Index: class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
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--- class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	(revision 23797)
+++ class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php	(working copy)
@@ -1486,6 +1486,10 @@
 			$query['s'] = $filter['s'];
 		}
 
+    if ( isset( $filter['name'] ) ) {
+			$query['name'] = $filter['name'];
+		}
+
 		$posts_list = wp_get_recent_posts( $query );
 
 		if ( ! $posts_list )