Alternatively you could use a query_string query with wildcards.
"query": {
"query_string": {
"query": "*mar*",
"fields": ["user.name", "user.surname"]
}
}
This will be slower than using an nGram filter at index-time (see my other answer), but if you are looking for a quick and dirty solution…
Also I am not sure about your mapping, but if you are using user.name instead of name your mapping needs to look like this:
"your_type_name_here": {
"properties": {
"user": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"surname": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}