diff --git a/.chloggen/nameval_refactor.yaml b/.chloggen/nameval_refactor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e61e1dab14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/nameval_refactor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: 'breaking'
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: component
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Adds restrictions on the character set for component.ID name.
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [10673]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/component/config.go b/component/config.go
index b961d1fdb1f..d794a91c28c 100644
--- a/component/config.go
+++ b/component/config.go
@@ -164,3 +164,15 @@ var (
 	// DataTypeLogs is the data type tag for logs.
 	DataTypeLogs = mustNewDataType("logs")
 )
+
+// nameRegexp is used to validate the name of a component. A name can consist of
+// 1 to 63 unicode characters excluding whitespace, control characters, and
+// symbols.
+var nameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^[^\pZ\pC\pS]{1,63}$`)
+
+func validateName(nameStr string) error {
+	if !nameRegexp.MatchString(nameStr) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid character(s) in name %q", nameStr)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/component/identifiable.go b/component/identifiable.go
index d2d65a5e24f..9a930d2070c 100644
--- a/component/identifiable.go
+++ b/component/identifiable.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ func (id *ID) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
 		if nameStr == "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("in %q id: the part after %s should not be empty", idStr, typeAndNameSeparator)
 		}
+		if err := validateName(nameStr); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("in %q id: %w", nameStr, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	var err error
diff --git a/component/identifiable_test.go b/component/identifiable_test.go
index 25c449ef11c..7b8dd775350 100644
--- a/component/identifiable_test.go
+++ b/component/identifiable_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ func TestUnmarshalText(t *testing.T) {
 			idStr:      "   valid_type   /   valid_name  ",
 			expectedID: ID{typeVal: validType, nameVal: "valid_name"},
 		},
+		{
+			idStr:      "valid_type/中文好",
+			expectedID: ID{typeVal: validType, nameVal: "中文好"},
+		},
+		{
+			idStr:      "valid_type/name-with-dashes",
+			expectedID: ID{typeVal: validType, nameVal: "name-with-dashes"},
+		},
+		{
+			idStr:      "valid_type/1",
+			expectedID: ID{typeVal: validType, nameVal: "1"},
+		},
 		{
 			idStr:       "/valid_name",
 			expectedErr: true,
@@ -55,6 +67,10 @@ func TestUnmarshalText(t *testing.T) {
 			idStr:       "      ",
 			expectedErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			idStr:       "valid_type/invalid name",
+			expectedErr: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {