diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index bf7e5d7..5b0a841 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ def name
              identifiers:)
   }
 
+  def self.by_name(full_name)
+    name_parts = full_name.split
+    first_name = name_parts.first
+    last_name_parts = name_parts[1..].join(' ')
+    query = User.where('unaccent(lower(first_name)) = unaccent(lower(?))', first_name.downcase)
+
+    last_names_condition = last_name_parts.split.map do |part|
+      "unaccent(lower(last_name)) LIKE unaccent(lower('%#{part}%'))"
+    end.join(' OR ')
+
+    query.where(last_names_condition)
+  end
+
   def should_generate_new_friendly_id?
     true
   end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index ae763ce..4f82751 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2024_03_25_040617) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2024_03_29_180055) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_stat_statements"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
+  enable_extension "unaccent"
 
   create_table "assignments", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.float "coverage"
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 48eca71..17d8be3 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -103,4 +103,19 @@
       expect(User.by_external_identifier(user.email).first).to eql(user)
     end
   end
+
+  context '#by_name' do
+    let(:full_name) { 'Pedro Vieira Guimarães' }
+
+    context 'when the user exists' do
+      it 'returns the user by the name' do
+        user = create(:user, first_name: 'Pedro', last_name: 'Vieira')
+        expect(User.by_name(full_name).first).to eql(user)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'returns an active record query' do
+      expect(User.by_name(full_name)).to be_an(ActiveRecord::Relation)
+    end
+  end
 end