diff --git a/cmd/util.go b/cmd/util.go
index f1e295a..ccf1d07 100644
--- a/cmd/util.go
+++ b/cmd/util.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ var (
 	AnyRegex = regexp.MustCompile(".+")
 	// AlphaRegex matches words containing only letters
 	AlphaRegex = regexp.MustCompile("[a-zA-Z]")
-	// NameRegex matches people's names
-	NameRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z'-]+$")
 	// EmailRegex matches email addresses
 	EmailRegex = regexp.MustCompile("[a-zA-Z0-9._+]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._]+")
 )
diff --git a/plugins/core/add_team.go b/plugins/core/add_team.go
index 5288904..f34e671 100644
--- a/plugins/core/add_team.go
+++ b/plugins/core/add_team.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func NewAddTeamCmd(ch cmd.CommandHandler) *cmd.Command {
 			"github": &cmd.Option{
 				Key:      "github",
 				HelpText: "the name of the team to create on GitHub",
-				Format:   cmd.NameRegex,
+				Format:   cmd.AnyRegex,
 				Required: false,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/plugins/core/edit_user.go b/plugins/core/edit_user.go
index 12a99b3..7c8a916 100644
--- a/plugins/core/edit_user.go
+++ b/plugins/core/edit_user.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func NewEditUserCmd(ch cmd.CommandHandler) *cmd.Command {
 			"name": &cmd.Option{
 				Key:      "name",
 				HelpText: "user's full name",
-				Format:   cmd.NameRegex,
+				Format:   cmd.AnyRegex,
 				Required: false,
 			},
 			"email": &cmd.Option{
diff --git a/plugins/core/set.go b/plugins/core/set.go
index 5b30b08..b6b587c 100644
--- a/plugins/core/set.go
+++ b/plugins/core/set.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func NewSetCmd(ch cmd.CommandHandler) *cmd.Command {
 			"name": &cmd.Option{
 				Key:      "name",
 				HelpText: "your full name",
-				Format:   cmd.NameRegex,
+				Format:   cmd.AnyRegex,
 				Required: false,
 			},
 			"email": &cmd.Option{