Searching names with Apache Solr

Question

I\'ve just ventured into the seemingly simple but extremely complex world of searching. For an application, I am required to build a search mechanism for searching users by

Answer 1

For phonetic name search you might also try the Beider-Morse Filter which works pretty well if you have a mixture of names from different countries.

If you want to use it with a typeahead feature, combine it with an EdgeNGramFilter: