# User mention full name search is not working for Unicode names

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-mention-full-name-search-is-not-working-for-unicode-names/53691
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [December 2, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-mention-full-name-search-is-not-working-for-unicode-names/53691 "2016-12-02T15:44:11Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-mention-full-name-search-is-not-working-for-unicode-names/53691/2 "2016-12-02T15:52:06Z")

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> [@ibnesayeed](#):
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> a feature would be great if name lookup continues after @ is typed, even if spaces are added to the text, until the server exhausted suggestions. This would be useful in situations where the first name is very common and to find a specific user, one must also type part of the middle or last name until the desired name shows up in the auto-complete list.

> [@Full name @mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-mentions/23896/23):
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> Nope, we are not ever adding spaces to matches for mentions. Sorry. That’s never gonna happen on my watch.

That being said, after using a board with 5.000 people with the same first name, I would like an option to allow spaces.

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