diff --git a/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/namepattern/NamePatternTest.java b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/namepattern/NamePatternTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7f4902551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/namepattern/NamePatternTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.haulmont.cuba.namepattern;
+
+import com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern.MethodNamePatternEntity;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern.SpelNamePatternEntity;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern.SimpleNamePatternEntity;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.testsupport.TestContainer;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rushan Zagidullin
+ * @since 17.07.2018
+ */
+public class NamePatternTest {
+
+    @ClassRule
+    public static TestContainer container = TestContainer.Common.INSTANCE;
+
+    SimpleNamePatternEntity simpleNamePatternEntity1;
+    SimpleNamePatternEntity simpleNamePatternEntity2;
+    MethodNamePatternEntity methodNamePatternEntity1;
+    MethodNamePatternEntity methodNamePatternEntity2;
+    SpelNamePatternEntity spelNamePatternEntity1;
+    SpelNamePatternEntity spelNamePatternEntity2;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("IncorrectCreateEntity")
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        simpleNamePatternEntity1 = new SimpleNamePatternEntity();
+        simpleNamePatternEntity1.setName("name1");
+
+        simpleNamePatternEntity2 = new SimpleNamePatternEntity();
+        simpleNamePatternEntity2.setName(null);
+
+        methodNamePatternEntity1 = new MethodNamePatternEntity();
+        methodNamePatternEntity1.setName("name1");
+
+        methodNamePatternEntity2 = new MethodNamePatternEntity();
+        methodNamePatternEntity2.setName(null);
+
+        spelNamePatternEntity1 = new SpelNamePatternEntity();
+        spelNamePatternEntity1.setName("name1");
+        spelNamePatternEntity1.setNumber(5);
+        spelNamePatternEntity1.setNumber2(null);
+
+        spelNamePatternEntity2 = new SpelNamePatternEntity();
+        spelNamePatternEntity2.setName("name2");
+        spelNamePatternEntity2.setNumber(null);
+        spelNamePatternEntity2.setNumber2(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleNamePatternEntity1() {
+        assertEquals("name1", simpleNamePatternEntity1.getInstanceName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleNamePatternEntity2() {
+        assertEquals("", simpleNamePatternEntity2.getInstanceName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMethodNamePatternEntity1() {
+        assertEquals("name1", methodNamePatternEntity1.getInstanceName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMethodNamePatternEntity2() {
+        assertNull(methodNamePatternEntity2.getInstanceName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComplexNamePatternEntity1() {
+        assertEquals("Hello, my name is name1. Sum of numbers = 5", spelNamePatternEntity1.getInstanceName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComplexNamePatternEntity2() {
+        assertEquals("Hello, my name is name2. Sum of numbers = 0", spelNamePatternEntity2.getInstanceName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/namepattern/NamePatternTestBean.java b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/namepattern/NamePatternTestBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49e94fbbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/namepattern/NamePatternTestBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.haulmont.cuba.namepattern;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rushan Zagidullin
+ * @since 17.07.2018
+ */
+@Component("cuba_NamePatternTestBean")
+public class NamePatternTestBean {
+    public int sum(Integer... values) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(values)
+                .map(ints -> Arrays.stream(ints)
+                        .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+                        .mapToInt(Integer::intValue)
+                        .sum())
+                .orElse(0);
+    }
+
+    public String concat(String... values) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(values)
+                .map(strings -> Arrays.stream(strings)
+                        .collect(Collectors.joining()))
+                .orElse("");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/MethodNamePatternEntity.java b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/MethodNamePatternEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c388c4162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/MethodNamePatternEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern;
+
+import com.haulmont.chile.core.annotations.NamePattern;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.core.entity.StandardEntity;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rushan Zagidullin
+ * @since 17.07.2018
+ */
+@NamePattern("#formatName|name")
+@Table(name = "TEST_METHOD_NAME_PATTERN_ENTITY")
+@Entity(name = "test$MethodNamePatternEntity")
+public class MethodNamePatternEntity extends StandardEntity {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -833743669993760614L;
+
+    @Column(name = "NAME")
+    protected String name;
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public String formatName() {
+        return getName();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/SimpleNamePatternEntity.java b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/SimpleNamePatternEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c463c72f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/SimpleNamePatternEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern;
+
+import com.haulmont.chile.core.annotations.NamePattern;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.core.entity.StandardEntity;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rushan Zagidullin
+ * @since 17.07.2018
+ */
+@NamePattern("%s|name")
+@Table(name = "TEST_SIMPLE_NAME_PATTERN_ENTITY")
+@Entity(name = "test$SimpleNamePatternEntity")
+public class SimpleNamePatternEntity extends StandardEntity {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -833743669993760614L;
+
+    @Column(name = "NAME")
+    protected String name;
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/SpelNamePatternEntity.java b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/SpelNamePatternEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a81f09d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/com/haulmont/cuba/testmodel/namepattern/SpelNamePatternEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern;
+
+import com.haulmont.chile.core.annotations.NamePattern;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.core.entity.StandardEntity;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rushan Zagidullin
+ * @since 17.07.2018
+ */
+@NamePattern("#{@cuba_NamePatternTestBean.concat('Hello, my name is ', name, '. Sum of numbers = ', @cuba_NamePatternTestBean.sum(number, number2))}|name")
+@Table(name = "TEST_SPEL_NAME_PATTERN_ENTITY")
+@Entity(name = "test$SpelNamePatternEntity")
+public class SpelNamePatternEntity extends StandardEntity {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -833743669993760614L;
+
+    @Column(name = "NAME")
+    protected String name;
+
+    @Column(name = "NUMBER")
+    protected Integer number;
+
+    @Column(name = "NUMBER_2")
+    protected Integer number2;
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getNumber() {
+        return number;
+    }
+
+    public void setNumber(Integer number) {
+        this.number = number;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getNumber2() {
+        return number2;
+    }
+
+    public void setNumber2(Integer number2) {
+        this.number2 = number2;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/modules/core/test/cuba-test-persistence.xml b/modules/core/test/cuba-test-persistence.xml
index b79535257d..6dce56295e 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/cuba-test-persistence.xml
+++ b/modules/core/test/cuba-test-persistence.xml
@@ -91,5 +91,9 @@
         <class>com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.jpa_cascade.JpaCascadeItem</class>
 
         <class>com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.not_persistent.CustomerWithNonPersistentRef</class>
+
+        <class>com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern.MethodNamePatternEntity</class>
+        <class>com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern.SimpleNamePatternEntity</class>
+        <class>com.haulmont.cuba.testmodel.namepattern.SpelNamePatternEntity</class>
     </persistence-unit>
 </persistence>
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diff --git a/modules/global/src/com/haulmont/chile/core/model/utils/InstanceUtils.java b/modules/global/src/com/haulmont/chile/core/model/utils/InstanceUtils.java
index e681a77b34..ea2190a709 100644
--- a/modules/global/src/com/haulmont/chile/core/model/utils/InstanceUtils.java
+++ b/modules/global/src/com/haulmont/chile/core/model/utils/InstanceUtils.java
@@ -25,8 +25,16 @@
 import com.haulmont.cuba.core.global.DevelopmentException;
 import com.haulmont.cuba.core.global.Messages;
 import com.haulmont.cuba.core.global.MetadataTools;
+import com.haulmont.cuba.core.sys.AppContext;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.context.expression.BeanFactoryResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.BeanResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.common.TemplateParserContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -226,6 +234,9 @@ public static String getInstanceName(Instance instance) {
                     throw new RuntimeException("Error getting instance name", e);
                 }
             }
+            if (rec.isSpEL) {
+                return evaluateSpEL(instance, rec.format);
+            }
 
             // lazy initialized messages, used only for enum values
             Messages messages = null;
@@ -252,6 +263,15 @@ public static String getInstanceName(Instance instance) {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String evaluateSpEL(Instance instance, String format) {
+        ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+        StandardEvaluationContext evaluationContext = new StandardEvaluationContext(instance);
+        BeanResolver beanResolver = new BeanFactoryResolver(AppContext.getApplicationContext());
+        evaluationContext.setBeanResolver(beanResolver);
+        Expression expression = parser.parseExpression(format, new TemplateParserContext());
+        return expression.getValue(evaluationContext, String.class);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse a name pattern defined by {@link NamePattern} annotation.
      * @param metaClass entity meta-class
@@ -272,10 +292,13 @@ public static NamePatternRec parseNamePattern(MetaClass metaClass) {
 
         String format = StringUtils.substring(pattern, 0, pos);
         String trimmedFormat = format.trim();
-        String methodName = trimmedFormat.startsWith("#") ? trimmedFormat.substring(1) : null;
+        boolean isSpEL = trimmedFormat.startsWith("#{");
+        String methodName = trimmedFormat.startsWith("#") && !isSpEL ?
+                trimmedFormat.substring(1) :
+                null;
         String fieldsStr = StringUtils.substring(pattern, pos + 1);
         String[] fields = INSTANCE_NAME_SPLIT_PATTERN.split(fieldsStr);
-        return new NamePatternRec(format, methodName, fields);
+        return new NamePatternRec(format, methodName, fields, isSpEL);
     }
 
     public static class NamePatternRec {
@@ -291,11 +314,16 @@ public static class NamePatternRec {
          * Array of property names
          */
         public final String[] fields;
+        /**
+         * Is name pattern described as SpEL
+         */
+        public final boolean isSpEL;
 
-        public NamePatternRec(String format, String methodName, String[] fields) {
+        public NamePatternRec(String format, String methodName, String[] fields, boolean isSpEL) {
             this.fields = fields;
             this.format = format;
             this.methodName = methodName;
+            this.isSpEL = isSpEL;
         }
     }