diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index b6b1e979b..ea422041e 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ class Contact < ApplicationRecord
       .where('success = false and verified_at IS NOT NULL')
   }
 
+  NAME_REGEXP = /([\u00A1-\u00B3\u00B5-\u00BF\u0021-\u0026\u0028-\u002C\u003A-\u0040]|
+    [\u005B-\u005F\u007B-\u007E\u2040-\u206F\u20A0-\u20BF\u2100-\u218F])/x.freeze
+
   validates :name, :email, presence: true
+  validates :name, format: { without: NAME_REGEXP, message: :invalid }, if: -> { priv? }
+
   validates :street, :city, :zip, :country_code, presence: true, if: lambda {
     self.class.address_processing?
   }
diff --git a/config/locales/contacts.en.yml b/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
index 4b4d099d7..c3fe0d47c 100644
--- a/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/contacts.en.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ en:
               too_long_contact_code: "Contact code is too long, max 100 characters"
             name:
               blank: "Required parameter missing - name"
+              invalid: "Name is invalid"
             phone:
               blank: "Required parameter missing - phone"
               invalid: "Phone nr is invalid"
diff --git a/test/models/contact_test.rb b/test/models/contact_test.rb
index 4a598b0c7..69f17da15 100644
--- a/test/models/contact_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/contact_test.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ class ContactTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
     assert contact.invalid?
   end
 
+  def test_allowed_and_disallowed_symbols_for_name
+    contact = valid_contact
+    contact.name = 'MARY ÄNN O’CONNEŽ-ŠUSLIK'
+    assert contact.valid?
+    contact.name = 'Boğaçhan Çağlayan'
+    assert contact.valid?
+    contact.name = '# "¤ #" ¤ "?'
+    assert contact.invalid?
+
+    contact.country_code = 'FI'
+    contact.ident_type = Contact::ORG
+    contact.ident = '1234'
+    assert contact.valid?
+  end
+
   def test_validates_code_format
     contact = valid_contact.dup
     max_length = 100