diff --git a/redash/query_runner/google_spreadsheets.py b/redash/query_runner/google_spreadsheets.py
index c84b7f49..e8d125c2 100644
--- a/redash/query_runner/google_spreadsheets.py
+++ b/redash/query_runner/google_spreadsheets.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from base64 import b64decode
 
 from dateutil import parser
 from requests import Session
+from xlsxwriter.utility import xl_col_to_name
 
 from redash.query_runner import *
 from redash.utils import json_dumps
@@ -25,6 +26,29 @@ def _load_key(filename):
         return json.loads(f.read())
 
 
+def _get_columns_and_column_names(row):
+    column_names = []
+    columns = []
+    duplicate_counter = 1
+
+    for i, column_name in enumerate(row):
+        if not column_name:
+            column_name = 'column_{}'.format(xl_col_to_name(i))
+
+        if column_name in column_names:
+            column_name = u"{}{}".format(column_name, duplicate_counter)
+            duplicate_counter += 1
+
+        column_names.append(column_name)
+        columns.append({
+            'name': column_name,
+            'friendly_name': column_name,
+            'type': TYPE_STRING
+        })
+
+    return columns, column_names
+
+
 def _guess_type(value):
     if value == '':
         return TYPE_STRING
@@ -104,21 +128,7 @@ def parse_worksheet(worksheet):
     if not worksheet:
         return {'columns': [], 'rows': []}
 
-    column_names = []
-    columns = []
-    duplicate_counter = 1
-
-    for j, column_name in enumerate(worksheet[HEADER_INDEX]):
-        if column_name in column_names:
-            column_name = u"{}{}".format(column_name, duplicate_counter)
-            duplicate_counter += 1
-
-        column_names.append(column_name)
-        columns.append({
-            'name': column_name,
-            'friendly_name': column_name,
-            'type': TYPE_STRING
-        })
+    columns, column_names = _get_columns_and_column_names(worksheet[HEADER_INDEX])
 
     if len(worksheet) > 1:
         for j, value in enumerate(worksheet[HEADER_INDEX + 1]):
diff --git a/tests/query_runner/test_google_spreadsheets.py b/tests/query_runner/test_google_spreadsheets.py
index f51141c4..1d1cc602 100644
--- a/tests/query_runner/test_google_spreadsheets.py
+++ b/tests/query_runner/test_google_spreadsheets.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 from mock import MagicMock
 
 from redash.query_runner import TYPE_DATETIME, TYPE_FLOAT, TYPE_INTEGER
-from redash.query_runner.google_spreadsheets import TYPE_BOOLEAN, TYPE_STRING, _guess_type, _value_eval_list, parse_query
+from redash.query_runner.google_spreadsheets import TYPE_BOOLEAN, TYPE_STRING, _get_columns_and_column_names, _guess_type, _value_eval_list, parse_query
 from redash.query_runner.google_spreadsheets import WorksheetNotFoundError, parse_spreadsheet, parse_worksheet
 
 
@@ -106,3 +106,23 @@ class TestParseQuery(TestCase):
     def test_parse_query(self):
         parsed = parse_query('key|0')
         self.assertEqual(('key', 0), parsed)
+
+
+class TestGetColumnsAndColumnNames(TestCase):
+    def test_get_columns(self):
+        _columns = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
+        columns, column_names = _get_columns_and_column_names(_columns)
+
+        self.assertEqual(_columns, column_names)
+
+    def test_get_columns_with_duplicated(self):
+        _columns = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'foo', 'baz']
+        columns, column_names = _get_columns_and_column_names(_columns)
+
+        self.assertEqual(['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'foo1', 'baz2'], column_names)
+
+    def test_get_columns_with_blank(self):
+        _columns = ['foo', '', 'baz', '']
+        columns, column_names = _get_columns_and_column_names(_columns)
+
+        self.assertEqual(['foo', 'column_B', 'baz', 'column_D'], column_names)