Iphone 5 not searching for text messages correctly anymore?

If i type in 'Tim' to search for a text message from 'Tim' the search does not bring up tim's messages in the results, although it may randomly show some messages that have Tim in the written text of the messages??
But if i scroll down through the messages themselves without using the search tool, Tims messages are there!?
This isnt just for one person, it seeems to happen randomly for different names etc, As in i have a few friends by the name of Mark, yet when searching it may only bring up one of them...
Not sure if I have explained myself very well, but hopefully somebody will get the jist and be able to help!!

If you only have that much (little) space left it is likely the database on the phone is unable to continue indexing your messages. I would strongly suggest that you start offloading some older messages and remove from your phone to free up space. At the minimum, delete some attachments after saving them to camera roll/backup.

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