diff --git a/scipost_django/profiles/forms.py b/scipost_django/profiles/forms.py
index 1a461b96e45834bf615002411c38df0fc255a73e..b3af602d1b93fd1ca1e55868d792b04f8b1db896 100644
--- a/scipost_django/profiles/forms.py
+++ b/scipost_django/profiles/forms.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class ProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
             "title",
             "first_name",
             "last_name",
+            "first_name_original",
+            "last_name_original",
             "orcid_id",
             "webpage",
             "acad_field",
diff --git a/scipost_django/profiles/migrations/0040_profile_first_name_original_and_more.py b/scipost_django/profiles/migrations/0040_profile_first_name_original_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b45c93edbf084d551450b98734835a57f83b9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scipost_django/profiles/migrations/0040_profile_first_name_original_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.10 on 2024-04-04 12:06
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("profiles", "0039_alter_profileemail_profile"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="profile",
+            name="first_name_original",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                default="",
+                help_text="Name in original script (if not using the Latin alphabet)",
+                max_length=64,
+                verbose_name="First name (original)",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="profile",
+            name="last_name_original",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                default="",
+                help_text="Name in original script (if not using the Latin alphabet)",
+                max_length=64,
+                verbose_name="Last name (original)",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/scipost_django/profiles/models.py b/scipost_django/profiles/models.py
index 052b9762efc2f77f9c2218e4fa39c940d6b701dc..9c851d6fb9224ae5bd34318ce8717a6959d38eed 100644
--- a/scipost_django/profiles/models.py
+++ b/scipost_django/profiles/models.py
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ class Profile(models.Model):
     first_name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
     last_name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
 
+    first_name_original = models.CharField(
+        max_length=64,
+        blank=True,
+        default="",
+        verbose_name="First name (original)",
+        help_text="Name in original script (if not using the Latin alphabet)",
+    )
+    last_name_original = models.CharField(
+        max_length=64,
+        blank=True,
+        default="",
+        verbose_name="Last name (original)",
+        help_text="Name in original script (if not using the Latin alphabet)",
+    )
+
     orcid_id = models.CharField(
         max_length=20, verbose_name="ORCID id", blank=True, validators=[orcid_validator]
     )
@@ -103,6 +118,10 @@ class Profile(models.Model):
     def full_name(self):
         return f"{self.first_name} {self.last_name}"
 
+    @property
+    def full_name_original(self):
+        return f"{self.first_name_original} {self.last_name_original}"
+
     @property
     def roles(self):
         try:
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/forms.py b/scipost_django/scipost/forms.py
index 7c3efdfd35019f001c7755b1d5aed6e9c701d92d..9c733c24d01ca9b1c30f6f2ecec67432eeda37f5 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/forms.py
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/forms.py
@@ -112,10 +112,24 @@ class RegistrationForm(forms.Form):
     are thus separately handled here.
     """
 
-    title = forms.ChoiceField(choices=TITLE_CHOICES, label="* Title")
-    first_name = forms.CharField(label="* First name", max_length=100)
-    last_name = forms.CharField(label="* Last name", max_length=100)
-    email = forms.EmailField(label="* Email address")
+    required_css_class = "required-asterisk"
+
+    title = forms.ChoiceField(choices=TITLE_CHOICES, label="Title")
+    email = forms.EmailField(label="Email address")
+    first_name = forms.CharField(label="First name", max_length=64)
+    last_name = forms.CharField(label="Last name", max_length=64)
+    first_name_original = forms.CharField(
+        label="First name (original script)",
+        max_length=64,
+        required=False,
+        help_text="Name in original script (if not using the Latin alphabet)",
+    )
+    last_name_original = forms.CharField(
+        label="Last name (original script)",
+        max_length=64,
+        required=False,
+        help_text="Name in original script (if not using the Latin alphabet)",
+    )
     invitation_key = forms.CharField(
         max_length=40, widget=forms.HiddenInput(), required=False
     )
@@ -149,7 +163,7 @@ class RegistrationForm(forms.Form):
         widget=autocomplete.ModelSelect2(
             url="/organizations/organization-autocomplete", attrs={"data-html": True}
         ),
-        label="* Current affiliation",
+        label="Current affiliation",
         help_text=(
             "Start typing, then select in the popup; "
             "if you do not find the organization you seek, "
@@ -173,19 +187,19 @@ class RegistrationForm(forms.Form):
         ),
     )
     username = forms.CharField(
-        label="* Username",
+        label="Username",
         max_length=100,
         validators=[
             UnicodeUsernameValidator,
         ],
     )
-    password = forms.CharField(label="* Password", widget=forms.PasswordInput())
+    password = forms.CharField(label="Password", widget=forms.PasswordInput())
     password_verif = forms.CharField(
-        label="* Verify password",
+        label="Verify password",
         widget=forms.PasswordInput(),
         help_text="Your password must contain at least 8 characters",
     )
-    captcha = ReCaptchaField(label="* Please verify to continue:")
+    captcha = ReCaptchaField(label="Please verify to continue:")
     subscribe = forms.BooleanField(
         required=False,
         initial=False,
@@ -271,6 +285,8 @@ class RegistrationForm(forms.Form):
                 title=self.cleaned_data["title"],
                 first_name=self.cleaned_data["first_name"],
                 last_name=self.cleaned_data["last_name"],
+                first_name_original=self.cleaned_data["first_name_original"],
+                last_name_original=self.cleaned_data["last_name_original"],
                 acad_field=self.cleaned_data["acad_field"],
                 orcid_id=self.cleaned_data["orcid_id"],
                 webpage=self.cleaned_data["webpage"],