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Name Regex Generator and Validator

Create a Rules based Regular Expression for Name Validation (Login name, User name, First name, Last name, Domain name, Company Name)

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Name Regex Generator and Validator


Generate Regular expression for name based on rules. OR Enter your regular expression and use validator below to verify different name inputs

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You can enter different name to validate for above generated Regular expression. You can also copy other name regex patterns in Regex field and validate it here

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Regular Expression Reference Table for different patterns of Name

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InputExpressionExample
Default Name format-First letter of first name is capitalized,allow unicode charaters^[A-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я][a-zA-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я]{8,24}$Andrew Ádomá
Allow Alphabets any case^[a-zA-ZÀ-ÿ]andrew Jhon
Allow Numbers^^[A-Z][a-z0-9]AndrewJhon09
Allow Only UpperCase^[A-Z]JHON
Allow Only LowerCase^[a-z]jhon
Allow Dot^[A-Z][a-z.]$Andrew.jhon
Allow Hyphen^[A-Z][a-z-]$Andrew-jhon
Allow Apostrophe^[A-Z][a-z’]$Andrew d'jhon
Allow Comma^[A-Z][a-z,]$Andrew,jhon
Allow Space^[A-Z][a-z ]$Andrew jhon
Minimum Length check^[A-Z][a-z]{6,}$Andrew
Maximum Length check^[A-Z][a-z]{8,24}$Martin Luther King Jr
Allow Unicode Characters^[A-ZÀ-ÿÀ-ÿЁёА-я][a-zA-ZÀ-ÿÀ-ÿЁёА-я-'. ,]{8,24}$Артём Ádomá
Allow first letter of each name in capitalized^(?:[A-Z][^\s]*\s?)+$Andrew Jhon

What is a Name Regex Generator and Validator Tool?

A name regex generator and validator tool is a program that helps you to create and test regular expressions (regex) for matching and validating names. Regular expression rules for 'names' are to ensure that names conform to a specific format or pattern.

Why Use a Name Regex Generator and Validator Tool?

  • To ensure data integrity: By validating names with regex, you can help to ensure that your data is accurate and consistent.
  • To improve data cleansing: Regex can be used to identify and correct errors in name data, such as typos or misspellings.
  • To create custom name formats: . For example, you could create a regex to match names that are only two words long, or names that start with a capital letter.

What Features Should a Name Regex Generator and Validator Tool Have?

A good name regex generator and validator tool should have the following features:
  • A user-friendly interface: The tool should be easy to use, even if you are not familiar with regex.
  • The ability to generate regex for different name formats: The tool should be able to generate regex for a variety of name formats, such as first names, last names, and full names.
  • The ability to test regex against real-world data: The tool should allow you to test your regex against real-world data to ensure that they are working correctly.
  • The ability to share regex: The tool should allow you to share regex with others.

What are Some Examples of Name Regex Patterns?

Here are some examples of name regex patterns:
  • A-Z a-z': This pattern will match any name that consists of only uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • \w': This pattern will match any name that consists of alphanumeric characters and underscores.
  • \b[A-Z]\w\b':* This pattern will match any name that starts with a capital letter and consists of only alphanumeric characters.
  • ^[\p{L} ]*.{5,10}$ -This pattern validates for length with min 5 and max 10, allows alphabets, no digits , allows only space char.
  • ^(?:[A-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я0-9_ .][^\s-]*\s?)+$ - This pattern validates for length with min 8 and max 256, allow alphabets and digits, allows -, . and _ as special char and validates for Title Case

Frequently Asked Questions on Name Regex Generator

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  • Regex stands for Regular Expression and it's a pattern of characters in a specific format that can act as a rule and can be used to check adherence or match of an input text to the rules. A name regex is a pattern for matching names. Example of a name regular expression is ^[A-ZÀ-ÿÀ-ÿЁёА-я][a-zA-ZÀ-ÿÀ-ÿЁёА-я-'. ,] This input matches any name / text which is having Alphabets with space without digit,Starting letter in capital,Allows Unicode characters.

  • This regex patterns finds the match for name with Alphabets with space without digit,Starting letter in capital,Allows Unicode characters. ^[A-ZÀ-ÿÀ-ÿЁёА-я][a-zA-ZÀ-ÿÀ-ÿЁёА-я]$

  • The min and max length for name are set using regex ^[A-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я][a-zA-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я ]{8,256}$ This regex pattern finds the match for such names and mandates min length as 8 and max as 256.

  • The regular expression engine provides support for Unicode characters Unicode support that can be offered by regular expression engines Level 1: Basic Unicode Support. At this level, the regular expression engine provides support for Unicode characters as basic logical units. This is independent of the actual serialization of Unicode as UTF-8, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32BE, or UTF-32LE. This is a minimal level for useful Unicode support. Level 2: Extended Unicode Support. At this level, the regular expression engine also accounts for extended grapheme clusters , better detection of word boundaries, and canonical equivalence.

  • ^[A-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я][a-zA-ZÀ-ÿЁёА-я]{8,256}$. This regex pattern finds the match for such names with unicode character. ^[\p{L} ]*.{8,256}$. This regex pattern matches any kind of letters/unicode from any language.

  • To match a special character, precede it with a backslash, like this \*. Example \. matches "."; regex \+ matches "+"; and regex \( matches "(". Need to use regex \\ to match "\" (back-slash).