jQuery $.grep (or other filtering function) is not the optimal solution.

The $.grep function will loop through all the elements of the array, even if the searched object has been already found during the loop.

From jQuery grep documentation :

The $.grep() method removes items from an array as necessary so that
all remaining items pass a provided test. The test is a function that
is passed an array item and the index of the item within the array.
Only if the test returns true will the item be in the result array.

Provided that your array is not sorted, nothing can beat this:

var getObjectByName = function(name, array) {



    // (!) Cache the array length in a variable

    for (var i = 0, len = test.length; i < len; i++) {



        if (test[i].name === name)

            return test[i]; // Return as soon as the object is found



    }



    return null; // The searched object was not found



}