diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/CreateTableColumnStep.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/CreateTableColumnStep.java
index 134150871d..f4f1bce4a3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/CreateTableColumnStep.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/CreateTableColumnStep.java
@@ -102,6 +102,28 @@ public interface CreateTableColumnStep extends CreateTableAsStep<Record>, Create
     @Support
     CreateTableColumnStep columns(Field<?>... fields);
 
+    /**
+     * Add several columns to the column list of the <code>CREATE TABLE</code>
+     * statement.
+     * <p>
+     * This is the same as calling {@link #column(Field, DataType)} for each
+     * column. Lacking an explicit data type, this makes sense only for a
+     * <code>CREATE TABLE AS SELECT...</code> statement.
+     */
+    @Support
+    CreateTableColumnStep columns(Name... fields);
+
+    /**
+     * Add several columns to the column list of the <code>CREATE TABLE</code>
+     * statement.
+     * <p>
+     * This is the same as calling {@link #column(Field, DataType)} for each
+     * column. Lacking an explicit data type, this makes sense only for a
+     * <code>CREATE TABLE AS SELECT...</code> statement.
+     */
+    @Support
+    CreateTableColumnStep columns(String... fields);
+
     /**
      * Add several columns to the column list of the <code>CREATE TABLE</code>
      * statement.
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java
index 3b8da76225..f3925057c7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java
@@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ final class CreateTableImpl extends AbstractQuery implements
         return columns(Arrays.asList(fields));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final CreateTableImpl columns(Name... fields) {
+        return columns(Tools.fieldsByName(fields));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final CreateTableImpl columns(String... fields) {
+        return columns(Tools.fieldsByName(fields));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final CreateTableImpl columns(Collection<? extends Field<?>> fields) {
         for (Field<?> field : fields)