diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
index 3a79f57955..044dfa90fb 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_account_settings.py
@@ -275,16 +275,9 @@ class AccountSettingsPageTest(AccountSettingsTestMixin, AcceptanceTest):
             u'Full Name',
             self.full_name,
             u'@',
-            [u'another name', self.full_name],
-        )
-
-        actual_events = self.wait_for_events(event_filter=self.settings_changed_event_filter, number_of_matches=2)
-        self.assert_events_match(
-            [
-                self.expected_settings_changed_event('name', self.full_name, 'another name'),
-                self.expected_settings_changed_event('name', 'another name', self.full_name),
-            ],
-            actual_events
+            [u'<h1>another name<h1>', self.full_name],
+            u'Full Name cannot contain the following characters: < >',
+            False
         )
 
     def test_email_field(self):
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/api.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/api.py
index 1bda1ee67d..9043af0ac9 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/api.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 """
 Programmatic integration point for User API Accounts sub-application
 """
-from django.utils.translation import override as override_language, ugettext as _
-from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
+import re
 import datetime
 from pytz import UTC
+
+from django.utils.translation import override as override_language, ugettext as _
+from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.validators import validate_email, ValidationError
@@ -133,8 +135,10 @@ def update_account_settings(requesting_user, update, username=None):
 
     # If user has requested to change name, store old name because we must update associated metadata
     # after the save process is complete.
+    changing_full_name = False
     old_name = None
     if "name" in update:
+        changing_full_name = True
         old_name = existing_user_profile.name
 
     # Check for fields that are not editable. Marking them read-only causes them to be ignored, but we wish to 400.
@@ -169,6 +173,12 @@ def update_account_settings(requesting_user, update, username=None):
                 "user_message": err.message
             }
 
+    if changing_full_name and contains_html(update['name']):
+        field_errors["name"] = {
+            "developer_message": u"Error thrown from validate_full_name: '{}'".format('Full Name is in-valid'),
+            "user_message": _(u"Full Name cannot contain the following characters: < >")
+        }
+
     # If we have encountered any validation errors, return them to the user.
     if field_errors:
         raise errors.AccountValidationError(field_errors)
@@ -514,6 +524,14 @@ def _get_user_and_profile(username):
     return existing_user, existing_user_profile
 
 
+def contains_html(value):
+    """
+    Validator method to check whether name contains html tags
+    """
+    regex = re.compile('(<|>)', re.UNICODE)
+    return bool(regex.search(value))
+
+
 def _validate(validation_func, err, *args):
     """Generic validation function that returns default on
     no errors, but the message associated with the err class
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_api.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_api.py
index d3157642d3..4e79f7f80c 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_api.py
@@ -179,22 +179,25 @@ class TestAccountApi(UserSettingsEventTestMixin, TestCase):
     def test_update_multiple_validation_errors(self):
         """Test that all validation errors are built up and returned at once"""
         # Send a read-only error, serializer error, and email validation error.
+
         naughty_update = {
             "username": "not_allowed",
             "gender": "undecided",
-            "email": "not an email address"
+            "email": "not an email address",
+            "name": "<p style=\"font-size:300px; color:green;\"></br>Name<input type=\"text\"></br>Content spoof"
         }
 
         with self.assertRaises(AccountValidationError) as context_manager:
             update_account_settings(self.user, naughty_update)
         field_errors = context_manager.exception.field_errors
-        self.assertEqual(3, len(field_errors))
+        self.assertEqual(4, len(field_errors))
         self.assertEqual("This field is not editable via this API", field_errors["username"]["developer_message"])
         self.assertIn(
             "Value \'undecided\' is not valid for field \'gender\'",
             field_errors["gender"]["developer_message"]
         )
         self.assertIn("Valid e-mail address required.", field_errors["email"]["developer_message"])
+        self.assertIn("Full Name cannot contain the following characters: < >", field_errors["name"]["user_message"])
 
     @patch('django.core.mail.send_mail')
     @patch('student.views.render_to_string', Mock(side_effect=mock_render_to_string, autospec=True))