diff --git a/ui/src/pages/plugins/presentation.ts b/ui/src/pages/plugins/presentation.ts
index 8668aaca3ae0..18450a1faf9a 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/plugins/presentation.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/plugins/presentation.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,27 @@ const FALLBACK_GRADIENTS: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]> = [
   ["#fb7185", "#9f1239"],
 ];
 
+const graphemeSegmenter =
+  typeof Intl.Segmenter === "function"
+    ? new Intl.Segmenter(undefined, { granularity: "grapheme" })
+    : null;
+
+function takeGraphemes(input: string, limit: number): string {
+  if (!graphemeSegmenter) {
+    return Array.from(input).slice(0, limit).join("");
+  }
+  let result = "";
+  let count = 0;
+  for (const { segment } of graphemeSegmenter.segment(input)) {
+    result += segment;
+    count += 1;
+    if (count >= limit) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 export function pluginFallbackGradient(id: string): readonly [string, string] {
   let hash = 0;
   for (const char of id) {
@@ -224,7 +245,9 @@ export function pluginMonogram(name: string): string {
   }
   const first = expectDefined(words[0], "plugin monogram first word");
   const second = words[1];
-  const initials = second ? `${first.charAt(0)}${second.charAt(0)}` : first.slice(0, 2);
+  const initials = second
+    ? `${takeGraphemes(first, 1)}${takeGraphemes(second, 1)}`
+    : takeGraphemes(first, 2);
   return initials.toLocaleUpperCase();
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/plugins/view.test.ts b/ui/src/pages/plugins/view.test.ts
index c7bc596d46b9..9a8e8d0a6317 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/plugins/view.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/plugins/view.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,42 @@ describe("renderPlugins", () => {
     ).toContain("manifest invalid");
   });
 
+  it("keeps plugin fallback monograms on complete grapheme clusters", () => {
+    const cases = [
+      { id: "emoji-tools", name: "😀 Tools", expected: "😀T" },
+      { id: "mixed-emoji", name: "A😀", expected: "A😀" },
+      { id: "heart-tools", name: "❤️ Tools", expected: "❤️T" },
+      { id: "flag-tools", name: "🇺🇸 Tools", expected: "🇺🇸T" },
+      { id: "developer-tools", name: "👩‍💻 Tools", expected: "👩‍💻T" },
+      { id: "developer-name", name: "👩‍💻Dev", expected: "👩‍💻D" },
+      { id: "combining-mark", name: "é Tools", expected: "ÉT" },
+    ];
+    const plugins = cases.map(({ id, name }) => createPlugin({ id, name, origin: "global" }));
+    const container = mount(createProps({ result: createResult(plugins) }));
+
+    for (const { id, expected } of cases) {
+      expect(
+        container.querySelector(`[data-plugin-id="${id}"] .plugins-tile--fallback > span`)
+          ?.textContent,
+      ).toBe(expected);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("keeps plugin monograms usable when Intl.Segmenter is unavailable", async () => {
+    const originalSegmenter = Intl.Segmenter;
+    Object.defineProperty(Intl, "Segmenter", { configurable: true, value: undefined });
+    vi.resetModules();
+
+    try {
+      const { pluginMonogram } = await import("./presentation.ts");
+      expect(pluginMonogram("😀 Tools")).toBe("😀T");
+      expect(pluginMonogram("👩‍💻 Tools")).toBe("👩T");
+    } finally {
+      Object.defineProperty(Intl, "Segmenter", { configurable: true, value: originalSegmenter });
+      vi.resetModules();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("filters the installed inventory by state", () => {
     const plugins = [
       createPlugin({ id: "on", name: "On", enabled: true, state: "enabled" }),