diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/validation.js b/scm-ui/src/components/validation.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1893d7db8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/validation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// @flow
+const nameRegex = /^([A-z0-9.\-_@]|[^ ]([A-z0-9.\-_@ ]*[A-z0-9.\-_@]|[^\s])?)$/;
+
+export const isNameValid = (name: string) => {
+  return nameRegex.test(name);
+};
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/validation.test.js b/scm-ui/src/components/validation.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..788ee4c5a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/validation.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// @flow
+import * as validator from "./validation";
+
+describe("test name validation", () => {
+  it("should return false", () => {
+    // invalid names taken from ValidationUtilTest.java
+    const invalidNames = [
+      " test 123",
+      " test 123 ",
+      "test 123 ",
+      "test/123",
+      "test%123",
+      "test:123",
+      "t ",
+      " t",
+      " t ",
+      "",
+
+      " invalid_name",
+      "another%one",
+      "!!!",
+      "!_!"
+    ];
+    for (let name of invalidNames) {
+      expect(validator.isNameValid(name)).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("should return true", () => {
+    // valid names taken from ValidationUtilTest.java
+    const validNames = [
+      "test",
+      "test.git",
+      "Test123.git",
+      "Test123-git",
+      "Test_user-123.git",
+      "test@scm-manager.de",
+      "test 123",
+      "tt",
+      "t",
+
+      "valid_name",
+      "another1",
+      "stillValid",
+      "this.one_as-well",
+      "and@this"
+    ];
+    for (let name of validNames) {
+      expect(validator.isNameValid(name)).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.js b/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.js
index 05077358a0..bb76f86024 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.js
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
+import { isNameValid } from "../../components/validation";
 
-//TODO: How should a group be validated
-//TODO: Tests!
-
-const nameRegex = /^([A-z0-9.\-_@]|[^ ]([A-z0-9.\-_@ ]*[A-z0-9.\-_@]|[^\s])?)$/;
-
-export const isNameValid = (name: string) => {
-  return nameRegex.test(name);
-};
+export { isNameValid };
 
 export const isMemberNameValid = (name: string) => {
-  return nameRegex.test(name);
-}
+  return isNameValid(name);
+};
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.test.js b/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae332d90f..0000000000
--- a/scm-ui/src/groups/components/groupValidation.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-//@flow
-import * as validator from "./groupValidation";
-
-describe("validator", () => {
-  it("should validate allowed names correctly", () => {
-    const validNames = ["valid_name", "another1", "stillValid", "this.one_as-well", "and@this"];
-
-    for (let validName of validNames) {
-      expect(validator.isNameValid(validName)).toBeTruthy();
-    }
-  });
-
-  it("should reject invalid names", () => {
-    const invalidNames = [" invalid_name", "another%one", "!!!", "!_!"];
-
-    for (let invalidName of invalidNames) {
-      expect(validator.isNameValid(invalidName)).toBeFalsy();
-    }
-  })
-});
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.js
index a5d592e4fb..583037c20c 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
-const nameRegex = /^([A-z0-9.\-_@]|[^ ]([A-z0-9.\-_@ ]*[A-z0-9.\-_@]|[^\s])?)$/;
+import { isNameValid } from "../../components/validation";
 
-export const isNameValid = (name: string) => {
-  return nameRegex.test(name);
-};
+export { isNameValid };
 
 export const isDisplayNameValid = (displayName: string) => {
   if (displayName) {
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.test.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.test.js
index 370247fe90..e97e5628c0 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.test.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/userValidation.test.js
@@ -1,45 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as validator from "./userValidation";
 
-describe("test name validation", () => {
-  it("should return false", () => {
-    // invalid names taken from ValidationUtilTest.java
-    const invalidNames = [
-      " test 123",
-      " test 123 ",
-      "test 123 ",
-      "test/123",
-      "test%123",
-      "test:123",
-      "t ",
-      " t",
-      " t ",
-      ""
-    ];
-    for (let name of invalidNames) {
-      expect(validator.isNameValid(name)).toBe(false);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it("should return true", () => {
-    // valid names taken from ValidationUtilTest.java
-    const validNames = [
-      "test",
-      "test.git",
-      "Test123.git",
-      "Test123-git",
-      "Test_user-123.git",
-      "test@scm-manager.de",
-      "test 123",
-      "tt",
-      "t"
-    ];
-    for (let name of validNames) {
-      expect(validator.isNameValid(name)).toBe(true);
-    }
-  });
-});
-
 describe("test displayName validation", () => {
   it("should return false", () => {
     expect(validator.isDisplayNameValid("")).toBe(false);