diff --git a/src/register/RegistrationFields/NameField/validator.js b/src/register/RegistrationFields/NameField/validator.js
index 6831be30..e62c227d 100644
--- a/src/register/RegistrationFields/NameField/validator.js
+++ b/src/register/RegistrationFields/NameField/validator.js
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import messages from '../../messages';
 
-export const INVALID_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
-export const urlRegex = new RegExp(INVALID_NAME_REGEX);
+// regex more focused towards url matching
+export const URL_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
+
+// regex for html tags
+export const HTML_REGEX = /<|>/u;
+
+// regex from backend
+export const INVALID_NAME_REGEX = /https?:\/\/(?:[-\w.]|(?:%[\da-fA-F]{2}))*/g;
 
 const validateName = (value, formatMessage) => {
   let fieldError;
   if (!value.trim()) {
     fieldError = formatMessage(messages['empty.name.field.error']);
-  } else if (value && value.match(urlRegex)) {
+  } else if (URL_REGEX.test(value) || HTML_REGEX.test(value) || INVALID_NAME_REGEX.test(value)) {
     fieldError = formatMessage(messages['name.validation.message']);
   }
   return fieldError;