diff --git a/app/components/new-signup/input.hbs b/app/components/new-signup/input.hbs
index 5e5e4e56..eff2476a 100644
--- a/app/components/new-signup/input.hbs
+++ b/app/components/new-signup/input.hbs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       placeholder="Darth"
       aria-labelledby="signup-form-label"
       {{on "input" this.inputFieldChanged}}
+      {{on "keydown" this.handleKeydown}}
       data-test-signup-form-input
     />
     {{#if @error}}
diff --git a/app/components/new-signup/input.js b/app/components/new-signup/input.js
index abe24686..4e4210a5 100644
--- a/app/components/new-signup/input.js
+++ b/app/components/new-signup/input.js
@@ -9,8 +9,31 @@ export default class SignupComponent extends Component {
     return LABEL_TEXT[currentStep];
   }
 
-  @action inputFieldChanged({ target: { value } }) {
+  @action inputFieldChanged(event) {
     const { onChange, currentStep } = this.args;
-    onChange(currentStep, value);
+
+    const rawValue = event.target.value;
+
+    if (/\s/.test(rawValue)) {
+      const cursorPosition = event.target.selectionStart;
+      const sanitizedInput = rawValue.replace(/\s/g, '');
+
+      const textBeforeCursor = rawValue.substring(0, cursorPosition);
+      const spacesBeforeCursor = (textBeforeCursor.match(/\s/g) || []).length;
+      const newCursorPosition = cursorPosition - spacesBeforeCursor;
+
+      event.target.value = sanitizedInput;
+      event.target.setSelectionRange(newCursorPosition, newCursorPosition);
+
+      onChange(currentStep, sanitizedInput);
+    } else {
+      onChange(currentStep, rawValue);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @action handleKeydown(event) {
+    if (/\s/.test(event.key)) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/new-signup/input-test.js b/tests/integration/components/new-signup/input-test.js
index e993372b..d9212b88 100644
--- a/tests/integration/components/new-signup/input-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/components/new-signup/input-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { setupRenderingTest } from 'website-www/tests/helpers';
-import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import { render, triggerEvent, typeIn } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
 import { NEW_SIGNUP_STEPS } from 'website-www/constants/new-signup';
 
@@ -136,4 +136,183 @@ module('Integration | Component | new-signup/input', function (hooks) {
 
     assert.dom('[data-test-button="signup"]').isDisabled();
   });
+
+  module('whitespace handling', function (hooks) {
+    hooks.beforeEach(function () {
+      this.setProperties({
+        currentStep: 'firstName',
+        onChange: (step, value) => {
+          this.inputValue = value;
+        },
+        onClick: () => {},
+      });
+    });
+
+    test('should prevent single space when typing', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+
+      await typeIn(input, 'John Doe');
+
+      assert
+        .dom(input)
+        .hasValue('JohnDoe', 'Single space should be prevented when typing');
+    });
+
+    test('should remove multiple consecutive spaces when typing', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+
+      await typeIn(input, 'John   Doe');
+
+      assert
+        .dom(input)
+        .hasValue('JohnDoe', 'Multiple consecutive spaces should be removed');
+    });
+
+    test('should remove single space when pasting', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+      input.value = 'John Doe';
+      await triggerEvent(input, 'input');
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        this.inputValue,
+        'JohnDoe',
+        'Single space should be removed when pasting',
+      );
+      assert.dom(input).hasValue('JohnDoe');
+    });
+
+    test('should remove leading and trailing spaces when pasting', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+      input.value = ' John Doe ';
+      await triggerEvent(input, 'input');
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        this.inputValue,
+        'JohnDoe',
+        'Leading and trailing spaces should be removed',
+      );
+      assert.dom(input).hasValue('JohnDoe');
+    });
+
+    test('should handle input with only spaces', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+      input.value = '   ';
+      await triggerEvent(input, 'input');
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        this.inputValue,
+        '',
+        'Input with only spaces should result in empty string',
+      );
+      assert.dom(input).hasValue('');
+    });
+
+    test('should remove mixed whitespace characters when pasting', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+      input.value = 'John\t\nDoe';
+      await triggerEvent(input, 'input');
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        this.inputValue,
+        'JohnDoe',
+        'Tabs and newlines should be removed',
+      );
+      assert.dom(input).hasValue('JohnDoe');
+    });
+
+    test('should accept text without whitespace', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+
+      await typeIn(input, 'JohnDoe');
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        this.inputValue,
+        'JohnDoe',
+        'Text without whitespace should be accepted as-is',
+      );
+      assert.dom(input).hasValue('JohnDoe');
+    });
+
+    test('should handle combination of typing and pasting with whitespace', async function (assert) {
+      await render(hbs`
+        <NewSignup::Input
+          @currentStep={{this.currentStep}}
+          @onChange={{this.onChange}}
+          @onClick={{this.onClick}}
+        />
+      `);
+
+      const input = this.element.querySelector('[data-test-signup-form-input]');
+
+      // First type some text
+      await typeIn(input, 'John ');
+
+      // Then paste text with spaces
+      input.value = input.value + ' Doe Smith';
+      await triggerEvent(input, 'input');
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        this.inputValue,
+        'JohnDoeSmith',
+        'Combination of typing and pasting should remove all spaces',
+      );
+      assert.dom(input).hasValue('JohnDoeSmith');
+    });
+  });
 });