diff --git a/compiler/gentype/TranslateTypeDeclarations.ml b/compiler/gentype/TranslateTypeDeclarations.ml
index 2768bdf343..2ed90b6ec4 100644
--- a/compiler/gentype/TranslateTypeDeclarations.ml
+++ b/compiler/gentype/TranslateTypeDeclarations.ml
@@ -41,12 +41,20 @@ let create_case (label, attributes) ~poly =
  * If @genType.as is used, perform renaming conversion.
  * If @as is used (with records-as-objects active), escape and quote if
  * the identifier contains characters which are invalid as JS property names.
+ * For escaped identifiers like \"foo-bar", strip the surrounding \"..."
+ * since they are part of the ReScript syntax, not the actual field name.
+ * The resulting name will be quoted later in EmitType if needed.
 *)
 let rename_record_field ~attributes ~name =
   attributes |> Annotation.check_unsupported_gentype_as_renaming;
   match attributes |> Annotation.get_as_string with
-  | Some s -> s |> String.escaped
-  | None -> name
+  | Some s -> String.escaped s
+  | None ->
+    (* Strip surrounding \"..." from escaped identifiers like \"foo-bar" *)
+    let len = String.length name in
+    if len >= 3 && name.[0] = '\\' && name.[1] = '"' && name.[len - 1] = '"'
+    then String.sub name 2 (len - 3)
+    else name
 
 let traslate_declaration_kind ~config ~loc ~output_file_relative ~resolver
     ~type_attributes ~type_env ~type_name ~type_vars declaration_kind :
diff --git a/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.gen.tsx b/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.gen.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..460be7821b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.gen.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* TypeScript file generated from EscapedNames.res by genType. */
+
+/* eslint-disable */
+/* tslint:disable */
+
+import * as EscapedNamesJS from './EscapedNames.res.js';
+
+export type variant = "Illegal\"Name";
+
+export type polymorphicVariant = "Illegal\"Name";
+
+export type object_ = { readonly normalField: number; readonly "escape\"me": number };
+
+export type record = {
+  readonly normalField: variant; 
+  readonly "Renamed'Field": number; 
+  readonly "Illegal-field name": number
+};
+
+export const myRecord: record = EscapedNamesJS.myRecord as any;
diff --git a/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.res b/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.res
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2000c79e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.res
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@genType
+type variant = | @as("Illegal\"Name") IllegalName
+
+@genType
+type polymorphicVariant = [#"Illegal\"Name"]
+
+@genType
+type object_ = {"normalField": int, "escape\"me": int}
+
+@genType
+type record = {
+  normalField: variant,
+  @as("Renamed'Field") renamedField: int,
+  \"Illegal-field name": int,
+}
+@genType
+let myRecord = {
+  normalField: IllegalName,
+  renamedField: 42,
+  \"Illegal-field name": 7,
+}
diff --git a/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.res.js b/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.res.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..109c107203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gentype_tests/typescript-react-example/src/EscapedNames.res.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Generated by ReScript, PLEASE EDIT WITH CARE
+
+
+let myRecord = {
+  normalField: "Illegal\"Name",
+  "Renamed'Field": 42,
+  "Illegal-field name": 7
+};
+
+export {
+  myRecord,
+}
+/* No side effect */