.getAvailableLocales().map(::JVMLocale)
+        get() = JLocale.getAvailableLocales().map(::JVMLocale)
 
-    override fun fromTag(tag: String): Locale? =
-        java.util.Locale.forLanguageTag(tag)
-            ?.let(::JVMLocale)
+    private fun JLocale?.toLocale() =
+        this?.let(::JVMLocale)
             ?.takeIf { it.code.isNotBlank() }
+
+    override fun fromTag(tag: String): Locale? = JLocale.forLanguageTag(tag)?.toLocale()
+
+    override fun fromName(name: String): Locale? =
+        JLocale.getAvailableLocales()
+            .find { it.getDisplayName(JLocale.ENGLISH).equals(name, ignoreCase = true) }
+            ?.toLocale()
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/LocaleLoader.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/LocaleLoader.kt
index cf02f085..d7301219 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/LocaleLoader.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/document/locale/LocaleLoader.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ interface LocaleLoader {
      */
     fun fromTag(tag: String): Locale?
 
+    /**
+     * @param name English name of the locale.
+     *             Example: `English`, `Italian`, `French`
+     * @return [Locale] with the given name, or `null` if not found
+     */
+    fun fromName(name: String): Locale?
+
+    /**
+     * Finds a locale by its tag or name.
+     * @param identifier tag (`en`, `it`, `fr-CA`) or English name (`English`, `Italian`, `French (Canada)`) of the locale
+     * @return [Locale] with the given tag or name, or `null` if not found
+     */
+    fun find(identifier: String): Locale? = fromName(identifier) ?: fromTag(identifier)
+
     companion object {
         /**
          * Default system [LocaleLoader] implementation.
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/MiscTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/MiscTest.kt
index 5e2414bb..c5a8d615 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/MiscTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/MiscTest.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ class MiscTest {
 
         with(retriever.fromTag("en")) {
             assertNotNull(this)
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.fromName("English"))
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("English"))
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("eNgLiSh"))
             assertEquals("en", code)
             assertEquals("en", tag)
             assertEquals("English", localizedName)
@@ -24,8 +27,11 @@ class MiscTest {
             assertNull(localizedCountryName)
         }
 
-        with(retriever.fromTag("it")) {
+        with(retriever.find("it")) {
             assertNotNull(this)
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.fromName("Italian"))
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("Italian"))
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("iTaLiAn"))
             assertEquals("it", code)
             assertEquals("it", tag)
             assertEquals("italiano", localizedName)
@@ -33,8 +39,10 @@ class MiscTest {
             assertNull(localizedCountryName)
         }
 
-        with(retriever.fromTag("en-US")) {
+        with(retriever.find("en-US")) {
             assertNotNull(this)
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("English (United States)"))
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("En-us"))
             assertEquals("en", code)
             assertEquals("en-US", tag)
             assertEquals("English (United States)", localizedName)
@@ -42,17 +50,9 @@ class MiscTest {
             assertEquals("United States", localizedCountryName)
         }
 
-        with(retriever.fromTag("En-us")) {
-            assertNotNull(this)
-            assertEquals("en", code)
-            assertEquals("en-US", tag)
-            assertEquals("English (United States)", localizedName)
-            assertEquals("US", countryCode)
-            assertEquals("United States", localizedCountryName)
-        }
-
-        with(retriever.fromTag("fr-CA")) {
+        with(retriever.find("fr-CA")) {
             assertNotNull(this)
+            assertEquals(this, retriever.find("French (Canada)"))
             assertEquals("fr", code)
             assertEquals("fr-CA", tag)
             assertEquals("français (Canada)", localizedName)
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class MiscTest {
         }
 
         assertNull(retriever.fromTag("nonexistent"))
+        assertNull(retriever.fromName("nonexistent"))
+        assertNull(retriever.find("nonexistent"))
 
         assertTrue(retriever.all.iterator().hasNext())
     }
diff --git a/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Document.kt b/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Document.kt
index 662e6e3b..f8df58fc 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Document.kt
+++ b/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Document.kt
@@ -118,23 +118,26 @@ fun docAuthor(
     )
 
 /**
- * If [localeTag] is not `null`, it sets the document locale to its value.
+ * If [locale] is not `null`, it sets the document locale to its value.
  * If it's `null`, the localized name of the current document locale is returned.
- * @param localeTag (optional) well-formed, case-insensitive, locale tag to assign to the document. Example: `en-US`, `it`, `fr-CA`
- * @return the localized name of the current document locale if [localeTag] is `null`
+ * @param locale (optional) case-insensitive,
+ *               either a locale tag (e.g. `en`, `en-US`, `it`, `fr-CA`)
+ *               or an English name of a locale (e.g. `English`, `English (United States)`, `Italian`, `French (Canada)`)
+ *               to assign to the document
+ * @return the localized name of the current document locale if [locale] is `null`
  * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the locale tag is not invalid or not found
  */
 @Name("doclang")
 fun docLanguage(
     @Injected context: Context,
-    @Name("locale") localeTag: String? = null,
+    locale: String? = null,
 ): OutputValue<*> =
     context.modifyOrEchoDocumentInfo(
-        localeTag,
+        locale,
         get = { this.locale?.localizedName ?: "" },
         set = {
             this.locale =
-                LocaleLoader.SYSTEM.fromTag(it)
+                LocaleLoader.SYSTEM.find(it)
                     ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Locale $it not found")
         },
     )