diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt
index dae143b03b6..8f889d08437 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ native("lastIndexOf")
 public fun String.nativeLastIndexOf(str : String, fromIndex : Int) : Int = noImpl
 
 library("splitString")
-public fun String.splitByRegex(regex: String): Array<String> = noImpl
+public fun String.splitWithRegex(regex: String): Array<String> = noImpl
 
 library("splitString")
-public fun String.splitByRegex(regex: String, limit: Int): Array<String> = noImpl
+public fun String.splitWithRegex(regex: String, limit: Int): Array<String> = noImpl
+
+deprecated("Use splitWithRegex (temporary)")
+library("splitString")
+public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = noImpl
+
+deprecated("Use splitWithRegex (temporary)")
+library("splitString")
+public fun String.split(regex: String, limit: Int): Array<String> = noImpl
+
 
 native public fun String.substring(beginIndex : Int) : String = noImpl
 native public fun String.substring(beginIndex : Int, endIndex : Int) : String = noImpl
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
index ad13569ea87..d7b5977a634 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
@@ -760,7 +760,8 @@ public fun String.splitToSequence(vararg delimiters: String, ignoreCase: Boolean
  * the beginning to the end of this string, and matches at each position the first element in [delimiters]
  * that is equal to a delimiter in this instance at that position.
  */
-public fun String.split(vararg delimiters: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false, limit: Int = 0): List<String> =
+deprecated("Temporary name 'splitBy' shall be replaced soon with 'split'.")
+public fun String.splitBy(vararg delimiters: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false, limit: Int = 0): List<String> =
         splitToSequence(*delimiters, ignoreCase = ignoreCase, limit = limit).toList()
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 7970f5af5f2..17d4f9349f3 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ public fun String.format(locale: Locale, vararg args : Any?) : String = java.lan
  */
 public fun String.split(regex: Pattern, limit: Int = 0): List<String> = regex.split(this, limit).asList()
 
+/**
+ * Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.
+ */
+deprecated("Convert an argument to regex with toRegex or use splitBy instead.")
+public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = split(regex.toRegex()).copyToArray()
+
 
 /**
  * Returns a substring of this string starting with the specified index.
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt
index 6c0b04cc79f..bd0e9a7bbd3 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class CollectionTest {
     }
 
     test fun decomposeSplit() {
-        val (key, value) = "key = value".split("=").map { it.trim() }
+        val (key, value) = "key = value".splitBy("=").map { it.trim() }
         assertEquals(key, "key")
         assertEquals(value, "value")
     }
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
index 00ebce6d464..394ce0686f4 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
@@ -292,14 +292,14 @@ class StringTest {
 
 
     test fun split() {
-        assertEquals(listOf(""), "".split(";"))
+        assertEquals(listOf(""), "".splitBy(";"))
         assertEquals(listOf("test"), "test".split(*charArray()), "empty list of delimiters, none matched -> entire string returned")
-        assertEquals(listOf("test"), "test".split(*array<String>()), "empty list of delimiters, none matched -> entire string returned")
+        assertEquals(listOf("test"), "test".splitBy(*array<String>()), "empty list of delimiters, none matched -> entire string returned")
 
         assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123;456"), "abc;def,123;456".split(';', ',', limit = 3))
-        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc<BR>def<br>123<bR>456".split("<BR>", ignoreCase = true))
+        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc<BR>def<br>123<bR>456".splitBy("<BR>", ignoreCase = true))
 
-        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc=-def==123=456".split("==", "=-", "="))
+        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc=-def==123=456".splitBy("==", "=-", "="))
     }
 
     test fun splitToLines() {