diff --git a/src/compiler/diagnosticMessages.json b/src/compiler/diagnosticMessages.json
index ac14f37653136..931a370e80bbb 100644
--- a/src/compiler/diagnosticMessages.json
+++ b/src/compiler/diagnosticMessages.json
@@ -6409,6 +6409,10 @@
         "category": "Error",
         "code": 17018
     },
+    "Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.": {
+        "category": "Error",
+        "code": 17019
+    },
     "Circularity detected while resolving configuration: {0}": {
         "category": "Error",
         "code": 18000
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index f9aa3e57498ed..ad6693f47b5a9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -2045,6 +2045,13 @@ namespace ts {
             return createIdentifier(tokenIsIdentifierOrKeyword(token()), diagnosticMessage);
         }
 
+        function parseIdentifierNameErrorOnUnicodeEscapeSequence(): Identifier {
+            if (scanner.hasUnicodeEscape() || scanner.hasExtendedUnicodeEscape()) {
+                parseErrorAtCurrentToken(Diagnostics.Unicode_escape_sequence_cannot_appear_here);
+            }
+            return createIdentifier(tokenIsIdentifierOrKeyword(token()));
+        }
+
         function isLiteralPropertyName(): boolean {
             return tokenIsIdentifierOrKeyword(token()) ||
                 token() === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral ||
@@ -2898,7 +2905,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 entity = finishNode(
                     factory.createQualifiedName(
                         entity,
-                        parseRightSideOfDot(allowReservedWords, /* allowPrivateIdentifiers */ false) as Identifier
+                        parseRightSideOfDot(allowReservedWords, /* allowPrivateIdentifiers */ false, /** allowUnicodeEscapeSequenceInIdentifierName */ true) as Identifier
                     ),
                     pos
                 );
@@ -2910,7 +2917,7 @@ namespace ts {
             return finishNode(factory.createQualifiedName(entity, name), entity.pos);
         }
 
-        function parseRightSideOfDot(allowIdentifierNames: boolean, allowPrivateIdentifiers: boolean): Identifier | PrivateIdentifier {
+        function parseRightSideOfDot(allowIdentifierNames: boolean, allowPrivateIdentifiers: boolean, allowUnicodeEscapeSequenceInIdentifierName: boolean): Identifier | PrivateIdentifier {
             // Technically a keyword is valid here as all identifiers and keywords are identifier names.
             // However, often we'll encounter this in error situations when the identifier or keyword
             // is actually starting another valid construct.
@@ -2946,7 +2953,11 @@ namespace ts {
                 return allowPrivateIdentifiers ? node : createMissingNode<Identifier>(SyntaxKind.Identifier, /*reportAtCurrentPosition*/ true, Diagnostics.Identifier_expected);
             }
 
-            return allowIdentifierNames ? parseIdentifierName() : parseIdentifier();
+            if (allowIdentifierNames) {
+                return allowUnicodeEscapeSequenceInIdentifierName ? parseIdentifierName() : parseIdentifierNameErrorOnUnicodeEscapeSequence();
+            }
+
+            return parseIdentifier();
         }
 
         function parseTemplateSpans(isTaggedTemplate: boolean) {
@@ -5302,7 +5313,7 @@ namespace ts {
             // If it wasn't then just try to parse out a '.' and report an error.
             parseExpectedToken(SyntaxKind.DotToken, Diagnostics.super_must_be_followed_by_an_argument_list_or_member_access);
             // private names will never work with `super` (`super.#foo`), but that's a semantic error, not syntactic
-            return finishNode(factory.createPropertyAccessExpression(expression, parseRightSideOfDot(/*allowIdentifierNames*/ true, /*allowPrivateIdentifiers*/ true)), pos);
+            return finishNode(factory.createPropertyAccessExpression(expression, parseRightSideOfDot(/*allowIdentifierNames*/ true, /*allowPrivateIdentifiers*/ true, /** allowUnicodeEscapeSequenceInIdentifierName */ true)), pos);
         }
 
         function parseJsxElementOrSelfClosingElementOrFragment(inExpressionContext: boolean, topInvalidNodePosition?: number, openingTag?: JsxOpeningElement | JsxOpeningFragment): JsxElement | JsxSelfClosingElement | JsxFragment {
@@ -5491,9 +5502,9 @@ namespace ts {
             // We can't just simply use parseLeftHandSideExpressionOrHigher because then we will start consider class,function etc as a keyword
             // We only want to consider "this" as a primaryExpression
             let expression: JsxTagNameExpression = token() === SyntaxKind.ThisKeyword ?
-                parseTokenNode<ThisExpression>() : parseIdentifierName();
+                parseTokenNode<ThisExpression>() : parseIdentifierNameErrorOnUnicodeEscapeSequence();
             while (parseOptional(SyntaxKind.DotToken)) {
-                expression = finishNode(factory.createPropertyAccessExpression(expression, parseRightSideOfDot(/*allowIdentifierNames*/ true, /*allowPrivateIdentifiers*/ false)), pos) as JsxTagNamePropertyAccess;
+                expression = finishNode(factory.createPropertyAccessExpression(expression, parseRightSideOfDot(/*allowIdentifierNames*/ true, /*allowPrivateIdentifiers*/ false, /** allowUnicodeEscapeSequenceInIdentifierName */ false)), pos) as JsxTagNamePropertyAccess;
             }
             return expression;
         }
@@ -5532,7 +5543,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
             scanJsxIdentifier();
             const pos = getNodePos();
-            return finishNode(factory.createJsxAttribute(parseIdentifierName(), parseJsxAttributeValue()), pos);
+            return finishNode(factory.createJsxAttribute(parseIdentifierNameErrorOnUnicodeEscapeSequence(), parseJsxAttributeValue()), pos);
         }
 
         function parseJsxAttributeValue(): JsxAttributeValue | undefined {
@@ -5638,7 +5649,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         function parsePropertyAccessExpressionRest(pos: number, expression: LeftHandSideExpression, questionDotToken: QuestionDotToken | undefined) {
-            const name = parseRightSideOfDot(/*allowIdentifierNames*/ true, /*allowPrivateIdentifiers*/ true);
+            const name = parseRightSideOfDot(/*allowIdentifierNames*/ true, /*allowPrivateIdentifiers*/ true, /** allowUnicodeEscapeSequenceInIdentifierName */ true);
             const isOptionalChain = questionDotToken || tryReparseOptionalChain(expression);
             const propertyAccess = isOptionalChain ?
                 factory.createPropertyAccessChain(expression, questionDotToken, name) :
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..74a19555c5b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(15,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(16,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(17,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(18,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(19,6): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(20,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(21,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(22,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(23,4): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(26,9): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx(27,9): error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+
+
+==== tests/cases/conformance/jsx/file.tsx (11 errors) ====
+    import * as React from "react";
+    declare global {
+        namespace JSX {
+            interface IntrinsicElements {
+                "a-b": any;
+                "a-c": any;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    const Compa = (x: {x: number}) => <div>{"" + x}</div>;
+    const x = { video: () => null }
+    
+    // unicode escape sequence is not allowed in tag name or JSX attribute name.
+    // tag name:
+    ; <\u0061></a>
+       ~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <\u0061-b></a-b>
+       ~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <a-\u0063></a-c>
+       ~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <Comp\u0061 x={12} />
+       ~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <x.\u0076ideo />
+         ~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <\u{0061}></a>
+       ~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <\u{0061}-b></a-b>
+       ~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <a-\u{0063}></a-c>
+       ~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ; <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />
+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    
+    // attribute name
+    ;<video data-\u0076ideo />
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    ;<video \u0073rc="" />
+            ~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS17019: Unicode escape sequence cannot appear here.
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.js b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.js
index c57eb1c9e7bdd..40328e38f2bca 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.js
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.js
@@ -9,26 +9,37 @@ declare global {
     }
 }
 const Compa = (x: {x: number}) => <div>{"" + x}</div>;
+const x = { video: () => null }
 
-let a = <\u0061></a>; // works
-let ab = <\u0061-b></a-b>; // works
-let ac = <a-\u0063></a-c>; // works
-let compa = <Comp\u0061 x={12} />; // works
+// unicode escape sequence is not allowed in tag name or JSX attribute name.
+// tag name:
+; <\u0061></a>
+; <\u0061-b></a-b>
+; <a-\u0063></a-c>
+; <Comp\u0061 x={12} />
+; <x.\u0076ideo />
+; <\u{0061}></a>
+; <\u{0061}-b></a-b>
+; <a-\u{0063}></a-c>
+; <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />
 
-let a2 = <\u{0061}></a>; // works
-let ab2 = <\u{0061}-b></a-b>; // works
-let ac2 = <a-\u{0063}></a-c>; // works
-let compa2 = <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />; // works
+// attribute name
+;<video data-\u0076ideo />
+;<video \u0073rc="" />
 
 
 //// [file.js]
 import * as React from "react";
 const Compa = (x) => React.createElement("div", null, "" + x);
-let a = React.createElement("a", null); // works
-let ab = React.createElement("a-b", null); // works
-let ac = React.createElement("a-c", null); // works
-let compa = React.createElement(Comp\u0061, { x: 12 }); // works
-let a2 = React.createElement("a", null); // works
-let ab2 = React.createElement("a-b", null); // works
-let ac2 = React.createElement("a-c", null); // works
-let compa2 = React.createElement(Comp\u{0061}, { x: 12 }); // works
+const x = { video: () => null };
+React.createElement("a", null);
+React.createElement("a-b", null);
+React.createElement("a-c", null);
+React.createElement(Comp\u0061, { x: 12 });
+React.createElement(x.\u0076ideo, null);
+React.createElement("a", null);
+React.createElement("a-b", null);
+React.createElement("a-c", null);
+React.createElement(Comp\u{0061}, { x: 12 });
+React.createElement("video", { "data-video": true });
+React.createElement("video", { \u0073rc: "" });
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.symbols
index e2bc952530378..d90c54e53b157 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.symbols
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.symbols
@@ -27,43 +27,55 @@ const Compa = (x: {x: number}) => <div>{"" + x}</div>;
 >x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 9, 15))
 >div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.div, Decl(react.d.ts, 2400, 45))
 
-let a = <\u0061></a>; // works
->a : Symbol(a, Decl(file.tsx, 11, 3))
+const x = { video: () => null }
+>x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 10, 5))
+>video : Symbol(video, Decl(file.tsx, 10, 11))
+
+// unicode escape sequence is not allowed in tag name or JSX attribute name.
+// tag name:
+; <\u0061></a>
 >\u0061 : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.a, Decl(react.d.ts, 2370, 33))
 >a : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.a, Decl(react.d.ts, 2370, 33))
 
-let ab = <\u0061-b></a-b>; // works
->ab : Symbol(ab, Decl(file.tsx, 12, 3))
+; <\u0061-b></a-b>
 >\u0061-b : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-b"], Decl(file.tsx, 3, 37))
 >a-b : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-b"], Decl(file.tsx, 3, 37))
 
-let ac = <a-\u0063></a-c>; // works
->ac : Symbol(ac, Decl(file.tsx, 13, 3))
+; <a-\u0063></a-c>
 >a-\u0063 : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-c"], Decl(file.tsx, 4, 23))
 >a-c : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-c"], Decl(file.tsx, 4, 23))
 
-let compa = <Comp\u0061 x={12} />; // works
->compa : Symbol(compa, Decl(file.tsx, 14, 3))
+; <Comp\u0061 x={12} />
 >Comp\u0061 : Symbol(Compa, Decl(file.tsx, 9, 5))
->x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 14, 23))
+>x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 17, 13))
+
+; <x.\u0076ideo />
+>x.\u0076ideo : Symbol(video, Decl(file.tsx, 10, 11))
+>x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 10, 5))
+>\u0076ideo : Symbol(video, Decl(file.tsx, 10, 11))
 
-let a2 = <\u{0061}></a>; // works
->a2 : Symbol(a2, Decl(file.tsx, 16, 3))
+; <\u{0061}></a>
 >\u{0061} : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.a, Decl(react.d.ts, 2370, 33))
 >a : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.a, Decl(react.d.ts, 2370, 33))
 
-let ab2 = <\u{0061}-b></a-b>; // works
->ab2 : Symbol(ab2, Decl(file.tsx, 17, 3))
+; <\u{0061}-b></a-b>
 >\u{0061}-b : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-b"], Decl(file.tsx, 3, 37))
 >a-b : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-b"], Decl(file.tsx, 3, 37))
 
-let ac2 = <a-\u{0063}></a-c>; // works
->ac2 : Symbol(ac2, Decl(file.tsx, 18, 3))
+; <a-\u{0063}></a-c>
 >a-\u{0063} : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-c"], Decl(file.tsx, 4, 23))
 >a-c : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements["a-c"], Decl(file.tsx, 4, 23))
 
-let compa2 = <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />; // works
->compa2 : Symbol(compa2, Decl(file.tsx, 19, 3))
+; <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />
 >Comp\u{0061} : Symbol(Compa, Decl(file.tsx, 9, 5))
->x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 19, 26))
+>x : Symbol(x, Decl(file.tsx, 22, 15))
+
+// attribute name
+;<video data-\u0076ideo />
+>video : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.video, Decl(react.d.ts, 2481, 44))
+>data-\u0076ideo : Symbol(data-\u0076ideo, Decl(file.tsx, 25, 7))
+
+;<video \u0073rc="" />
+>video : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements.video, Decl(react.d.ts, 2481, 44))
+>\u0073rc : Symbol(\u0073rc, Decl(file.tsx, 26, 7))
 
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.types b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.types
index 745fafba25827..49e94f9384c76 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.types
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.types
@@ -27,53 +27,71 @@ const Compa = (x: {x: number}) => <div>{"" + x}</div>;
 >x : { x: number; }
 >div : any
 
-let a = <\u0061></a>; // works
->a : JSX.Element
+const x = { video: () => null }
+>x : { video: () => any; }
+>{ video: () => null } : { video: () => any; }
+>video : () => any
+>() => null : () => any
+>null : null
+
+// unicode escape sequence is not allowed in tag name or JSX attribute name.
+// tag name:
+; <\u0061></a>
 ><\u0061></a> : JSX.Element
->\u0061 : JSX.Element
->a : JSX.Element
+>\u0061 : any
+>a : any
 
-let ab = <\u0061-b></a-b>; // works
->ab : JSX.Element
+; <\u0061-b></a-b>
 ><\u0061-b></a-b> : JSX.Element
 >\u0061-b : any
 >a-b : any
 
-let ac = <a-\u0063></a-c>; // works
->ac : JSX.Element
+; <a-\u0063></a-c>
 ><a-\u0063></a-c> : JSX.Element
 >a-\u0063 : any
 >a-c : any
 
-let compa = <Comp\u0061 x={12} />; // works
->compa : JSX.Element
+; <Comp\u0061 x={12} />
 ><Comp\u0061 x={12} /> : JSX.Element
 >Comp\u0061 : (x: { x: number; }) => JSX.Element
 >x : number
 >12 : 12
 
-let a2 = <\u{0061}></a>; // works
->a2 : JSX.Element
+; <x.\u0076ideo />
+><x.\u0076ideo /> : JSX.Element
+>x.\u0076ideo : () => any
+>x : { video: () => any; }
+>\u0076ideo : () => any
+
+; <\u{0061}></a>
 ><\u{0061}></a> : JSX.Element
->\u{0061} : JSX.Element
->a : JSX.Element
+>\u{0061} : any
+>a : any
 
-let ab2 = <\u{0061}-b></a-b>; // works
->ab2 : JSX.Element
+; <\u{0061}-b></a-b>
 ><\u{0061}-b></a-b> : JSX.Element
 >\u{0061}-b : any
 >a-b : any
 
-let ac2 = <a-\u{0063}></a-c>; // works
->ac2 : JSX.Element
+; <a-\u{0063}></a-c>
 ><a-\u{0063}></a-c> : JSX.Element
 >a-\u{0063} : any
 >a-c : any
 
-let compa2 = <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />; // works
->compa2 : JSX.Element
+; <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />
 ><Comp\u{0061} x={12} /> : JSX.Element
 >Comp\u{0061} : (x: { x: number; }) => JSX.Element
 >x : number
 >12 : 12
 
+// attribute name
+;<video data-\u0076ideo />
+><video data-\u0076ideo /> : JSX.Element
+>video : any
+>data-\u0076ideo : true
+
+;<video \u0073rc="" />
+><video \u0073rc="" /> : JSX.Element
+>video : any
+>\u0073rc : string
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.tsx b/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.tsx
index fbac39433166b..61804ab284c55 100644
--- a/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.tsx
+++ b/tests/cases/conformance/jsx/unicodeEscapesInJsxtags.tsx
@@ -15,13 +15,20 @@ declare global {
     }
 }
 const Compa = (x: {x: number}) => <div>{"" + x}</div>;
+const x = { video: () => null }
 
-let a = <\u0061></a>; // works
-let ab = <\u0061-b></a-b>; // works
-let ac = <a-\u0063></a-c>; // works
-let compa = <Comp\u0061 x={12} />; // works
+// unicode escape sequence is not allowed in tag name or JSX attribute name.
+// tag name:
+; <\u0061></a>
+; <\u0061-b></a-b>
+; <a-\u0063></a-c>
+; <Comp\u0061 x={12} />
+; <x.\u0076ideo />
+; <\u{0061}></a>
+; <\u{0061}-b></a-b>
+; <a-\u{0063}></a-c>
+; <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />
 
-let a2 = <\u{0061}></a>; // works
-let ab2 = <\u{0061}-b></a-b>; // works
-let ac2 = <a-\u{0063}></a-c>; // works
-let compa2 = <Comp\u{0061} x={12} />; // works
+// attribute name
+;<video data-\u0076ideo />
+;<video \u0073rc="" />