diff --git a/comparators/emoji.js b/comparators/emoji.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4821c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comparators/emoji.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+const isNameKey = require('../lib/names.js').isNameKey;
+
+const isEmoji = /(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?(?:\u200d(?:[^\ud800-\udfff]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud800-\udbff][\udc00-\udfff])[\ufe0e\ufe0f]?(?:[\u0300-\u036f\ufe20-\ufe23\u20d0-\u20f0]|\ud83c[\udffb-\udfff])?)*/;
+
+module.exports = emoji;
+
+/*
+  Contains an emoji in one of the name tags
+  @param {geojson} newVersion
+  @returns {object|false) returns the detected incident or false
+*/
+function emoji(newVersion) {
+  if (!newVersion || !newVersion.properties) return false;
+
+  const tags = newVersion.properties;
+  for (const tag in tags) {
+    if (!isNameKey(tag)) continue;
+    const name = tags[tag];
+    if (isEmoji.test(name)) {
+      return {message: 'Found emoji in ' + tag};
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1422fce..b5cc5e1 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ module.exports = {
   rare_critical_feature_created: wrapsync(
     require('./comparators/rare_critical_feature_created')
   ),
+  emoji: wrapsync(require('./comparators/emoji')),
   deprecated_construction_proposal_tag: wrapsync(
     require('./comparators/deprecated_construction_proposal_tag.js')
   ),
diff --git a/lib/names.js b/lib/names.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c50bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/names.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+const namePattern = /^(int_|short_|)?(name|wikidata:labels)(:.*)?$/;
+const isNameKey = key => namePattern.test(key);
+const priorityLanguages = new Set(['en', 'es', 'de', 'fr', 'ru', 'zh']);
+
+function isPrioNameKey(key) {
+  if (key === 'name') return true;
+  if (!isNameKey(key)) return false;
+  const parts = key.split(':');
+  if (
+    (parts[0] === 'name' ||
+      [parts[0], parts[1]].join(':') === 'wikidata:labels') &&
+    !priorityLanguages.has(parts[parts.length - 1])
+  )
+    return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+exports.isPrioNameKey = isPrioNameKey;
+exports.isNameKey = isNameKey;
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/emoji.json b/tests/fixtures/emoji.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe89da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/emoji.json
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  "compareFunction": "emoji",
+  "fixtures": [
+    {
+      "description": "Finds Emoji",
+      "newVersion": {
+        "type": "Feature",
+        "properties": { "name": "'Give me some 💵'" }
+      },
+      "oldVersion": null,
+      "expectedResult": { "message": "Found emoji in name" }
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Finds Emoji",
+      "newVersion": {
+        "type": "Feature",
+        "properties": { "name": "If all you have is a 🔨" }
+      },
+      "oldVersion": null,
+      "expectedResult": { "message": "Found emoji in name" }
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Finds Emoji",
+      "newVersion": {
+        "type": "Feature",
+        "properties": { "name": "Emojis 😂 in OSM" }
+      },
+      "oldVersion": null,
+      "expectedResult": { "message": "Found emoji in name" }
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Finds Emoji",
+      "newVersion": {
+        "type": "Feature",
+        "properties": { "name": "OSM 😈" }
+      },
+      "oldVersion": null,
+      "expectedResult": { "message": "Found emoji in name" }
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "No Emoji in name",
+      "newVersion": {
+        "type": "Feature",
+        "properties": { "name": "OSM does not need Emojis" }
+      },
+      "oldVersion": null,
+      "expectedResult": false
+    }
+  ]
+}