diff --git a/src/validation/limits.go b/src/validation/limits.go
index 7129bbc9..6b7c15e8 100644
--- a/src/validation/limits.go
+++ b/src/validation/limits.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const (
 	MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterName     = 29 // Larggest character name length possible
 	MinRunesAllowedInACharacterName     = 2  // Smallest character name length possible
 	MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord = 20 // Larggest character name word length possible (new names only 14, but older ones are longer)
-	MinRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord = 2  // Smallest character name word length possible
+	MinRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord = 1  // Smallest character name word length possible
 
 	MaxRunesAllowedInAGuildName     = 29 // Larggest guild name length possible
 	MinRunesAllowedInAGuildName     = 3  // Smallest guild name length possible
diff --git a/src/validation/validation_test.go b/src/validation/validation_test.go
index f90364c4..667ff96a 100644
--- a/src/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/src/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ func TestFake(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(29, MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterName)
 	assert.Equal(2, MinRunesAllowedInACharacterName)
 	assert.Equal(20, MaxRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord)
-	assert.Equal(2, MinRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord)
+	assert.Equal(1, MinRunesAllowedInACharacterNameWord)
 
 	assert.Equal(29, MaxRunesAllowedInAGuildName)
 	assert.Equal(3, MinRunesAllowedInAGuildName)