diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/patient/Name.java b/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/patient/Name.java
index 77b27c4af47..899e17f37b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/patient/Name.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/address/model/patient/Name.java
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 public class Name {
 
     public static final String MESSAGE_CONSTRAINTS =
-            "Names should only contain alphanumeric characters and spaces, and it should not be blank";
+            "Names should not be blank, and can only contain letters or a special character (space, "
+                    + "slash \nor dash) surrounded by letters.";
 
     /*
      * The first character of the address must not be a whitespace,
      * otherwise " " (a blank string) becomes a valid input.
      */
-    public static final String VALIDATION_REGEX = "[\\p{Alnum}][\\p{Alnum} ]*";
+    public static final String VALIDATION_REGEX = "[A-Za-z](([ -/\\\\][A-Za-z])|[A-Za-z])*";
 
     public final String fullName;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/NameTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/NameTest.java
index 9903bc9234e..1e848b17545 100644
--- a/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/NameTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/NameTest.java
@@ -27,15 +27,14 @@ public void isValidName() {
         // invalid name
         assertFalse(Name.isValidName("")); // empty string
         assertFalse(Name.isValidName(" ")); // spaces only
-        assertFalse(Name.isValidName("^")); // only non-alphanumeric characters
-        assertFalse(Name.isValidName("peter*")); // contains non-alphanumeric characters
+        assertFalse(Name.isValidName("^")); // only non-alphabets
+        assertFalse(Name.isValidName("peter*")); // contains disallowed character
 
         // valid name
         assertTrue(Name.isValidName("peter jack")); // alphabets only
-        assertTrue(Name.isValidName("12345")); // numbers only
-        assertTrue(Name.isValidName("peter the 2nd")); // alphanumeric characters
+        assertTrue(Name.isValidName("peter-jack")); // - between alphabets
         assertTrue(Name.isValidName("Capital Tan")); // with capital letters
-        assertTrue(Name.isValidName("David Roger Jackson Ray Jr 2nd")); // long names
+        assertTrue(Name.isValidName("David Roger Jackson Ray Jr The Almighty")); // long names
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/PatientTest.java b/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/PatientTest.java
index 2f63330a461..67bc971e12e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/PatientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/seedu/address/model/patient/PatientTest.java
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ public void isSamePatient() {
         Patient editedBob = new PatientBuilder(BOB).withName(VALID_NAME_BOB.toLowerCase()).build();
         assertFalse(BOB.isSamePatient(editedBob));
 
-        // different phone number, all other attributes same -> returns false
-        editedBob = new PatientBuilder(BOB).withPhone(VALID_PHONE_AMY).build();
-        assertFalse(BOB.isSamePatient(editedBob));
-
         // different phone number and different name, all other attributes same -> returns false
         editedBob = new PatientBuilder(BOB).withName(VALID_NAME_AMY).withPhone(VALID_PHONE_AMY).build();
         assertFalse(BOB.isSamePatient(editedBob));