diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 332ba2733..e71d88dc7 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ Ranked; detail and the full milestone table in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md
 - **2026-10-15 (M14, gap 24):** `misc.localization` and `misc.installers` move from planned to partial. Localization: 22 catalogs ship, but Chinese shows tofu in releases, Telugu has no release font and Arabic is not mirrored. Installers: macOS and Windows releases are signed, Linux packages are not. The Acrobat menu diff itself remains open. Estimates unchanged.
 - **2026-10-13 (G14, Vietnamese localization):** Added Vietnamese (`vi`, Tiếng Việt) as an interface and date language with a 2,591-entry catalog (`plural_none`) covering 100% of the current localizable key union (plus `theme`/`Appearance`). Locale tags `vi` / `vi-VN` / `vi_VN.UTF-8` resolve; calendar months use numeric `Tháng 1`…`12` / `tháng 1`…`12`. Native-speaker community review recorded. The twelve-language localization mean moves from ≈59% to ≈68%; weighted readiness ≈49% → ≈50%. Status stays `partial`: engine/OS details, document contents, filenames, CLI/MCP and external help stay outside the catalog by design.
 
+- **2026-10-12 (M6, XML field names):** AcroForm XML data export constrains generated element names to XML 1.0 NCNames, so Latin-1 names such as `Area²` and `Aµ` produce readable data files. Original PDF field names travel through the existing `xfdf:original` attribute; previously valid tags, including Greek and CJK, keep their spelling. Saved-PDF regressions cover invalid prefixes, combining letters and normalized-name collisions. Estimates unchanged.
 - **2026-10-12 (M6, CSV carriage returns):** Form-data CSV export quotes carriage returns in field names and values, so a trailing carriage return cannot turn into a record separator and disappear on reimport. Saved-PDF round-trip regressions cover CR, LF, CRLF, commas and quotes; estimates unchanged.
 - **2026-10-13 (community, M14, #1553 review):** Relative Fontconfig includes resolve beside each including config, including nested configuration selected through `FONTCONFIG_PATH`. Directory includes accept only digit-prefixed `*.conf` in lexical order. Isolated regressions reproduce both review findings; configuration size/count/depth limits, cycles, symlinked config and valid reset ordering are covered. Estimates unchanged.
 - **2026-10-12 (community, M14, NixOS UI fonts):** Linux/Unix interface fallback fonts are also discovered in Fontconfig's configured directories, including Nix store and user font paths. Existing candidate names, glyph checks, size limits and the screenshot opt-out are retained. Synthetic regressions cover included configuration, symlinks, cycles, depth limits and candidate ordering. Estimates unchanged.
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ Newest first: the date, what moved, and the new overall estimate.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-12 | minor | M6: valid AcroForm XML element names with original PDF field names preserved; saved-PDF collision and Unicode regressions. Estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | M6: preserve carriage returns in exported CSV field names and values; saved-PDF round-trip coverage. Estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | M4: Insert-from-file preserves source bookmarks; integration tests retained with current main. Estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | M7/#128: Hebrew in Add text with the craft-fonts Hebr face (display order, points, ToUnicode, ActualText); estimates unchanged. |
diff --git a/crates/xfdf/src/lib.rs b/crates/xfdf/src/lib.rs
index 3c3ebe3f0..50326c4e7 100644
--- a/crates/xfdf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/xfdf/src/lib.rs
@@ -558,10 +558,30 @@ pub fn export_fdf(doc: &Document, comments: bool, fields: bool, file: &str) -> V
     let _ = write!(out, "trailer\n<< /Root 1 0 R >>\nstartxref\n{xref}\n%%EOF\n");
     out
 }
-/// The XML element name for a field name (letters, digits, `_`, `-`, `.`).
+/// XML 1.0 fifth-edition NameStartChar, excluding `:` for an unprefixed NCName.
+/// https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-20081126/#NT-NameStartChar
+fn xml_name_start(c: char) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        c,
+        '_' | 'A'..='Z' | 'a'..='z'
+            | '\u{C0}'..='\u{D6}' | '\u{D8}'..='\u{F6}' | '\u{F8}'..='\u{2FF}'
+            | '\u{370}'..='\u{37D}' | '\u{37F}'..='\u{1FFF}'
+            | '\u{200C}'..='\u{200D}' | '\u{2070}'..='\u{218F}'
+            | '\u{2C00}'..='\u{2FEF}' | '\u{3001}'..='\u{D7FF}'
+            | '\u{F900}'..='\u{FDCF}' | '\u{FDF0}'..='\u{FFFD}'
+            | '\u{10000}'..='\u{EFFFF}'
+    )
+}
+
+fn xml_name_char(c: char) -> bool {
+    xml_name_start(c) || matches!(c, '-' | '.' | '0'..='9' | '\u{B7}' | '\u{300}'..='\u{36F}' | '\u{203F}'..='\u{2040}')
+}
+
+/// Keep the existing letters/digits/`_`/`-`/`.` normalization, constrained to valid NCNames.
 fn xml_name(name: &str) -> String {
-    let mut s: String = name.chars().map(|c| if c.is_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '_' | '-' | '.') { c } else { '_' }).collect();
-    if !s.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| c.is_alphabetic() || c == '_') {
+    let mut s: String =
+        name.chars().map(|c| if (c.is_alphanumeric() && xml_name_char(c)) || matches!(c, '_' | '-' | '.') { c } else { '_' }).collect();
+    if !s.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| (c.is_alphabetic() && xml_name_start(c)) || c == '_') {
         s.insert(0, '_');
     }
     s
diff --git a/crates/xfdf/src/tests.rs b/crates/xfdf/src/tests.rs
index 4e876468c..d244df1ad 100644
--- a/crates/xfdf/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/xfdf/src/tests.rs
@@ -292,6 +292,60 @@ trailer\n<< /Root 1 0 R >>\n%%EOF\n";
     assert_eq!((parent("cycle-a").as_deref(), parent("cycle-b").as_deref()), (Some("cycle-b"), Some("cycle-a")));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn xml_field_names_remain_valid_and_round_trip_without_collisions() {
+    assert_eq!(xml_name(".Value"), "_.Value");
+    let names = [
+        ("Area²", "Area_"),
+        ("Area_", "Area_"),
+        ("Aµ", "A_"),
+        ("µRate", "_Rate"),
+        ("²Rate", "_Rate"),
+        ("½Amount", "_Amount"),
+        ("1Rate", "_1Rate"),
+        ("Café", "Café"),
+        ("Δείγμα", "Δείγμα"),
+        ("姓名", "姓名"),
+        ("٣Value", "_٣Value"),
+        ("\u{345}Rate", "_\u{345}Rate"),
+        ("A\u{345}", "A\u{345}"),
+        ("Alpha_1-2", "Alpha_1-2"),
+        ("ns:value", "ns_value"),
+        ("-Value", "_-Value"),
+    ];
+    let mut src = one_field();
+    pdfcraft_forms::delete_field(&mut src, "Name").unwrap();
+    for (index, (name, _)) in names.iter().enumerate() {
+        add_field(&mut src, 0, [50.0, 700.0, 250.0, 720.0], &NewField::Text { multiline: false }, Some(name)).unwrap();
+        set_value(&mut src, name, &FieldValue::Text(format!("value-{index}"))).unwrap();
+    }
+    let source = Arc::new(write_full(&src, &SaveOptions::default()).unwrap());
+    let src = Document::open(source.clone()).unwrap();
+    let want = values(&src);
+    for format in [Format::Xml, Format::Xdp] {
+        let text = export_data(&src, format);
+        let xml = roxmltree::Document::parse(&text).unwrap();
+        let children: Vec<_> = xml.root_element().children().filter(|n| n.is_element()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(children.len(), names.len());
+        for (child, (original, tag)) in children.iter().zip(names) {
+            assert_eq!(child.tag_name().name(), tag);
+            assert_eq!(child.attribute(("http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf-transition/", "original")), (original != tag).then_some(original));
+        }
+        assert!(!src.is_modified(), "export must not change the source PDF");
+        assert_eq!(src.bytes().as_slice(), source.as_slice());
+
+        let mut dst = Document::open(source.clone()).unwrap();
+        for (name, _) in names {
+            set_value(&mut dst, name, &FieldValue::Text("replaced".into())).unwrap();
+        }
+        let report = import(&mut dst, text.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(report.fields, names.len());
+        assert!(report.rejected.is_empty(), "{report:?}");
+        let reopened = Document::open(Arc::new(write_full(&dst, &SaveOptions::default()).unwrap())).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(values(&reopened), want, "{format:?}: sanitized names must preserve distinct original fields");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn form_data_as_xml_csv_and_text() {
     let src = filled();
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
index 5bdefc375..3148823ea 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ M2 (renderer), M7 (content editing), M10 (OCR and Office), M11 (Preflight and st
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-12 | minor | M6: valid AcroForm XML element names with original PDF field names preserved; saved-PDF collision and Unicode regressions. Estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | M6: preserve carriage returns in exported CSV field names and values; saved-PDF round-trip coverage. Estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | M7 local candidate: text drafts grow and save their width; single visual rows grow across style boundaries; both text tools retype added items and Add Text edits source text. Added-item textless previews are read-only and covered by UI/tool regressions. Estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | M14/#1395: XDG configuration preferences, safe migration and fallback; logs/recovery retain data locations, portable/non-XDG unchanged. Estimates unchanged. |