diff --git a/src/app/pages/account-profile-user/account-profile-user/account-profile-user.component.html b/src/app/pages/account-profile-user/account-profile-user/account-profile-user.component.html
index fbad2a633e..81d4f73907 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/account-profile-user/account-profile-user/account-profile-user.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/account-profile-user/account-profile-user/account-profile-user.component.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ <h1>{{ 'account.update_profile.heading' | translate }}</h1>
           label="account.update_profile.firstname.label"
           [errorMessages]="{
             required: 'account.firstname.error.required',
-            noSpecialChars: 'error.forbiddensymbols'
+            noSpecialChars: 'account.name.error.forbidden.chars'
           }"
         ></ish-input>
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ <h1>{{ 'account.update_profile.heading' | translate }}</h1>
           label="account.update_profile.lastname.label"
           [errorMessages]="{
             required: 'account.lastname.error.required',
-            noSpecialChars: 'error.forbiddensymbols'
+            noSpecialChars: 'account.name.error.forbidden.chars'
           }"
         ></ish-input>
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-de/address-form-de.factory.ts b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-de/address-form-de.factory.ts
index c908bdf3ca..b45bca32e7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-de/address-form-de.factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-de/address-form-de.factory.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { AddressFormFactory } from 'ish-shared/address-forms/components/address-form/address-form.factory';
+import { SpecialValidators } from 'ish-shared/forms/validators/special-validators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AddressFormDEFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ export class AddressFormDEFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
   group() {
     return this.fb.group({
       title: [''],
-      firstName: ['', Validators.required],
-      lastName: ['', Validators.required],
+      firstName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
+      lastName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
       addressLine1: ['', Validators.required],
       addressLine2: [],
       addressLine3: [],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-default/address-form-default.factory.ts b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-default/address-form-default.factory.ts
index 34b49e36a0..485bf47dae 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-default/address-form-default.factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-default/address-form-default.factory.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { AddressFormFactory } from 'ish-shared/address-forms/components/address-form/address-form.factory';
+import { SpecialValidators } from 'ish-shared/forms/validators/special-validators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AddressFormDefaultFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ export class AddressFormDefaultFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
 
   group() {
     return this.fb.group({
-      firstName: ['', Validators.required],
-      lastName: ['', Validators.required],
+      firstName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
+      lastName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
       title: [''],
       addressLine1: ['', Validators.required],
       addressLine2: [],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-fr/address-form-fr.factory.ts b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-fr/address-form-fr.factory.ts
index 0d1c73b226..4fc92c675a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-fr/address-form-fr.factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-fr/address-form-fr.factory.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { AddressFormFactory } from 'ish-shared/address-forms/components/address-form/address-form.factory';
+import { SpecialValidators } from 'ish-shared/forms/validators/special-validators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AddressFormFRFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ export class AddressFormFRFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
   group() {
     return this.fb.group({
       title: [''],
-      firstName: ['', Validators.required],
-      lastName: ['', Validators.required],
+      firstName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
+      lastName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
       addressLine1: ['', Validators.required],
       addressLine2: [],
       postalCode: ['', [Validators.required, Validators.pattern('[0-9]{5}')]],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-gb/address-form-gb.factory.ts b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-gb/address-form-gb.factory.ts
index 5657b37b93..4231f9931f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-gb/address-form-gb.factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-gb/address-form-gb.factory.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { AddressFormFactory } from 'ish-shared/address-forms/components/address-form/address-form.factory';
+import { SpecialValidators } from 'ish-shared/forms/validators/special-validators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AddressFormGBFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ export class AddressFormGBFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
   group() {
     return this.fb.group({
       title: [''],
-      firstName: ['', Validators.required],
-      lastName: ['', Validators.required],
+      firstName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
+      lastName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
       addressLine1: ['', Validators.required],
       addressLine2: [],
       addressLine3: [],
diff --git a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-us/address-form-us.factory.ts b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-us/address-form-us.factory.ts
index 37f27ef9d8..7c48cae8a3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-us/address-form-us.factory.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/address-forms/components/address-form-us/address-form-us.factory.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormBuilder, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { AddressFormFactory } from 'ish-shared/address-forms/components/address-form/address-form.factory';
+import { SpecialValidators } from 'ish-shared/forms/validators/special-validators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AddressFormUSFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ export class AddressFormUSFactory extends AddressFormFactory {
 
   group() {
     return this.fb.group({
-      firstName: ['', Validators.required],
-      lastName: ['', Validators.required],
+      firstName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
+      lastName: ['', [Validators.required, SpecialValidators.noSpecialChars]],
       addressLine1: ['', Validators.required],
       addressLine2: [],
       city: ['', Validators.required],