diff --git a/internal/domain/human_email.go b/internal/domain/human_email.go
index 489787c6c..25988a1d5 100644
--- a/internal/domain/human_email.go
+++ b/internal/domain/human_email.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package domain
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"regexp"
+	"net/mail"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -11,18 +12,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/zerrors"
 )
 
-var (
-	emailRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$")
-)
-
 type EmailAddress string
 
+var errEmailNameProvided = errors.New("email with name provided")
+
 func (e EmailAddress) Validate() error {
 	if e == "" {
 		return zerrors.ThrowInvalidArgument(nil, "EMAIL-spblu", "Errors.User.Email.Empty")
 	}
-	if !emailRegex.MatchString(string(e)) {
-		return zerrors.ThrowInvalidArgument(nil, "EMAIL-599BI", "Errors.User.Email.Invalid")
+	p, err := mail.ParseAddress(string(e))
+	if err != nil {
+		return zerrors.ThrowInvalidArgument(err, "EMAIL-599BI", "Errors.User.Email.Invalid")
+	}
+	if p.Name != "" {
+		return zerrors.ThrowInvalidArgument(errEmailNameProvided, "EMAIL-599GV", "Errors.User.Email.Invalid")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/domain/human_email_test.go b/internal/domain/human_email_test.go
index 42aa77fd7..b21aa2c69 100644
--- a/internal/domain/human_email_test.go
+++ b/internal/domain/human_email_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ func TestEmailValid(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			result: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "email UTF-8, valid", // https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9821
+			args: args{
+				email: &Email{EmailAddress: "abc@sünde.com"},
+			},
+			result: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "email with name, invalid",
+			args: args{
+				email: &Email{EmailAddress: "John Doe <john.doe@example.com>"},
+			},
+			result: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/proto/zitadel/management.proto b/proto/zitadel/management.proto
index 8f9934f83..f533f7cde 100644
--- a/proto/zitadel/management.proto
+++ b/proto/zitadel/management.proto
@@ -8579,7 +8579,7 @@ message AddHumanUserRequest {
         zitadel.user.v1.Gender gender = 6;
     }
     message Email {
-        string email = 1 [(validate.rules).string.email = true];
+        string email = 1 [(validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200}];
         bool is_email_verified = 2;
     }
     message Phone {
@@ -8660,7 +8660,7 @@ message ImportHumanUserRequest {
             }
         };
         string email = 1 [
-            (validate.rules).string.email = true,
+            (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200},
             (google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED,
             (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
                 example: "\"minnie@mouse.com\"";
@@ -9139,7 +9139,7 @@ message UpdateHumanEmailRequest {
     string user_id = 1 [(validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200}];
 
     string email = 2 [
-        (validate.rules).string.email = true,
+        (validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200},
         (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
             example: "\"gigi@zitadel.com\"";
         }
@@ -9154,7 +9154,7 @@ message UpdateHumanEmailResponse {
 message ResendHumanInitializationRequest {
     string user_id = 1 [(validate.rules).string = {min_len: 1, max_len: 200}];
     string email = 2 [
-        (validate.rules).string = {ignore_empty: true, email: true},
+        (validate.rules).string = {ignore_empty: true, min_len: 1, max_len: 200},
         (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
             example: "\"updated-email@test.com\"";
             description: "Send a new email address if the one set on the user is wrong or has a typo."