Java Regex to Validate Full Name allow only Spaces and Letters

Question

I want regex to validate for only letters and spaces. Basically this is to validate full name. Ex: Mr Steve Collins or Steve Collins I tried this regex.

Answer 1

For those who use java/android and struggle with this matter try:

"^\\p{L}+[\\p{L}\\p{Z}\\p{P}]{0,}"

This works with names like

• José Brasão

Answer 2

check this out.

String name validation only accept alphabets and spaces
public static boolean validateLetters(String txt) {

    String regx = "^[a-zA-Z\\s]+$";
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regx,Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(txt);
    return matcher.find();

}

Answer 3

To validate for only letters and spaces, try this

String name1_exp = "^[a-zA-Z]+[\-'\s]?[a-zA-Z ]+$";

Answer 4

@amal. This code will match your requirement. Only letter and space in between will be allow, no number. The text begin with any letter and could have space in between only. "^" denotes the beginning of the line and "$" denotes end of the line.

public static boolean validateLetters(String txt) {

    String regx = "^[a-zA-Z ]+$";
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regx,Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(txt);
    return matcher.find();

}

Answer 5

Validates such values as: "", "FIR", "FIR ", "FIR LAST"

/^[A-z]*$|^[A-z]+\s[A-z]*$/

Answer 6

This works for me with validation of bootstrap

$(document).ready(function() {
$("#fname").keypress(function(e) {
var regex = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z ]+$");
var str = String.fromCharCode(!e.charCode ? e.which : e.charCode);
if (regex.test(str)) {
 return true;
}