diff --git a/src/data/constants.js b/src/data/constants.js
index 37c9e0ae..215ac49d 100644
--- a/src/data/constants.js
+++ b/src/data/constants.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = '(^[-!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{}|~0-9A-Z]+(\\.[-!#$%&\'*+
                                  + '|\\[(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[0-1]?\\d?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[0-1]?\\d?\\d)){3}\\]$';
 export const LETTER_REGEX = /[a-zA-Z]/;
 export const NUMBER_REGEX = /\d/;
+export const VALID_NAME_REGEX = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)?/gi; // eslint-disable-line no-useless-escape
 
 // Query string parameters that can be passed to LMS to manage
 // things like auto-enrollment upon login and registration.
diff --git a/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx b/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx
index bf6bc8f0..bf833d44 100644
--- a/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx
+++ b/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { getThirdPartyAuthContext } from '../common-components/data/actions';
 import { thirdPartyAuthContextSelector } from '../common-components/data/selectors';
 import EnterpriseSSO from '../common-components/EnterpriseSSO';
 import {
-  DEFAULT_STATE, PENDING_STATE, REGISTER_PAGE, VALID_EMAIL_REGEX, LETTER_REGEX, NUMBER_REGEX,
+  DEFAULT_STATE, PENDING_STATE, REGISTER_PAGE, VALID_EMAIL_REGEX, LETTER_REGEX, NUMBER_REGEX, VALID_NAME_REGEX,
 } from '../data/constants';
 import {
   getTpaProvider, getTpaHint, getAllPossibleQueryParam, setSurveyCookie, setCookie,
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ class RegistrationPage extends React.Component {
     const { errors } = this.state;
     const { intl, statusCode } = this.props;
     const emailRegex = new RegExp(VALID_EMAIL_REGEX, 'i');
+    const urlRegex = new RegExp(VALID_NAME_REGEX);
 
     switch (fieldName) {
       case 'email':
@@ -363,6 +364,8 @@ class RegistrationPage extends React.Component {
       case 'name':
         if (!value) {
           errors.name = intl.formatMessage(messages['empty.name.field.error']);
+        } else if (value && value.match(urlRegex)) {
+          errors.name = intl.formatMessage(messages['name.validation.message']);
         } else {
           errors.name = '';
         }
diff --git a/src/register/messages.jsx b/src/register/messages.jsx
index e0f38b86..e9927a9a 100644
--- a/src/register/messages.jsx
+++ b/src/register/messages.jsx
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Username must be between 2 and 30 characters',
     description: 'Error message for empty username field',
   },
+  'name.validation.message': {
+    id: 'name.validation.message',
+    defaultMessage: 'Enter a valid name',
+    description: 'Validation message that appears when fullname contain URL',
+  },
   'password.validation.message': {
     id: 'password.validation.message',
     defaultMessage: 'Password criteria has not been met',
diff --git a/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx b/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx
index d9b2d7da..da71fd18 100644
--- a/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx
+++ b/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx
@@ -207,15 +207,16 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
 
     it('should update errors for frontend validations', () => {
       const registrationPage = mount(reduxWrapper(<IntlRegistrationPage {...props} />));
+      registrationPage.find('input#name').simulate('blur', { target: { value: 'http://test.com', name: 'name' } });
 
       registrationPage.find('input#password').simulate('blur', { target: { value: 'pas', name: 'password' } });
       expect(registrationPage.find('RegistrationPage').state('errors')).toEqual({
-        email: '', name: '', username: '', password: 'Password criteria has not been met', country: '',
+        email: '', name: 'Enter a valid name', username: '', password: 'Password criteria has not been met', country: '',
       });
 
       registrationPage.find('input#password').simulate('blur', { target: { value: 'invalid-email', name: 'email' } });
       expect(registrationPage.find('RegistrationPage').state('errors')).toEqual({
-        email: 'Enter a valid email address', name: '', username: '', password: 'Password criteria has not been met', country: '',
+        email: 'Enter a valid email address', name: 'Enter a valid name', username: '', password: 'Password criteria has not been met', country: '',
       });
     });