diff --git a/src/item/ChangeFlags.js b/src/item/ChangeFlags.js
index b4fad921..6d7dfdb3 100644
--- a/src/item/ChangeFlags.js
+++ b/src/item/ChangeFlags.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 var ChangeFlags = {
 	GEOMETRY: 1, // Item geometry (path, bounds)
 	STROKE: 2, // Stroke geometry (excluding color)
-	STYLE: 4, // Fille style or stroke color / dash,
-	HIERARCHY: 8 // Change in item hierarchy
+	STYLE: 4, // Fill style or stroke color / dash,
+	APPEARANCE: 8, // Visible item attributes: visible, blendMode, opacity ...
+	ATTRIBUTE: 16, // Any attributes, also inviislbe ones: locked, name, ...
+	HIERARCHY: 32 // Change in item hierarchy
 };
diff --git a/src/item/Group.js b/src/item/Group.js
index f3fc54af..044aeb72 100644
--- a/src/item/Group.js
+++ b/src/item/Group.js
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var Group = this.Group = Item.extend({
 	 */
 	initialize: function(items) {
 		this.base();
+		// Allow Group to have children and named children
 		this._children = [];
 		this._namedChildren = {};
 		this.setChildren(!items || !Array.isArray(items)
diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index 7cfe0d2d..40117c98 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -85,22 +85,22 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend({
 	},
 
 	setName: function(name) {
-		// Empty name '' is stored as undefined internally
-		if ((name || '') === (this._name || ''))
-			return;
-		var children = this._parent._children,
-			namedChildren = this._parent._namedChildren;
-		// If the item already had a name,
-		// remove its property from the parent's children object:
+		// Note: Don't check if the name has changed and bail out if it has not,
+		// because setName is used internally also to update internal structures
+		// when an item is moved from one parent to another.
+
+		// If the item already had a name, remove the reference to it from the
+		// parent's children object:
 		if (this._name)
 			this._removeFromNamed();
+		this._name = name || undefined;
 		if (name) {
+			var children = this._parent._children,
+				namedChildren = this._parent._namedChildren;
 			(namedChildren[name] = namedChildren[name] || []).push(this);
 			children[name] = this;
-		} else if (this._name) {
-			delete children[this._name];
 		}
-		this._name = name || undefined;
+		this._changed(ChangeFlags.ATTRIBUTE);
 	},
 
 	/**
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend({
 			this._selected = selected;
 			this._project._updateSelection(this);
 		}
+		this._changed(ChangeFlags.ATTRIBUTE | ChangeFlags.APPEARANCE);
 	},
 
 	_selected: false,
@@ -243,8 +244,6 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend({
 	// TODO: Change to getter / setters for these below that notify of changes
 	// through _changed()
 
-	// TODO: Item#isLocked is currently ignored in the documentation, as
-	// locking an item currently has no effect
 	/**
 	 * Specifies whether the item is locked.
 	 * 
@@ -294,6 +293,7 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend({
 			this.setFillColor(null);
 			this.setStrokeColor(null);
 		}
+		this._changed(ChangeFlags.ATTRIBUTE | ChangeFlags.APPEARANCE);
 	},
 
 	/**
@@ -514,10 +514,15 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend({
 		var children = this._parent._children,
 			namedChildren = this._parent._namedChildren,
 			name = this._name,
-			namedArray = namedChildren[name];
-		if (children[name] = this)
+			namedArray = namedChildren[name],
+			index = namedArray ? namedArray.indexOf(this) : -1;
+		if (index == -1)
+			return;
+		// Remove the named reference
+		if (children[name] == this)
 			delete children[name];
-		namedArray.splice(namedArray.indexOf(this), 1);
+		// Remove this entry
+		namedArray.splice(index, 1);
 		// If there are any items left in the named array, set
 		// the last of them to be this.parent.children[this.name]
 		if (namedArray.length) {
diff --git a/src/path/CompoundPath.js b/src/path/CompoundPath.js
index e137cb26..6fa23036 100644
--- a/src/path/CompoundPath.js
+++ b/src/path/CompoundPath.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ var CompoundPath = this.CompoundPath = PathItem.extend({
 	 */
 	initialize: function(paths) {
 		this.base();
+		// Allow CompoundPath to have children and named children.
 		this._children = [];
+		this._namedChildren = {};
 		// Do not reassign to paths, since arguments would get modified, which
 		// we potentially use as array, depending on what is passed.
 		var items = !paths || !Array.isArray(paths)
diff --git a/test/tests/Item.js b/test/tests/Item.js
index 1de5c25a..33d9885f 100644
--- a/test/tests/Item.js
+++ b/test/tests/Item.js
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ test('Check parent children object for named item', function() {
 	}, true);
 });
 
-test('Named child access', function() {
+test('Named child access 1', function() {
 	var path = new Path();
 	path.name = 'test';
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ test('Named child access 2', function() {
 	}, true);
 });
 
-test('Named child access 2', function() {
+test('Named child access 3', function() {
 	var path = new Path();
 	path.name = 'test';
 
@@ -360,28 +360,41 @@ test('Named child access 2', function() {
 	equals(function() {
 		return paper.project.activeLayer.children['test'] == path;
 	}, true);
-	
+
+	// TODO: Tests should not access internal properties
 	equals(function() {
-		return paper.project.activeLayer._namedChildren['test'].length == 1;
-	}, true);
+		return paper.project.activeLayer._namedChildren['test'].length;
+	}, 1);
 
 	equals(function() {
 		return group.children['test'] == path2;
 	}, true);
-	
+
 	equals(function() {
 		return group._namedChildren['test'].length == 1;
 	}, true);
-	
-	paper.project.activeLayer.addChild(path2);
+
+	equals(function() {
+		return paper.project.activeLayer._namedChildren['test'][0] == path;
+	}, true);
+
+	paper.project.activeLayer.appendTop(path2);
+
+	equals(function() {
+		return group.children['test'] == null;
+	}, true);
 
 	equals(function() {
 		return group._namedChildren['test'] === undefined;
 	}, true);
-	
+
 	equals(function() {
-		return paper.project.activeLayer._namedChildren['test'].length == 2;
+		return paper.project.activeLayer.children['test'] == path2;
 	}, true);
+
+	equals(function() {
+		return paper.project.activeLayer._namedChildren['test'].length;
+	}, 2);
 });
 
 test('Setting name of child back to null', function() {