diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts.snap b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts.snap
index cdc5c8f45..f09e443f3 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts.snap
@@ -5454,17 +5454,19 @@ export default function CustomButton(
 exports[`amplify render tests custom components alias parent should render declarations 1`] = `
 "import * as React from \\"react\\";
 import { EscapeHatchProps } from \\"@aws-amplify/ui-react/internal\\";
-import { CustomButtonProps } from \\"./CustomButton\\";
+import { GridProps } from \\"./Grid\\";
+import { ButtonProps } from \\"@aws-amplify/ui-react\\";
 import { ViewTestProps } from \\"./ViewTest\\";
 export declare type PrimitiveOverrideProps<T> = Partial<T> & React.DOMAttributes<HTMLDivElement>;
-export declare type CustomParentAndChildrenOverridesProps = {
-    CustomParentAndChildren?: ViewTestProps;
-    MyCustomButton?: CustomButtonProps;
+export declare type AliasParentOverridesProps = {
+    AliasParent?: ViewTestProps;
+    Grid?: GridProps;
+    Button?: PrimitiveOverrideProps<ButtonProps>;
 } & EscapeHatchProps;
-export declare type CustomParentAndChildrenProps = React.PropsWithChildren<Partial<ViewTestProps> & {
-    overrides?: CustomParentAndChildrenOverridesProps | undefined | null;
+export declare type AliasParentProps = React.PropsWithChildren<Partial<ViewTestProps> & {
+    overrides?: AliasParentOverridesProps | undefined | null;
 }>;
-export default function CustomParentAndChildren(props: CustomParentAndChildrenProps): React.ReactElement;
+export default function AliasParent(props: AliasParentProps): React.ReactElement;
 "
 `;
 
@@ -5475,15 +5477,16 @@ import {
   EscapeHatchProps,
   getOverrideProps,
 } from \\"@aws-amplify/ui-react/internal\\";
-import { GridCustom } from \\"./Grid\\";
+import { Grid as GridCustom, GridProps } from \\"./Grid\\";
+import { Button, ButtonProps } from \\"@aws-amplify/ui-react\\";
 import ViewTest, { ViewTestProps } from \\"./ViewTest\\";
-import { GridCustomProps } from \\"./GridCustom\\";
 
 export declare type PrimitiveOverrideProps<T> = Partial<T> &
   React.DOMAttributes<HTMLDivElement>;
 export declare type AliasParentOverridesProps = {
   AliasParent?: ViewTestProps;
-  Grid?: GridCustomProps;
+  Grid?: GridProps;
+  Button?: PrimitiveOverrideProps<ButtonProps>;
 } & EscapeHatchProps;
 export type AliasParentProps = React.PropsWithChildren<
   Partial<ViewTestProps> & {
@@ -5498,6 +5501,7 @@ export default function AliasParent(
     /* @ts-ignore: TS2322 */
     <ViewTest {...getOverrideProps(overrides, \\"AliasParent\\")} {...rest}>
       <GridCustom {...getOverrideProps(overrides, \\"Grid\\")}></GridCustom>
+      <Button {...getOverrideProps(overrides, \\"Button\\")}></Button>
     </ViewTest>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts
index 1dbeeb367..c19d2b2e2 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/__tests__/studio-ui-codegen-react.test.ts
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ describe('amplify render tests', () => {
 
       it('should render declarations', () => {
         expect(
-          generateWithAmplifyRenderer('custom/customParentAndChildren', {
+          generateWithAmplifyRenderer('custom/aliasParent', {
             script: ScriptKind.JS,
             renderTypeDeclarations: true,
           }).declaration,
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/amplify-ui-renderers/customComponent.ts b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/amplify-ui-renderers/customComponent.ts
index 77579febb..3a446d33e 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/amplify-ui-renderers/customComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/amplify-ui-renderers/customComponent.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { StudioComponentChild } from '@aws-amplify/codegen-ui';
 import { JsxChild, JsxElement, factory } from 'typescript';
-import { Primitive } from '../primitive';
+import { isAliased } from '../helpers';
 import { ReactComponentRenderer } from '../react-component-renderer';
 
 export default class CustomComponentRenderer<TPropIn> extends ReactComponentRenderer<TPropIn> {
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ export default class CustomComponentRenderer<TPropIn> extends ReactComponentRend
       factory.createJsxClosingElement(factory.createIdentifier(this.component.componentType)),
     );
 
-    if (Object.keys(Primitive).includes(this.component.name) && this.component.componentType.match(/(Custom$)/g)) {
-      this.importCollection.addImport(`./${this.component.name}`, this.component.componentType);
+    if (isAliased(this.component.componentType)) {
+      this.importCollection.addImport(
+        `./${this.component.name}`,
+        `${this.component.name} as ${this.component.componentType}`,
+      );
     } else {
       this.importCollection.addImport(`./${this.component.componentType}`, 'default');
     }
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/helpers/index.ts b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/helpers/index.ts
index d0abfb450..0a8bc7b98 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/helpers/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { GenericDataField, GenericDataSchema } from '@aws-amplify/codegen-ui/lib/types';
 import { factory, Statement, Expression, NodeFlags, Identifier } from 'typescript';
+import { isPrimitive } from '../primitive';
 
 export const lowerCaseFirst = (input: string) => input.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + input.slice(1);
 
@@ -104,3 +105,11 @@ export function modelNeedsRelationshipsLoadedForCollection(modelName: string, da
     )
   );
 }
+
+export function isAliased(componentType: string): boolean {
+  return !!(isPrimitive(removeAlias(componentType)) && componentType.match(/(Custom$)/g));
+}
+
+export function removeAlias(aliasString: string): string {
+  return aliasString.replace(/(Custom$)/g, '');
+}
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/react-studio-template-renderer.ts b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/react-studio-template-renderer.ts
index 5ea154cd9..2bb3281d5 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/react-studio-template-renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui-react/lib/react-studio-template-renderer.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ import {
   buildUseStateExpression,
   modelNeedsRelationshipsLoadedForCollection,
   fieldNeedsRelationshipLoadedForCollection,
+  isAliased,
+  removeAlias,
 } from './helpers';
 
 export abstract class ReactStudioTemplateRenderer extends StudioTemplateRenderer<
@@ -355,9 +357,10 @@ export abstract class ReactStudioTemplateRenderer extends StudioTemplateRenderer
         factory.createTypeLiteralNode(
           Object.entries(this.componentMetadata.componentNameToTypeMap).map(([name, componentType]) => {
             const isComponentTypePrimitive = isPrimitive(componentType);
-            const componentTypePropName = `${componentType}Props`;
+            const componentName = isAliased(componentType) ? removeAlias(componentType) : componentType;
+            const componentTypePropName = `${componentName}Props`;
             this.importCollection.addImport(
-              isComponentTypePrimitive ? ImportSource.UI_REACT : `./${componentType}`,
+              isComponentTypePrimitive ? ImportSource.UI_REACT : `./${componentName}`,
               componentTypePropName,
             );
             return factory.createPropertySignature(
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui/example-schemas/custom/aliasParent.json b/packages/codegen-ui/example-schemas/custom/aliasParent.json
index dc75c398f..2c9a13cb8 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui/example-schemas/custom/aliasParent.json
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui/example-schemas/custom/aliasParent.json
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
             "name": "Grid",
             "componentType": "GridCustom",
             "properties": {}
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Button",
+            "componentType": "Button",
+            "properties": {}
         }
     ],
     "properties": {},
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/validation-helper.test.ts.snap b/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/validation-helper.test.ts.snap
index cc36f4a3b..a07e9fce2 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/validation-helper.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/__snapshots__/validation-helper.test.ts.snap
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema fails on componentType with l
 
 exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema fails on componentType with whitespace 1`] = `"Expected an alphanumeric string, starting with a character"`;
 
-exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema throws on all components sharing a name 1`] = `"Duplicate names are not allowed within a component, found duplicates of [\\"DeepComp\\",\\"MyComp\\"]"`;
+exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema throws on child components sharing a name 1`] = `"Duplicate names are not allowed within a component, found duplicates of [\\"ChildComponent\\"]"`;
 
 exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema throws on invalid schema version 1`] = `"unsupported schemaVersion 1.1.4"`;
 
+exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema throws on parent and child components sharing a name 1`] = `"Duplicate names are not allowed within a component, found duplicates of [\\"MyComp\\"]"`;
+
 exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema throws on unsupported schema version 1`] = `"unsupported schemaVersion 1.1"`;
 
 exports[`validation-helper validateComponentSchema top-level component requires componentType 1`] = `"componentType is a required field"`;
diff --git a/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/validation-helper.test.ts b/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/validation-helper.test.ts
index 2b3975bd6..c48c29e91 100644
--- a/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/validation-helper.test.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen-ui/lib/__tests__/validation-helper.test.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ describe('validation-helper', () => {
       }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
     });
 
-    test('throws on all components sharing a name', () => {
+    test('throws on parent and child components sharing a name', () => {
       expect(() => {
         validateComponentSchema({
           name: 'MyComp',
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ describe('validation-helper', () => {
               properties: {},
               children: [
                 {
-                  name: 'DeepComp',
+                  name: 'DeepCompChild',
                   componentType: 'Tooltip',
                   properties: {},
                 },
@@ -324,6 +324,29 @@ describe('validation-helper', () => {
       }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
     });
 
+    test('throws on child components sharing a name', () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        validateComponentSchema({
+          name: 'MyComp',
+          componentType: 'Flex',
+          properties: {},
+          schemaVersion: '1.0',
+          children: [
+            {
+              name: 'ChildComponent',
+              componentType: 'Button',
+              properties: {},
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'ChildComponent',
+              componentType: 'View',
+              properties: {},
+            },
+          ],
+        });
+      }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
+    });
+
     test('throws on unsupported schema version', () => {
       expect(() => {
         validateComponentSchema({