diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index fec2e5ead..01b2c5b08 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -789,6 +789,10 @@
         {
             "name": "Patrick Jaap",
             "type": "Other"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Wolf, Ron",
+            "type": "Other"
         }
     ],
     "upload_type": "software"
diff --git a/StatsPlots/src/df.jl b/StatsPlots/src/df.jl
index f4df36d88..e2c986be5 100644
--- a/StatsPlots/src/df.jl
+++ b/StatsPlots/src/df.jl
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ get_col(syms, col_nt, names) = hcat((get_col(s, col_nt, names) for s ∈ syms)..
 
 # get the appropriate name when passed an Integer
 add_sym!(cols, i::Integer, names) = push!(cols, names[i])
+# get the appropriate name when passed an AbstractString
+add_sym!(cols, str::AbstractString, names) = add_sym!(cols, Symbol(str), names)
 # check for errors in Symbols
 add_sym!(cols, s::Symbol, names) = s in names ? push!(cols, s) : cols
 # recursively extract column names