# How i search firstname + lastname in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-search-firstname-lastname-in-elasticsearch/181807>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-search-firstname-lastname-in-elasticsearch/181807 "2019-05-20T12:18:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-search-firstname-lastname-in-elasticsearch/181807/13 "2019-05-21T07:54:40Z")

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Multi Match Query does not support Wildcard Queries. There's another workaround mentioned here - [Multi\_match with Wildcard?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-with-wildcard/144883)

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