From d13216bc696f0e263bfa6169b74605f9eba8cc2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Soloshenko <capcom2me@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:45:07 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] [validator] fallback to field name w/o json

---
 validator.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/validator.go b/validator.go
index 75d7e21..b0aa34b 100644
--- a/validator.go
+++ b/validator.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ func New() *Validator {
 		if name == "-" {
 			return ""
 		}
+		if name == "" {
+			return fld.Name
+		}
 		return name
 	})