diff --git a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
index 672bca6c3..fb2740935 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/java/com/google/checkstyle/test/chapter5naming/rule51identifiernames/CatchParameterNameTest.java b/src/it/java/com/google/checkstyle/test/chapter5naming/rule51identifiernames/CatchParameterNameTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ec269174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/java/com/google/checkstyle/test/chapter5naming/rule51identifiernames/CatchParameterNameTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2015 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package com.google.checkstyle.test.chapter5naming.rule51identifiernames;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.checkstyle.test.base.BaseCheckTestSupport;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configuration;
+
+public class CatchParameterNameTest extends BaseCheckTestSupport {
+ @Override
+ protected String getPath(String fileName) throws IOException {
+ return super.getPath("chapter5naming" + File.separator + "rule51identifiernames"
+ + File.separator + fileName);
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void catchParameterNameTest() throws Exception {
+ final Configuration checkConfig = getCheckConfig("CatchParameterName");
+ final String msgKey = "name.invalidPattern";
+ final String format = "^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$";
+
+ final String[] expected = {
+ "6:28: " + getCheckMessage(checkConfig.getMessages(), msgKey, "e", format),
+ "24:28: " + getCheckMessage(checkConfig.getMessages(), msgKey, "t", format),
+ "47:28: " + getCheckMessage(checkConfig.getMessages(), msgKey, "iException", format),
+ "50:28: " + getCheckMessage(checkConfig.getMessages(), msgKey, "x", format),
+ };
+
+ final String filePath = getPath("InputCatchParameterName.java");
+
+ final Integer[] warnList = getLinesWithWarn(filePath);
+ verify(checkConfig, filePath, expected, warnList);
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/it/resources/com/google/checkstyle/test/chapter5naming/rule51identifiernames/InputCatchParameterName.java b/src/it/resources/com/google/checkstyle/test/chapter5naming/rule51identifiernames/InputCatchParameterName.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acb175a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/resources/com/google/checkstyle/test/chapter5naming/rule51identifiernames/InputCatchParameterName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package com.google.checkstyle.test.chapter5naming.rule51identifiernames;
+
+public class InputCatchParameterName {
+ {
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception e) { // warn
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception ex) { // ok
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Error | Exception err) { // ok
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception exception) { // ok
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception exception1) { // ok
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception noWorries) { // ok
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Throwable t) { // warn
+ }
+ try {
+ throw new InterruptedException("interruptedException");
+ } catch (InterruptedException ie) { // ok
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception ok) { // ok
+ // appropriate to take no action here
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception e1) { // ok
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception e2) { // ok
+ }
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Throwable t1) { // ok
+ try {
+ } catch (Throwable t2) { // ok
+ }
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception iException) { // warn
+ }
+ try {
+ } catch (Exception x) { // warn
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/CatchParameterNameCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/CatchParameterNameCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a572b34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/CatchParameterNameCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2015 the original author or authors.
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming;
+
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Checks that {@code catch} parameter names conform to a format specified by the format property.
+ * The format is a {@link java.util.regex.Pattern regular expression} and defaults to
+ * ^(e|t|ex|[a-z][a-z][a-zA-Z]+)$.
+ *
+ *
+ * Default pattern has the following characteristic:
+ *
+ *
+ *
allows names beginning with two lowercase letters followed by at least one uppercase or
+ * lowercase letter
+ *
allows {@code e} abbreviation (suitable for exceptions end errors)
+ *
allows {@code ex} abbreviation (suitable for exceptions)
+ *
allows {@code t} abbreviation (suitable for throwables)
+ *
prohibits numbered abbreviations like {@code e1} or {@code t2}
+ *
prohibits one letter prefixes like {@code pException}
+ *
prohibits two letter abbreviations like {@code ie} or {@code ee}
+ *
prohibits any other characters than letters
+ *
+ *
+ * An example of how to configure the check is:
+ *
+ *
+ * <module name="CatchParameterName"/>
+ *
+ *
+ * An example of how to configure the check for names that begin with a lower case letter,
+ * followed by any letters or digits is:
+ *