diff --git a/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php b/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
index 5f22ed6..550a6b1 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class GlobalFunctionsHelper
      * Wrapper around global function file_exists()
      * @see file_exists()
      *
-     * @param string $filename
+     * @param string $fileName
      * @return bool
      */
     public function file_exists($fileName)
@@ -127,11 +127,23 @@ class GlobalFunctionsHelper
         return file_exists($fileName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Wrapper around global function file_get_contents()
+     * @see file_get_contents()
+     *
+     * @param string $filePath
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function file_get_contents($filePath)
+    {
+        return file_get_contents($filePath);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Wrapper around global function is_readable()
      * @see is_readable()
      *
-     * @param string $filename
+     * @param string $fileName
      * @return bool
      */
     public function is_readable($fileName)
@@ -144,11 +156,12 @@ class GlobalFunctionsHelper
      * @see basename()
      *
      * @param string $path
+     * @param string|void $suffix
      * @return string
      */
-    public function basename($path)
+    public function basename($path, $suffix = null)
     {
-        return basename($path);
+        return basename($path, $suffix);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/Helper/XLSX/WorksheetHelper.php b/src/Spout/Reader/Helper/XLSX/WorksheetHelper.php
index a105e01..f531b37 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/Helper/XLSX/WorksheetHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/Helper/XLSX/WorksheetHelper.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Box\Spout\Reader\Helper\XLSX;
 
 use Box\Spout\Reader\Internal\XLSX\Worksheet;
+use Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet;
 
 /**
  * Class WorksheetHelper
@@ -12,11 +13,18 @@ use Box\Spout\Reader\Internal\XLSX\Worksheet;
  */
 class WorksheetHelper
 {
-    /** Path of Content_Types XML file inside the XLSX file */
-    const CONTENT_TYPES_XML_FILE_PATH = '[Content_Types].xml';
+    /** Extension for XML files */
+    const XML_EXTENSION = '.xml';
 
-    /** Main namespace for the [Content_Types].xml file */
+    /** Paths of XML files relative to the XLSX file root */
+    const CONTENT_TYPES_XML_FILE_PATH = '[Content_Types].xml';
+    const WORKBOOK_XML_RELS_FILE_PATH = 'xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels';
+    const WORKBOOK_XML_FILE_PATH = 'xl/workbook.xml';
+
+    /** Namespaces for the XML files */
     const MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_CONTENT_TYPES_XML = 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types';
+    const MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_WORKBOOK_XML_RELS = 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships';
+    const MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_WORKBOOK_XML = 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main';
 
     /** Value of the Override attribute used in [Content_Types].xml to define worksheets */
     const OVERRIDE_CONTENT_TYPES_ATTRIBUTE = 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.worksheet+xml';
@@ -24,12 +32,23 @@ class WorksheetHelper
     /** @var string Path of the XLSX file being read */
     protected $filePath;
 
+    /** @var \Box\Spout\Common\Helper\GlobalFunctionsHelper Helper to work with global functions */
+    protected $globalFunctionsHelper;
+
+    /** @var \SimpleXMLElement XML element representing the workbook.xml.rels file */
+    protected $workbookXMLRelsAsXMLElement;
+
+    /** @var \SimpleXMLElement XML element representing the workbook.xml file */
+    protected $workbookXMLAsXMLElement;
+
     /**
      * @param string $filePath Path of the XLSX file being read
+     * @param \Box\Spout\Common\Helper\GlobalFunctionsHelper $globalFunctionsHelper
      */
-    public function __construct($filePath)
+    public function __construct($filePath, $globalFunctionsHelper)
     {
         $this->filePath = $filePath;
+        $this->globalFunctionsHelper = $globalFunctionsHelper;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,23 +61,139 @@ class WorksheetHelper
     {
         $worksheets = [];
 
-        $xmlContents = file_get_contents('zip://' . $this->filePath . '#' . self::CONTENT_TYPES_XML_FILE_PATH);
-
-        $contentTypes = new \SimpleXMLElement($xmlContents);
-        $contentTypes->registerXPathNamespace('ns', self::MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_CONTENT_TYPES_XML);
+        $contentTypesAsXMLElement = $this->getFileAsXMLElementWithNamespace(
+            self::CONTENT_TYPES_XML_FILE_PATH,
+            self::MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_CONTENT_TYPES_XML
+        );
 
         // find all nodes defining a worksheet
-        $sheetNodes = $contentTypes->xpath('//ns:Override[@ContentType="' . self::OVERRIDE_CONTENT_TYPES_ATTRIBUTE . '"]');
+        $sheetNodes = $contentTypesAsXMLElement->xpath('//ns:Override[@ContentType="' . self::OVERRIDE_CONTENT_TYPES_ATTRIBUTE . '"]');
 
         for ($i = 0; $i < count($sheetNodes); $i++) {
             $sheetNode = $sheetNodes[$i];
             $sheetDataXMLFilePath = (string) $sheetNode->attributes()->PartName;
-            $worksheets[] = new Worksheet($i, $sheetDataXMLFilePath);
+
+            $sheet = $this->getSheet($sheetDataXMLFilePath, $i);
+            $worksheets[] = new Worksheet($sheet, $i, $sheetDataXMLFilePath);
         }
 
         return $worksheets;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of a sheet, given the path of its data XML file.
+     * We first look at "xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels" to find the relationship ID of the sheet.
+     * Then we look at "xl/worbook.xml" to find the sheet entry associated to the found ID.
+     * The entry contains the ID and name of the sheet.
+     *
+     * If this piece of data can't be found by parsing the different XML files, the ID will default
+     * to the sheet index, based on order in [Content_Types].xml. Similarly, the sheet's name will
+     * default to the data sheet XML file name ("xl/worksheets/sheet2.xml" => "sheet2").
+     *
+     * @param string $sheetDataXMLFilePath Path of the sheet data XML file as in [Content_Types].xml
+     * @param int $sheetNumberZeroBased Index of the sheet, based on order in [Content_Types].xml (zero-based)
+     * @return \Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet Sheet instance
+     */
+    protected function getSheet($sheetDataXMLFilePath, $sheetNumberZeroBased)
+    {
+        $sheetId = $sheetNumberZeroBased + 1;
+        $sheetName = $this->getDefaultSheetName($sheetDataXMLFilePath);
+
+        /*
+         * In [Content_Types].xml, the path is "/xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml"
+         * In workbook.xml.rels, it is only "worksheets/sheet1.xml"
+         */
+        $sheetDataXMLFilePathInWorkbookXMLRels = ltrim($sheetDataXMLFilePath, '/xl/');
+
+        // find the node associated to the given file path
+        $workbookXMLResElement = $this->getWorkbookXMLRelsAsXMLElement();
+        $relationshipNodes = $workbookXMLResElement->xpath('//ns:Relationship[@Target="' . $sheetDataXMLFilePathInWorkbookXMLRels . '"]');
+
+        if (count($relationshipNodes) === 1) {
+            $relationshipNode = $relationshipNodes[0];
+            $sheetId = (string) $relationshipNode->attributes()->Id;
+
+            $workbookXMLElement = $this->getWorkbookXMLAsXMLElement();
+            $sheetNodes = $workbookXMLElement->xpath('//ns:sheet[@r:id="' . $sheetId . '"]');
+
+            if (count($sheetNodes) === 1) {
+                $sheetNode = $sheetNodes[0];
+                $sheetId = (int) $sheetNode->attributes()->sheetId;
+                $escapedSheetName = (string) $sheetNode->attributes()->name;
+
+                $escaper = new \Box\Spout\Common\Escaper\XLSX();
+                $sheetName = $escaper->unescape($escapedSheetName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new Sheet($sheetId, $sheetNumberZeroBased, $sheetName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the default name of the sheet whose data is located
+     * at the given path.
+     *
+     * @param $sheetDataXMLFilePath
+     * @return string The default sheet name
+     */
+    protected function getDefaultSheetName($sheetDataXMLFilePath)
+    {
+        return $this->globalFunctionsHelper->basename($sheetDataXMLFilePath, self::XML_EXTENSION);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a representation of the workbook.xml.rels file, ready to be parsed.
+     * The returned value is cached.
+     *
+     * @return \SimpleXMLElement XML element representating the workbook.xml.rels file
+     */
+    protected function getWorkbookXMLRelsAsXMLElement()
+    {
+        if (!$this->workbookXMLRelsAsXMLElement) {
+            $this->workbookXMLRelsAsXMLElement = $this->getFileAsXMLElementWithNamespace(
+                self::WORKBOOK_XML_RELS_FILE_PATH,
+                self::MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_WORKBOOK_XML_RELS
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $this->workbookXMLRelsAsXMLElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a representation of the workbook.xml file, ready to be parsed.
+     * The returned value is cached.
+     *
+     * @return \SimpleXMLElement XML element representating the workbook.xml.rels file
+     */
+    protected function getWorkbookXMLAsXMLElement()
+    {
+        if (!$this->workbookXMLAsXMLElement) {
+            $this->workbookXMLAsXMLElement = $this->getFileAsXMLElementWithNamespace(
+                self::WORKBOOK_XML_FILE_PATH,
+                self::MAIN_NAMESPACE_FOR_WORKBOOK_XML
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $this->workbookXMLAsXMLElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loads the contents of the given file in an XML parser and register the given XPath namespace.
+     *
+     * @param string $xmlFilePath The path of the XML file inside the XLSX file
+     * @param string $mainNamespace The main XPath namespace to register
+     * @return \SimpleXMLElement The XML element representing the file
+     */
+    protected function getFileAsXMLElementWithNamespace($xmlFilePath, $mainNamespace)
+    {
+        $xmlContents = $this->globalFunctionsHelper->file_get_contents('zip://' . $this->filePath . '#' . $xmlFilePath);
+
+        $xmlElement = new \SimpleXMLElement($xmlContents);
+        $xmlElement->registerXPathNamespace('ns', $mainNamespace);
+
+        return $xmlElement;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns whether another worksheet exists after the current worksheet.
      * The order is determined by the order of appearance in the [Content_Types].xml file.
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/Internal/XLSX/Worksheet.php b/src/Spout/Reader/Internal/XLSX/Worksheet.php
index 552c53e..4fd6ca2 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/Internal/XLSX/Worksheet.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/Internal/XLSX/Worksheet.php
@@ -10,18 +10,23 @@ namespace Box\Spout\Reader\Internal\XLSX;
  */
 class Worksheet
 {
+    /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet The "external" sheet */
+    protected $externalSheet;
+
     /** @var int Worksheet number, based on the order of appareance in [Content_Types].xml (zero-based) */
     protected $worksheetNumber;
 
     /** @var string Path of the XML file containing the worksheet data */
     protected $dataXmlFilePath;
 
-    /**
+    /**\
+     * @param \Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet $externalSheet The associated "external" sheet
      * @param int $worksheetNumber Worksheet number, based on the order of appareance in [Content_Types].xml (zero-based)
      * @param string $dataXmlFilePath Path of the XML file containing the worksheet data
      */
-    public function __construct($worksheetNumber, $dataXmlFilePath)
+    public function __construct($externalSheet, $worksheetNumber, $dataXmlFilePath)
     {
+        $this->externalSheet = $externalSheet;
         $this->worksheetNumber = $worksheetNumber;
         $this->dataXmlFilePath = $dataXmlFilePath;
     }
@@ -34,6 +39,14 @@ class Worksheet
         return ltrim($this->dataXmlFilePath, '/');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return \Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet The "external" sheet
+     */
+    public function getExternalSheet()
+    {
+        return $this->externalSheet;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return int
      */
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/Sheet.php b/src/Spout/Reader/Sheet.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b6b0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/Sheet.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Reader;
+
+/**
+ * Class Sheet
+ * Represents a worksheet within a XLSX file
+ *
+ * @package Box\Spout\Reader
+ */
+class Sheet
+{
+    /** @var int ID of the sheet */
+    protected $id;
+
+    /** @var int Number of the sheet, based on order of creation (zero-based) */
+    protected $number;
+
+    /** @var string Name of the sheet */
+    protected $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $sheetId ID of the sheet
+     * @param int $sheetNumber Number of the sheet, based on order of creation (zero-based)
+     * @param string $sheetName Name of the sheet
+     */
+    function __construct($sheetId, $sheetNumber, $sheetName)
+    {
+        $this->id = $sheetId;
+        $this->number = $sheetNumber;
+        $this->name = $sheetName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int ID of the sheet
+     */
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int Number of the sheet, based on order of creation (zero-based)
+     */
+    public function getNumber()
+    {
+        return $this->number;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string Name of the sheet
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX.php b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX.php
index db46707..2fa85f0 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class XLSX extends AbstractReader
             $this->extractSharedStrings($filePath);
 
             // Fetch all available worksheets
-            $this->worksheetHelper = new WorksheetHelper($filePath);
+            $this->worksheetHelper = new WorksheetHelper($filePath, $this->globalFunctionsHelper);
             $this->worksheets = $this->worksheetHelper->getWorksheets($filePath);
 
             if (count($this->worksheets) === 0) {
@@ -119,29 +119,31 @@ class XLSX extends AbstractReader
      * Moves the pointer to the current worksheet.
      * Moving to another worksheet will stop the reading in the current worksheet.
      *
-     * @return void
+     * @return \Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet The next sheet
      * @throws Exception\ReaderNotOpenedException If the stream was not opened first
      * @throws Exception\EndOfWorksheetsReachedException If there is no more worksheets to read
      */
     public function nextSheet()
     {
-        if ($this->hasNextSheet()) {
-            if ($this->currentWorksheet === null) {
-                $nextWorksheet = $this->worksheets[0];
-            } else {
-                $currentWorksheetNumber = $this->currentWorksheet->getWorksheetNumber();
-                $nextWorksheet = $this->worksheets[$currentWorksheetNumber + 1];
-            }
-
-            $this->initXmlReaderForWorksheetData($nextWorksheet);
-            $this->currentWorksheet = $nextWorksheet;
-
-            // make sure that we are ready to read more rows
-            $this->hasReachedEndOfFile = false;
-            $this->emptyRowDataBuffer();
-        } else {
+        if (!$this->hasNextSheet()) {
             throw new EndOfWorksheetsReachedException('End of worksheets was reached. Cannot read more worksheets.');
         }
+
+        if ($this->currentWorksheet === null) {
+            $nextWorksheet = $this->worksheets[0];
+        } else {
+            $currentWorksheetNumber = $this->currentWorksheet->getWorksheetNumber();
+            $nextWorksheet = $this->worksheets[$currentWorksheetNumber + 1];
+        }
+
+        $this->initXmlReaderForWorksheetData($nextWorksheet);
+        $this->currentWorksheet = $nextWorksheet;
+
+        // make sure that we are ready to read more rows
+        $this->hasReachedEndOfFile = false;
+        $this->emptyRowDataBuffer();
+
+        return $this->currentWorksheet->getExternalSheet();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSXTest.php b/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSXTest.php
index 23d26bc..3a1a34f 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSXTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSXTest.php
@@ -200,6 +200,32 @@ class XLSXTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals([], $allRows, 'Sheet with no cells should be correctly processed.');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testNextSheetShouldReturnCorrectSheetInfos()
+    {
+        $resourcePath = $this->getResourcePath('two_sheets_with_custom_names.xlsx');
+        $reader = ReaderFactory::create(Type::XLSX);
+        $reader->open($resourcePath);
+
+        /** @var \Box\Spout\Reader\Sheet[] $sheets */
+        $sheets = [];
+        while ($reader->hasNextSheet()) {
+            $sheets[] = $reader->nextSheet();
+        }
+
+        $reader->close();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('CustomName1', $sheets[0]->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $sheets[0]->getNumber());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $sheets[0]->getId());
+
+        $this->assertEquals('CustomName2', $sheets[1]->getName());
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $sheets[1]->getNumber());
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $sheets[1]->getId());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string $fileName
      * @return array All the read rows the given file
diff --git a/tests/resources/xlsx/two_sheets_with_custom_names.xlsx b/tests/resources/xlsx/two_sheets_with_custom_names.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..722e212
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