diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index 322e054bc9..f99535cab7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -1615,16 +1615,12 @@ final class Tools {
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     private static final int      FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE = 128;
-    private static final String[] V_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS;
-    private static final String[] C_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS;
-    private static final Name[]   V_FIELD_NAMES;
-    private static final Name[]   C_FIELD_NAMES;
+    private static final String[] FIELD_NAME_STRINGS;
+    private static final Name[]   FIELD_NAMES;
 
     static {
-        V_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS = IntStream.range(0, FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE).mapToObj(Tools::fieldNameStringV0).toArray(String[]::new);
-        C_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS = IntStream.range(0, FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE).mapToObj(Tools::fieldNameStringC0).toArray(String[]::new);
-        V_FIELD_NAMES = IntStream.range(0, FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE).mapToObj(i -> name(V_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS[i])).toArray(Name[]::new);
-        C_FIELD_NAMES = IntStream.range(0, FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE).mapToObj(i -> name(C_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS[i])).toArray(Name[]::new);
+        FIELD_NAME_STRINGS = IntStream.range(0, FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE).mapToObj(Tools::fieldNameString0).toArray(String[]::new);
+        FIELD_NAMES = IntStream.range(0, FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE).mapToObj(i -> name(FIELD_NAME_STRINGS[i])).toArray(Name[]::new);
     }
 
     static final <T> SortField<T> sortField(OrderField<T> field) {
@@ -1648,28 +1644,16 @@ final class Tools {
     }
 
     // TODO: Check if these field names are ever really needed, or if we can just use the C field names
-    private static final String fieldNameStringV0(int index) {
+    private static final String fieldNameString0(int index) {
         return "v" + index;
     }
 
-    private static final String fieldNameStringC0(int index) {
-        return "c" + (index + 1);
-    }
-
     static final String fieldNameString(int index) {
-        return index < FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE ? V_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS[index] : fieldNameStringV0(index);
-    }
-
-    static final String fieldNameStringC(int index) {
-        return index < FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE ? C_FIELD_NAME_STRINGS[index] : fieldNameStringC0(index);
+        return index < FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE ? FIELD_NAME_STRINGS[index] : fieldNameString0(index);
     }
 
     static final Name fieldName(int index) {
-        return index < FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE ? V_FIELD_NAMES[index] : name(fieldNameStringV0(index));
-    }
-
-    static final Name fieldNameC(int index) {
-        return index < FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE ? C_FIELD_NAMES[index] : name(fieldNameStringC0(index));
+        return index < FIELD_NAME_CACHE_SIZE ? FIELD_NAMES[index] : name(fieldNameString0(index));
     }
 
     static final Name[] fieldNames(int length) {
@@ -1690,24 +1674,6 @@ final class Tools {
         return result;
     }
 
-    static final Name[] fieldNamesC(int length) {
-        Name[] result = new Name[length];
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
-            result[i] = fieldNameC(i);
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    static final String[] fieldNameStringsC(int length) {
-        String[] result = new String[length];
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
-            result[i] = fieldNameStringC(i);
-
-        return result;
-    }
-
     static final Field<?>[] fields(int length) {
         return fields(length, SQLDataType.OTHER);
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java
index aadeef3502..5c8865dc92 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java
@@ -66,11 +66,9 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_STRUCT;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_TABLE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_UNNEST;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_VALUES;
-import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_VALUES;
 import static org.jooq.impl.QueryPartListView.wrap;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SubqueryCharacteristics.DERIVED_TABLE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_ROW;
-import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.fieldNamesC;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.isEmpty;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.map;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.visitSubquery;
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@ import org.jooq.Row;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.Select;
 import org.jooq.Table;
-import org.jooq.TableOptions;
 import org.jooq.conf.ParamType;
 import org.jooq.impl.QOM.UnmodifiableList;
 
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@ implements
     private transient DataType<?>[] types;
 
     Values(Row[] rows) {
-        this(rows, name("v"), fieldNamesC(degree(rows)));
+        this(rows, name("v"), fieldAliases(degree(rows)));
     }
 
     Values(Row[] rows, Name alias, Name[] fieldAliases) {
@@ -121,6 +118,15 @@ implements
         this.rows = assertNotEmpty(rows);
     }
 
+    private static Name[] fieldAliases(int degree) {
+        Name[] result = new Name[degree];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++)
+            result[i] = name("c" + (i + 1));
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private static final int degree(Row[] rows) {
         return isEmpty(rows) ? 0 : rows[0].size();
     }
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ implements
 
     @Override
     final FieldsImpl<R> fields0() {
-        return new FieldsImpl<>(map(fieldAliases, (n, i) -> DSL.field(n, rows[0].dataType(i))));
+        return new FieldsImpl<>(map(fieldAliases, (n, i) -> DSL.field(alias.append(n), rows[0].dataType(i))));
     }
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------