diff -r fe532dccf8f6 Lib/unittest/mock.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py	Mon Apr 14 10:30:43 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py	Tue Apr 15 01:39:44 2014 +0530
@@ -2083,6 +2083,10 @@
     elif is_type and instance and not _instance_callable(spec):
         Klass = NonCallableMagicMock
 
+    if 'name' in _kwargs:
+        _name = _kwargs['name']
+        del _kwargs['name']
+
     _new_name = _name
     if _parent is None:
         # for a top level object no _new_name should be set
diff -r fe532dccf8f6 Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py	Mon Apr 14 10:30:43 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py	Tue Apr 15 01:39:44 2014 +0530
@@ -1164,6 +1164,11 @@
                 func.mock_calls, [call(1, 2), call(3, 4)]
             )
 
+    #Issue21222
+    def test_create_autospec_withname(self):
+        def b():
+            pass
+        q = mock.create_autospec(b, name="a")
 
     def test_mock_add_spec(self):
         class _One(object):