# 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:** [02.Декабрь.2016 15:44:11 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:** ![ibnesayeed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ibnesayeed/32/120427_2.png) [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)\
**Post date:** [17.Декабрь.2016 14:20:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-mention-full-name-search-is-not-working-for-unicode-names/53691/6 "2016-12-17T14:20:34Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Did all 5000 of those users have the same username though? I agree that once you have a million users, the namespace gets pretty.. crowded.

I am not an Arab, but I have not seen a group of 5+ Arab people among whom there is no one named `Mohamed` or `Ahmed`. Similarly, in India `Kumar` is a very common part of men’s name.

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