diff --git a/demo/markdownlint-browser.js b/demo/markdownlint-browser.js
index ce8cdce8..9f75fecd 100644
--- a/demo/markdownlint-browser.js
+++ b/demo/markdownlint-browser.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ var inlineCommentStartRe =
 /(<!--\s*markdownlint-(disable|enable|capture|restore|disable-file|enable-file|disable-next-line|configure-file))(?:\s|-->)/ig;
 module.exports.inlineCommentStartRe = inlineCommentStartRe;
 // Regular expression for matching HTML elements
-module.exports.htmlElementRe = /<(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*)(?:\s[^>]*)?)\/?>/g;
+var htmlElementRe = /<(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*)(?:\s[^>]*)?)\/?>/g;
+module.exports.htmlElementRe = htmlElementRe;
 // Regular expressions for range matching
 module.exports.bareUrlRe = /(?:http|ftp)s?:\/\/[^\s\]"']*(?:\/|[^\s\]"'\W])/ig;
 module.exports.listItemMarkerRe = /^([\s>]*)(?:[*+-]|\d+[.)])\s+/;
@@ -598,6 +599,24 @@ module.exports.codeBlockAndSpanRanges = function (params, lineMetadata) {
     });
     return exclusions;
 };
+/**
+ * Returns an array of HTML element ranges.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} params RuleParams instance.
+ * @param {Object} lineMetadata Line metadata object.
+ * @returns {number[][]} Array of ranges (lineIndex, columnIndex, length).
+ */
+module.exports.htmlElementRanges = function (params, lineMetadata) {
+    var exclusions = [];
+    forEachLine(lineMetadata, function (line, lineIndex, inCode) {
+        var match = null;
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-unmodified-loop-condition
+        while (!inCode && ((match = htmlElementRe.exec(line)) !== null)) {
+            exclusions.push([lineIndex, match.index, match[0].length]);
+        }
+    });
+    return exclusions;
+};
 /**
  * Determines whether the specified range overlaps another range.
  *
@@ -1041,6 +1060,13 @@ module.exports.flattenedLists = function (value) {
     }
     return flattenedLists;
 };
+var htmlElementRanges = null;
+module.exports.htmlElementRanges = function (value) {
+    if (value) {
+        htmlElementRanges = value;
+    }
+    return htmlElementRanges;
+};
 var lineMetadata = null;
 module.exports.lineMetadata = function (value) {
     if (value) {
@@ -1051,6 +1077,7 @@ module.exports.lineMetadata = function (value) {
 module.exports.clear = function () {
     codeBlockAndSpanRanges = null;
     flattenedLists = null;
+    htmlElementRanges = null;
     lineMetadata = null;
 };
 
@@ -1547,9 +1574,11 @@ function lintContent(ruleList, name, content, md, config, frontMatter, handleRul
         lines: lines,
         frontMatterLines: frontMatterLines
     });
-    cache.lineMetadata(helpers.getLineMetadata(paramsBase));
+    var lineMetadata = helpers.getLineMetadata(paramsBase);
+    cache.lineMetadata(lineMetadata);
+    cache.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(helpers.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(paramsBase, lineMetadata));
+    cache.htmlElementRanges(helpers.htmlElementRanges(paramsBase, lineMetadata));
     cache.flattenedLists(helpers.flattenLists(paramsBase.tokens));
-    cache.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(helpers.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(paramsBase, cache.lineMetadata()));
     // Function to run for each rule
     var results = [];
     // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
@@ -4157,7 +4186,7 @@ module.exports = {
 // @ts-check
 
 var _a = __webpack_require__(/*! ../helpers */ "../helpers/helpers.js"), addErrorDetailIf = _a.addErrorDetailIf, bareUrlRe = _a.bareUrlRe, escapeForRegExp = _a.escapeForRegExp, forEachLine = _a.forEachLine, forEachLink = _a.forEachLink, overlapsAnyRange = _a.overlapsAnyRange, linkReferenceRe = _a.linkReferenceRe;
-var _b = __webpack_require__(/*! ./cache */ "../lib/cache.js"), codeBlockAndSpanRanges = _b.codeBlockAndSpanRanges, lineMetadata = _b.lineMetadata;
+var _b = __webpack_require__(/*! ./cache */ "../lib/cache.js"), codeBlockAndSpanRanges = _b.codeBlockAndSpanRanges, htmlElementRanges = _b.htmlElementRanges, lineMetadata = _b.lineMetadata;
 module.exports = {
     "names": ["MD044", "proper-names"],
     "description": "Proper names should have the correct capitalization",
@@ -4168,6 +4197,8 @@ module.exports = {
         names.sort(function (a, b) { return (b.length - a.length) || a.localeCompare(b); });
         var codeBlocks = params.config.code_blocks;
         var includeCodeBlocks = (codeBlocks === undefined) ? true : !!codeBlocks;
+        var htmlElements = params.config.html_elements;
+        var includeHtmlElements = (htmlElements === undefined) ? true : !!htmlElements;
         var exclusions = [];
         forEachLine(lineMetadata(), function (line, lineIndex) {
             if (linkReferenceRe.test(line)) {
@@ -4188,6 +4219,9 @@ module.exports = {
         if (!includeCodeBlocks) {
             exclusions.push.apply(exclusions, codeBlockAndSpanRanges());
         }
+        if (!includeHtmlElements) {
+            exclusions.push.apply(exclusions, htmlElementRanges());
+        }
         var _loop_1 = function (name) {
             var escapedName = escapeForRegExp(name);
             var startNamePattern = /^\W/.test(name) ? "" : "\\b_*";
diff --git a/doc/Rules.md b/doc/Rules.md
index f2fc69d2..5f6f3429 100644
--- a/doc/Rules.md
+++ b/doc/Rules.md
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ Tags: spelling
 
 Aliases: proper-names
 
-Parameters: names, code_blocks (string array; default `null`, boolean; default `true`)
+Parameters: names, code_blocks, html_elements (string array; default `null`, boolean; default `true`, boolean; default `true`)
 
 Fixable: Most violations can be fixed by tooling
 
@@ -1771,7 +1771,9 @@ the proper capitalization, specify the desired letter case in the `names` array:
 ```
 
 Set the `code_blocks` parameter to `false` to disable this rule for code blocks
-and spans.
+and spans. Set the `html_elements` parameter to `false` to disable this rule
+for HTML elements and attributes (such as when using a proper name as part of
+a path for `a`/`href` or `img`/`src`).
 
 Rationale: Incorrect capitalization of proper names is usually a mistake.
 
diff --git a/helpers/helpers.js b/helpers/helpers.js
index 4e44a8cb..95d508d6 100644
--- a/helpers/helpers.js
+++ b/helpers/helpers.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const inlineCommentStartRe =
 module.exports.inlineCommentStartRe = inlineCommentStartRe;
 
 // Regular expression for matching HTML elements
-module.exports.htmlElementRe = /<(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*)(?:\s[^>]*)?)\/?>/g;
+const htmlElementRe = /<(([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*)(?:\s[^>]*)?)\/?>/g;
+module.exports.htmlElementRe = htmlElementRe;
 
 // Regular expressions for range matching
 module.exports.bareUrlRe = /(?:http|ftp)s?:\/\/[^\s\]"']*(?:\/|[^\s\]"'\W])/ig;
@@ -603,6 +604,25 @@ module.exports.codeBlockAndSpanRanges = (params, lineMetadata) => {
   return exclusions;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns an array of HTML element ranges.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} params RuleParams instance.
+ * @param {Object} lineMetadata Line metadata object.
+ * @returns {number[][]} Array of ranges (lineIndex, columnIndex, length).
+ */
+module.exports.htmlElementRanges = (params, lineMetadata) => {
+  const exclusions = [];
+  forEachLine(lineMetadata, (line, lineIndex, inCode) => {
+    let match = null;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unmodified-loop-condition
+    while (!inCode && ((match = htmlElementRe.exec(line)) !== null)) {
+      exclusions.push([ lineIndex, match.index, match[0].length ]);
+    }
+  });
+  return exclusions;
+};
+
 /**
  * Determines whether the specified range overlaps another range.
  *
diff --git a/lib/cache.js b/lib/cache.js
index 4d7fa662..33b99f55 100644
--- a/lib/cache.js
+++ b/lib/cache.js
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ module.exports.flattenedLists = (value) => {
   return flattenedLists;
 };
 
+let htmlElementRanges = null;
+module.exports.htmlElementRanges = (value) => {
+  if (value) {
+    htmlElementRanges = value;
+  }
+  return htmlElementRanges;
+};
+
 let lineMetadata = null;
 module.exports.lineMetadata = (value) => {
   if (value) {
@@ -29,5 +37,6 @@ module.exports.lineMetadata = (value) => {
 module.exports.clear = () => {
   codeBlockAndSpanRanges = null;
   flattenedLists = null;
+  htmlElementRanges = null;
   lineMetadata = null;
 };
diff --git a/lib/markdownlint.js b/lib/markdownlint.js
index 8da66cd4..0535f996 100644
--- a/lib/markdownlint.js
+++ b/lib/markdownlint.js
@@ -495,11 +495,15 @@ function lintContent(
     lines,
     frontMatterLines
   });
-  cache.lineMetadata(helpers.getLineMetadata(paramsBase));
-  cache.flattenedLists(helpers.flattenLists(paramsBase.tokens));
+  const lineMetadata = helpers.getLineMetadata(paramsBase);
+  cache.lineMetadata(lineMetadata);
   cache.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(
-    helpers.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(paramsBase, cache.lineMetadata())
+    helpers.codeBlockAndSpanRanges(paramsBase, lineMetadata)
   );
+  cache.htmlElementRanges(
+    helpers.htmlElementRanges(paramsBase, lineMetadata)
+  );
+  cache.flattenedLists(helpers.flattenLists(paramsBase.tokens));
   // Function to run for each rule
   let results = [];
   // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
diff --git a/lib/md044.js b/lib/md044.js
index 0806c5c6..b1d9cc68 100644
--- a/lib/md044.js
+++ b/lib/md044.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 const { addErrorDetailIf, bareUrlRe, escapeForRegExp, forEachLine,
   forEachLink, overlapsAnyRange, linkReferenceRe } = require("../helpers");
-const { codeBlockAndSpanRanges, lineMetadata } = require("./cache");
+const { codeBlockAndSpanRanges, htmlElementRanges, lineMetadata } =
+  require("./cache");
 
 module.exports = {
   "names": [ "MD044", "proper-names" ],
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@ module.exports = {
     names = Array.isArray(names) ? names : [];
     names.sort((a, b) => (b.length - a.length) || a.localeCompare(b));
     const codeBlocks = params.config.code_blocks;
-    const includeCodeBlocks = (codeBlocks === undefined) ? true : !!codeBlocks;
+    const includeCodeBlocks =
+      (codeBlocks === undefined) ? true : !!codeBlocks;
+    const htmlElements = params.config.html_elements;
+    const includeHtmlElements =
+      (htmlElements === undefined) ? true : !!htmlElements;
     const exclusions = [];
     forEachLine(lineMetadata(), (line, lineIndex) => {
       if (linkReferenceRe.test(line)) {
@@ -37,6 +42,9 @@ module.exports = {
     if (!includeCodeBlocks) {
       exclusions.push(...codeBlockAndSpanRanges());
     }
+    if (!includeHtmlElements) {
+      exclusions.push(...htmlElementRanges());
+    }
     for (const name of names) {
       const escapedName = escapeForRegExp(name);
       const startNamePattern = /^\W/.test(name) ? "" : "\\b_*";
diff --git a/schema/.markdownlint.jsonc b/schema/.markdownlint.jsonc
index 60e54faa..c0021a4b 100644
--- a/schema/.markdownlint.jsonc
+++ b/schema/.markdownlint.jsonc
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@
     // List of proper names
     "names": [],
     // Include code blocks
-    "code_blocks": true
+    "code_blocks": true,
+    // Include HTML elements
+    "html_elements": true
   },
 
   // MD045/no-alt-text - Images should have alternate text (alt text)
diff --git a/schema/.markdownlint.yaml b/schema/.markdownlint.yaml
index 2a0eba8b..07d6a838 100644
--- a/schema/.markdownlint.yaml
+++ b/schema/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ MD044:
   names: []
   # Include code blocks
   code_blocks: true
+  # Include HTML elements
+  html_elements: true
 
 # MD045/no-alt-text - Images should have alternate text (alt text)
 MD045: true
diff --git a/schema/build-config-schema.js b/schema/build-config-schema.js
index 8ea6c2c7..510980aa 100644
--- a/schema/build-config-schema.js
+++ b/schema/build-config-schema.js
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ rules.forEach(function forRule(rule) {
           "description": "Include code blocks",
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true
+        },
+        "html_elements": {
+          "description": "Include HTML elements",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true
         }
       };
       break;
diff --git a/schema/markdownlint-config-schema.json b/schema/markdownlint-config-schema.json
index dc85dc91..f9a21756 100644
--- a/schema/markdownlint-config-schema.json
+++ b/schema/markdownlint-config-schema.json
@@ -759,6 +759,11 @@
           "description": "Include code blocks",
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true
+        },
+        "html_elements": {
+          "description": "Include HTML elements",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-test-helpers.js b/test/markdownlint-test-helpers.js
index 44d2acb9..99572a3e 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-test-helpers.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-test-helpers.js
@@ -1283,3 +1283,43 @@ test("forEachLink", (t) => {
     t.is(matches.length, 0, "Missing match");
   }
 });
+
+test("htmlElementRanges", (t) => {
+  t.plan(1);
+  const params = {
+    "lines": [
+      "# Heading",
+      "",
+      "Text text text",
+      "text <a id='id'/> text",
+      "text text text",
+      "",
+      "<p>",
+      "Text <em>text</em> text",
+      "</p>",
+      "",
+      "```",
+      "<br/>",
+      "```",
+      "",
+      "Text `<br/>` text",
+      "text <br/> text"
+    ],
+    "tokens": [
+      {
+        "type": "code_block",
+        "map": [ 10, 12 ]
+      }
+    ]
+  };
+  const expected = [
+    [ 3, 5, 12 ],
+    [ 6, 0, 3 ],
+    [ 7, 5, 4 ],
+    [ 14, 6, 5 ],
+    [ 15, 5, 5 ]
+  ];
+  const lineMetadata = helpers.getLineMetadata(params);
+  const actual = helpers.htmlElementRanges(params, lineMetadata);
+  t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
+});
diff --git a/test/proper-names-no-html.json b/test/proper-names-no-html.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b00d6f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/proper-names-no-html.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "default": true,
+  "MD033": false,
+  "MD044": {
+    "names": [
+      "JavaScript"
+    ],
+    "html_elements": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/proper-names-no-html.md b/test/proper-names-no-html.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b6fc358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/proper-names-no-html.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Proper Names No HTML
+
+Okay text JavaScript.
+
+Bad text javascript. {MD044}
+
+Bad code `javascript`. {MD044}
+
+<img src="img/javascript/image.png">
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+javascript {MD044}
+</script>
+
+<a id="javascript">
+
+<a id="javascript"/>
+
+<javascript/>
+
+<code>javascript</code>
diff --git a/test/proper-names.json b/test/proper-names.json
index 797e8d9a..d6f46886 100644
--- a/test/proper-names.json
+++ b/test/proper-names.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "default": true,
+  "MD033": false,
   "MD044": {
     "names": [
       "markdownlint",
diff --git a/test/proper-names.md b/test/proper-names.md
index 2225d53b..11b7560d 100644
--- a/test/proper-names.md
+++ b/test/proper-names.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Code in `javascript` {MD044}
 
 Execute `via the node.js engine` {MD044}
 
-HTML <u>javascript</u> {MD033} {MD044}
+HTML <u>javascript</u> {MD044}
 
 * Use NPM {MD044}
 
@@ -84,3 +84,12 @@ Text referencing multiplecase name.
 Text referencing MultipleCase name.
 Text referencing MULTIPLECASE name. {MD044}
 Text referencing mULTIPLEcASE name.
+
+<img src="img/javascript/image.png" error="{MD044}">
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+{MD044:90}
+javascript {MD044}
+</script>
+
+<a error="{MD044}" id="javascript"/>