diff --git a/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/org/wso2/ballerinalang/compiler/bir/BIRGen.java b/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/org/wso2/ballerinalang/compiler/bir/BIRGen.java
index da3c31f9d93b..41e0949ef222 100644
--- a/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/org/wso2/ballerinalang/compiler/bir/BIRGen.java
+++ b/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/org/wso2/ballerinalang/compiler/bir/BIRGen.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.wso2.ballerinalang.compiler.bir;
 
+import io.ballerina.identifier.Utils;
 import io.ballerina.tools.diagnostics.Location;
 import io.ballerina.tools.text.LinePosition;
 import io.ballerina.tools.text.LineRange;
@@ -363,11 +364,11 @@ public void visit(BLangTypeDefinition astTypeDefinition) {
         BType type = getDefinedType(astTypeDefinition);
         BType referredType = Types.getImpliedType(type);
         BSymbol symbol = astTypeDefinition.symbol;
-        Name displayName = symbol.name;
+        String displayName = symbol.name.value;
         if (referredType.tag == TypeTags.RECORD) {
             BRecordType recordType = (BRecordType) referredType;
             if (recordType.shouldPrintShape()) {
-                displayName = new Name(recordType.toString());
+                displayName = recordType.toString();
             }
         }
 
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ public void visit(BLangTypeDefinition astTypeDefinition) {
                                                           type,
                                                           new ArrayList<>(),
                                                           symbol.origin.toBIROrigin(),
-                                                          displayName,
+                                                          new Name(Utils.unescapeBallerina(displayName)),
                                                           symbol.originalName);
         if (symbol.tag == SymTag.TYPE_DEF) {
             BTypeReferenceType referenceType = ((BTypeDefinitionSymbol) symbol).referenceType;
diff --git a/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/langlib/test/LangLibValueTest.java b/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/langlib/test/LangLibValueTest.java
index d44f848941ac..cec4adb5d0bd 100644
--- a/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/langlib/test/LangLibValueTest.java
+++ b/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/langlib/test/LangLibValueTest.java
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public Object[] cloneWithTypeFunctions() {
                 "testConvertToUnionWithAmbiguousMemberTypes", "testConvertingToReferenceTypes",
                 "testCloneWithTypeTableToAnydata", "testUnionNestedTypeConversionErrors",
                 "testCloneWithTypeToUnionOfTypeReference", "testCloneWithTypeToTableNegative",
-                "testCloneWithTypeToRecordWithIntersectingUnionMembers"
+                "testCloneWithTypeToRecordWithIntersectingUnionMembers", "testCloneWithTypeToRecordWithSpecialChars"
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/resources/test-src/valuelib_test.bal b/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/resources/test-src/valuelib_test.bal
index 7ca8e2352c1f..d004983917af 100644
--- a/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/resources/test-src/valuelib_test.bal
+++ b/langlib/langlib-test/src/test/resources/test-src/valuelib_test.bal
@@ -4645,6 +4645,39 @@ function testLast() {
     assertTrue([] == value:last(ar1, ar));
 }
 
+public type Copybook record {
+    DFH\-COMMAREA DFH\-COMMAREA?;
+};
+
+public type DFH\-COMMAREA record {
+    record {
+        string MI\-HDR\-VERSION?;
+        string MI\-HDR\-MSGID?;
+        string MI\-HDR\-LOGGINGID?;
+        record {
+            string MI\-HDR\-REPLYQMGR?;
+        }[2] MI\-HDR\-REPLYSTACK?;
+    } BROKER\-MESSAGE\-AREA?;
+};
+
+function testCloneWithTypeToRecordWithSpecialChars() {
+    string s = string `{
+    "DFH-COMMAREA": {
+        "BROKER-MESSAGE-AREA": {
+            "MI-HDR-VERSION": "2",
+            "MI-HDR-MSGID":"3238763233323598798798712321187612",
+            "MI-HDR-LOGGINGID": "Z5118761-Z"
+        }
+    }
+    }`;
+    json rec = checkpanic value:fromJsonString(s);
+    map<json> mapJson = checkpanic rec.ensureType();
+    Copybook|error dfh\-commarea = mapJson.cloneWithType();
+    assertTrue(dfh\-commarea is Copybook);
+    Copybook cb =  checkpanic dfh\-commarea.ensureType();
+    assertEquality(cb.DFH\-COMMAREA?.BROKER\-MESSAGE\-AREA.toString(), string `{"MI-HDR-VERSION":"2","MI-HDR-MSGID":"3238763233323598798798712321187612","MI-HDR-LOGGINGID":"Z5118761-Z"}`);
+}
+
 type AssertionError distinct error;
 
 const ASSERTION_ERROR_REASON = "AssertionError";