diff --git a/src/js/component.js b/src/js/component.js
index 1f338f9086..89f4430a9e 100644
--- a/src/js/component.js
+++ b/src/js/component.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as Dom from './utils/dom.js';
 import DomData from './utils/dom-data';
 import * as Fn from './utils/fn.js';
 import * as Guid from './utils/guid.js';
-import toTitleCase from './utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase, toLowerCase} from './utils/string-cases.js';
 import mergeOptions from './utils/merge-options.js';
 import computedStyle from './utils/computed-style';
 
@@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ class Component {
       return;
     }
 
-    name = toTitleCase(name);
-
     return this.childNameIndex_[name];
   }
 
@@ -435,6 +433,7 @@ class Component {
 
     if (componentName) {
       this.childNameIndex_[componentName] = component;
+      this.childNameIndex_[toLowerCase(componentName)] = component;
     }
 
     // Add the UI object's element to the container div (box)
@@ -483,7 +482,8 @@ class Component {
     component.parentComponent_ = null;
 
     this.childIndex_[component.id()] = null;
-    this.childNameIndex_[component.name()] = null;
+    this.childNameIndex_[toTitleCase(component.name())] = null;
+    this.childNameIndex_[toLowerCase(component.name())] = null;
 
     const compEl = component.el();
 
@@ -1545,6 +1545,7 @@ class Component {
     }
 
     Component.components_[name] = ComponentToRegister;
+    Component.components_[toLowerCase(name)] = ComponentToRegister;
 
     return ComponentToRegister;
   }
@@ -1564,15 +1565,11 @@ class Component {
    *             return that if it exists.
    */
   static getComponent(name) {
-    if (!name) {
+    if (!name || !Component.components_) {
       return;
     }
 
-    name = toTitleCase(name);
-
-    if (Component.components_ && Component.components_[name]) {
-      return Component.components_[name];
-    }
+    return Component.components_[name];
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/chapters-button.js b/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/chapters-button.js
index 977dfeb075..11947d4a75 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/chapters-button.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/chapters-button.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import TextTrackButton from './text-track-button.js';
 import Component from '../../component.js';
 import ChaptersTrackMenuItem from './chapters-track-menu-item.js';
-import toTitleCase from '../../utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase} from '../../utils/string-cases.js';
 
 /**
  * The button component for toggling and selecting chapters
diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/subs-caps-button.js b/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/subs-caps-button.js
index 9452d34580..5667f6d9b1 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/subs-caps-button.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/text-track-controls/subs-caps-button.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import TextTrackButton from './text-track-button.js';
 import Component from '../../component.js';
 import CaptionSettingsMenuItem from './caption-settings-menu-item.js';
 import SubsCapsMenuItem from './subs-caps-menu-item.js';
-import toTitleCase from '../../utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase} from '../../utils/string-cases.js';
 /**
  * The button component for toggling and selecting captions and/or subtitles
  *
diff --git a/src/js/menu/menu-button.js b/src/js/menu/menu-button.js
index 7b78689308..c3ddc436eb 100644
--- a/src/js/menu/menu-button.js
+++ b/src/js/menu/menu-button.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Button from '../button.js';
 import Component from '../component.js';
 import Menu from './menu.js';
 import * as Dom from '../utils/dom.js';
-import toTitleCase from '../utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase} from '../utils/string-cases.js';
 import { IS_IOS } from '../utils/browser.js';
 import keycode from 'keycode';
 
diff --git a/src/js/player.js b/src/js/player.js
index 2294e7fdfa..d7b47049f7 100644
--- a/src/js/player.js
+++ b/src/js/player.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import * as Guid from './utils/guid.js';
 import * as browser from './utils/browser.js';
 import {IE_VERSION, IS_CHROME, IS_WINDOWS} from './utils/browser.js';
 import log, { createLogger } from './utils/log.js';
-import toTitleCase, { titleCaseEquals } from './utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase, titleCaseEquals} from './utils/string-cases.js';
 import { createTimeRange } from './utils/time-ranges.js';
 import { bufferedPercent } from './utils/buffer.js';
 import * as stylesheet from './utils/stylesheet.js';
diff --git a/src/js/tech/html5.js b/src/js/tech/html5.js
index 6c0d21e7f4..92e5f6fee9 100644
--- a/src/js/tech/html5.js
+++ b/src/js/tech/html5.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import document from 'global/document';
 import window from 'global/window';
 import {assign} from '../utils/obj';
 import mergeOptions from '../utils/merge-options.js';
-import toTitleCase from '../utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase} from '../utils/string-cases.js';
 import {NORMAL as TRACK_TYPES} from '../tracks/track-types';
 import setupSourceset from './setup-sourceset';
 
diff --git a/src/js/tech/loader.js b/src/js/tech/loader.js
index 7df0a02b8d..bb85b2e72b 100644
--- a/src/js/tech/loader.js
+++ b/src/js/tech/loader.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 import Component from '../component.js';
 import Tech from './tech.js';
-import toTitleCase from '../utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase} from '../utils/string-cases.js';
 import mergeOptions from '../utils/merge-options.js';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/js/tech/middleware.js b/src/js/tech/middleware.js
index 0329597fe3..1653d48d04 100644
--- a/src/js/tech/middleware.js
+++ b/src/js/tech/middleware.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @module middleware
  */
 import { assign } from '../utils/obj.js';
-import toTitleCase from '../utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toTitleCase} from '../utils/string-cases.js';
 
 const middlewares = {};
 const middlewareInstances = {};
diff --git a/src/js/tech/tech.js b/src/js/tech/tech.js
index 9484014507..41a13b22ab 100644
--- a/src/js/tech/tech.js
+++ b/src/js/tech/tech.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import window from 'global/window';
 import document from 'global/document';
 import {isPlain} from '../utils/obj';
 import * as TRACK_TYPES from '../tracks/track-types';
-import toTitleCase from '../utils/to-title-case';
+import {toTitleCase, toLowerCase} from '../utils/string-cases.js';
 import vtt from 'videojs-vtt.js';
 
 /**
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ class Tech extends Component {
     name = toTitleCase(name);
 
     Tech.techs_[name] = tech;
+    Tech.techs_[toLowerCase(name)] = tech;
     if (name !== 'Tech') {
       // camel case the techName for use in techOrder
       Tech.defaultTechOrder_.push(name);
@@ -941,12 +942,12 @@ class Tech extends Component {
       return;
     }
 
-    name = toTitleCase(name);
-
     if (Tech.techs_ && Tech.techs_[name]) {
       return Tech.techs_[name];
     }
 
+    name = toTitleCase(name);
+
     if (window && window.videojs && window.videojs[name]) {
       log.warn(`The ${name} tech was added to the videojs object when it should be registered using videojs.registerTech(name, tech)`);
       return window.videojs[name];
diff --git a/src/js/utils/to-title-case.js b/src/js/utils/string-cases.js
similarity index 52%
rename from src/js/utils/to-title-case.js
rename to src/js/utils/string-cases.js
index b4e44d56a8..5d4d5670e6 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/to-title-case.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/string-cases.js
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 /**
- * @file to-title-case.js
- * @module to-title-case
+ * @file string-cases.js
+ * @module to-lower-case
  */
 
+/**
+ * Lowercase the first letter of a string.
+ *
+ * @param {string} string
+ *        String to be lowercased
+ *
+ * @return {string}
+ *         The string with a lowercased first letter
+ */
+export const toLowerCase = function(string) {
+  if (typeof string !== 'string') {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  return string.replace(/./, (w) => w.toLowerCase());
+};
+
 /**
  * Uppercase the first letter of a string.
  *
@@ -12,15 +29,13 @@
  * @return {string}
  *         The string with an uppercased first letter
  */
-function toTitleCase(string) {
+export const toTitleCase = function(string) {
   if (typeof string !== 'string') {
     return string;
   }
 
-  return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
-}
-
-export default toTitleCase;
+  return string.replace(/./, (w) => w.toUpperCase());
+};
 
 /**
  * Compares the TitleCase versions of the two strings for equality.
@@ -34,6 +49,6 @@ export default toTitleCase;
  * @return {boolean}
  *         Whether the TitleCase versions of the strings are equal
  */
-export function titleCaseEquals(str1, str2) {
+export const titleCaseEquals = function(str1, str2) {
   return toTitleCase(str1) === toTitleCase(str2);
-}
+};
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/to-title-case.test.js b/test/unit/utils/string-cases.test.js
similarity index 66%
rename from test/unit/utils/to-title-case.test.js
rename to test/unit/utils/string-cases.test.js
index 8eaec3cf53..4849ee72aa 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils/to-title-case.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/utils/string-cases.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-env qunit */
-import toTitleCase, { titleCaseEquals } from '../../../src/js/utils/to-title-case.js';
+import {toLowerCase, toTitleCase, titleCaseEquals} from '../../../src/js/utils/string-cases.js';
 
-QUnit.module('to-title-case');
+QUnit.module('string-cases');
 
-QUnit.test('should make a string start with an uppercase letter', function(assert) {
+QUnit.test('toTitleCase should make a string start with an uppercase letter', function(assert) {
   const foo = toTitleCase('bar');
 
   assert.ok(foo === 'Bar');
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ QUnit.test('titleCaseEquals compares whether the TitleCase of two strings is equ
   assert.notOk(titleCaseEquals('foobar', 'fooBar'), 'foobar does not equal fooBar');
   assert.notOk(titleCaseEquals('fooBar', 'FOOBAR'), 'fooBar does not equal fooBAR');
 });
+
+QUnit.test('toLowerCase should make a string start with a lowercase letter', function(assert) {
+  const foo = toLowerCase('BAR');
+
+  assert.ok(foo === 'bAR');
+});