diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/SearchBar.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/SearchBar.tsx
index e6fa1c87d7..a6035f5faa 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ const labelForOption = (option: SearchOption) => {
 
         case "date":
             return t("date");
+
         case "location":
             return t("location");
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/index.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/index.ts
index 5a13e77768..d82c1d731e 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/index.ts
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ const localizedSearchData = () =>
         locale: i18n.language,
         holidays: holidays().map((h) => ({
             ...h,
-            lowercasedName: h.label.toLowerCase(),
+            searchTerms: h.label.toLowerCase().split(" "),
         })),
         labelledFileTypes: labelledFileTypes().map((t) => ({
             ...t,
-            lowercasedName: t.label.toLowerCase(),
+            searchTerms: t.label.toLowerCase().split(" "),
         })),
     });
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/types.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/types.ts
index 32639ee07a..ec59d70112 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/types.ts
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ export interface LabelledFileType {
 }
 
 /**
- * An annotated version of {@link T} that includes its searchable "lowercased"
- * label or name.
+ * An annotated version of {@link T} that includes a list of lowercased words
+ * that it should match.
  *
  * Precomputing these lowercased values saves us from doing the lowercasing
  * during the search itself.
  */
 export type Searchable<T> = T & {
     /**
-     * The name or label of T, lowercased.
+     * The name or label of T, split into words and lowercased.
      */
-    lowercasedName: string;
+    searchTerms: string[];
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts
index b7f2c49ec7..31cb50458d 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/search/worker.ts
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ export class SearchWorker {
                 .then((ts) => {
                     this.locationTags = ts.map((t) => ({
                         ...t,
-                        lowercasedName: t.name.toLowerCase(),
+                        searchTerms: t.name.toLowerCase().split(" "),
                     }));
                 }),
             fetchCities().then((cs) => {
                 this.cities = cs.map((c) => ({
                     ...c,
-                    lowercasedName: c.name.toLowerCase(),
+                    searchTerms: c.name.toLowerCase().split(" "),
                 }));
             }),
         ]);
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ export class SearchWorker {
      */
     setPeople(people: Person[]) {
         this.searchablePeople = people.map((person) => {
-            return { ...person, lowercasedName: person.name.toLowerCase() };
+            return {
+                ...person,
+                searchTerms: person.name.toLowerCase().split(" "),
+            };
         });
     }
 
@@ -165,9 +168,17 @@ const fileTypeSuggestions = (
     labelledFileTypes: Searchable<LabelledFileType>[],
 ): SearchSuggestion[] =>
     labelledFileTypes
-        .filter(({ lowercasedName }) => lowercasedName.startsWith(s))
+        .filter(searchableMatch(s))
         .map(({ fileType, label }) => ({ type: "fileType", fileType, label }));
 
+/**
+ * A helper function to directly pass to filters on Searchable<T>[].
+ */
+const searchableMatch =
+    (s: string) =>
+    ({ searchTerms }: { searchTerms: string[] }) =>
+        searchTerms.some((t) => t.startsWith(s));
+
 const fileNameSuggestion = (
     s: string,
     searchString: string,
@@ -211,7 +222,7 @@ const peopleSuggestions = (
     searchablePeople: Searchable<Person>[],
 ): SearchSuggestion[] =>
     searchablePeople
-        .filter(({ lowercasedName }) => lowercasedName.startsWith(s))
+        .filter(searchableMatch(s))
         .map((person) => ({ type: "person", person, label: person.name }));
 
 const dateSuggestions = (
@@ -247,7 +258,7 @@ const parseDateComponents = (
     [
         parseChrono(s, locale),
         parseYearComponents(s),
-        holidays.filter(searchableIncludes(s)),
+        holidays.filter(searchableMatch(s)),
     ].flat();
 
 const parseChrono = (
@@ -299,14 +310,6 @@ const parseYearComponents = (s: string): LabelledSearchDateComponents[] => {
     return [];
 };
 
-/**
- * A helper function to directly pass to filters on Searchable<T>[].
- */
-const searchableIncludes =
-    (s: string) =>
-    ({ lowercasedName }: { lowercasedName: string }) =>
-        lowercasedName.includes(s);
-
 /**
  * Zod schema describing world_cities.json.
  *
@@ -335,17 +338,15 @@ const locationSuggestions = (
     locationTags: Searchable<LocationTag>[],
     cities: Searchable<City>[],
 ): SearchSuggestion[] => {
-    const matchingLocationTags = locationTags.filter(searchableIncludes(s));
+    const matchingLocationTags = locationTags.filter(searchableMatch(s));
 
     const matchingLocationTagLNames = new Set(
-        matchingLocationTags.map((t) => t.lowercasedName),
+        matchingLocationTags.map((t) => t.searchTerms),
     );
 
-    const matchingCities = cities.filter(
-        (c) =>
-            c.lowercasedName.startsWith(s) &&
-            !matchingLocationTagLNames.has(c.lowercasedName),
-    );
+    const matchingCities = cities
+        .filter(searchableMatch(s))
+        .filter((c) => !matchingLocationTagLNames.has(c.searchTerms));
 
     return [
         matchingLocationTags.map(