diff --git a/lib/sepa.js b/lib/sepa.js
index 5fb7a62..273bd17 100644
--- a/lib/sepa.js
+++ b/lib/sepa.js
@@ -785,6 +785,13 @@
       invalidFields.push(pullFrom + 'Name');
     }
 
+    try {
+      assert_name(name, pullFrom);
+    } catch (error) {
+      message = pullFrom + ' has invalid name: "' + name + '"';
+      invalidFields.push(pullFrom + 'Name');
+    }
+
     try {
       assert_iban(iban, pullFrom + 'IBAN');
       assert_fixed(bic.length, [0, 8, 11], pullFrom + 'BIC');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48ce41b..44248bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "description": "Create SEPA XML for business transactions, fork of https://github.com/kewisch/sepa.js",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "main": "lib/sepa.js",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0",
   "author": "Spendesk",
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/Spendesk/sepa.js"