diff --git a/lib/column/enum.go b/lib/column/enum.go
index 935dd2d4eb..026f82f376 100644
--- a/lib/column/enum.go
+++ b/lib/column/enum.go
@@ -18,89 +18,157 @@
 package column
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go/proto"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go/proto"
 )
 
 func Enum(chType Type, name string) (Interface, error) {
-	var (
-		payload    string
-		columnType = string(chType)
-	)
-	if len(columnType) < 8 {
-		return nil, &Error{
-			ColumnType: string(chType),
-			Err:        errors.New("invalid Enum"),
-		}
-	}
-	switch {
-	case strings.HasPrefix(columnType, "Enum8"):
-		payload = columnType[6:]
-	case strings.HasPrefix(columnType, "Enum16"):
-		payload = columnType[7:]
-	default:
+	enumType, values, indexes, valid := extractEnumNamedValues(chType)
+	if !valid {
 		return nil, &Error{
 			ColumnType: string(chType),
 			Err:        errors.New("invalid Enum"),
 		}
 	}
-	var (
-		idents  []string
-		indexes []int64
-	)
-	for _, block := range strings.Split(payload[:len(payload)-1], ",") {
-		parts := strings.Split(block, "=")
-		if len(parts) != 2 {
-			return nil, &Error{
-				ColumnType: string(chType),
-				Err:        errors.New("invalid Enum"),
-			}
-		}
-		var (
-			ident      = strings.TrimSpace(parts[0])
-			index, err = strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(parts[1]), 10, 16)
-		)
-		if err != nil || len(ident) < 2 {
-			return nil, &Error{
-				ColumnType: string(chType),
-				Err:        errors.New("invalid Enum"),
-			}
-		}
-		ident = ident[1 : len(ident)-1]
-		idents, indexes = append(idents, ident), append(indexes, index)
-	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(columnType, "Enum8") {
+
+	if enumType == enum8Type {
 		enum := Enum8{
-			iv:     make(map[string]proto.Enum8, len(idents)),
-			vi:     make(map[proto.Enum8]string, len(idents)),
+			iv:     make(map[string]proto.Enum8, len(values)),
+			vi:     make(map[proto.Enum8]string, len(values)),
 			chType: chType,
 			name:   name,
 		}
-		for i := range idents {
-			if indexes[i] > math.MaxUint8 {
-				return nil, &Error{
-					ColumnType: string(chType),
-					Err:        errors.New("invalid Enum"),
-				}
-			}
+		for i := range values {
 			v := int8(indexes[i])
-			enum.iv[idents[i]] = proto.Enum8(v)
-			enum.vi[proto.Enum8(v)] = idents[i]
+			enum.iv[values[i]] = proto.Enum8(v)
+			enum.vi[proto.Enum8(v)] = values[i]
 		}
 		return &enum, nil
 	}
 	enum := Enum16{
-		iv:     make(map[string]proto.Enum16, len(idents)),
-		vi:     make(map[proto.Enum16]string, len(idents)),
+		iv:     make(map[string]proto.Enum16, len(values)),
+		vi:     make(map[proto.Enum16]string, len(values)),
 		chType: chType,
 		name:   name,
 	}
-	for i := range idents {
-		enum.iv[idents[i]] = proto.Enum16(indexes[i])
-		enum.vi[proto.Enum16(indexes[i])] = idents[i]
+
+	for i := range values {
+		enum.iv[values[i]] = proto.Enum16(indexes[i])
+		enum.vi[proto.Enum16(indexes[i])] = values[i]
 	}
 	return &enum, nil
 }
+
+const (
+	enum8Type = "Enum8"
+	E
+	enum16Type = "Enum16"
+)
+
+func extractEnumNamedValues(chType Type) (typ string, values []string, indexes []int, valid bool) {
+	src := []byte(chType)
+
+	var bracketOpen, stringOpen bool
+
+	var foundValueOffset int
+	var foundValueLen int
+	var skippedValueTokens []int
+	var indexFound bool
+	var valueIndex = 0
+
+	for c := 0; c < len(src); c++ {
+		token := src[c]
+
+		switch {
+		// open bracket found, capture the type
+		case token == '(' && !stringOpen:
+			typ = string(src[:c])
+
+			// Ignore everything captured as non-enum type
+			if typ != enum8Type && typ != enum16Type {
+				return
+			}
+
+			bracketOpen = true
+			break
+		// when inside a bracket, we can start capture value inside single quotes
+		case bracketOpen && token == '\'' && !stringOpen:
+			foundValueOffset = c + 1
+			stringOpen = true
+			break
+		// close the string and capture the value
+		case token == '\'' && stringOpen:
+			stringOpen = false
+			foundValueLen = c - foundValueOffset
+			break
+		// escape character, skip the next character
+		case token == '\\' && stringOpen:
+			skippedValueTokens = append(skippedValueTokens, c-foundValueOffset)
+			c++
+			break
+		// capture optional index. `=` token is followed with an integer index
+		case token == '=' && !stringOpen:
+			if foundValueLen == 0 {
+				return
+			}
+
+			indexStart := c + 1
+			// find the end of the index, it's either a comma or a closing bracket
+			for _, token := range src[indexStart:] {
+				if token == ',' || token == ')' {
+					break
+				}
+				c++
+			}
+
+			idx, err := strconv.Atoi(string(bytes.TrimSpace(src[indexStart : c+1])))
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			valueIndex = idx
+			indexFound = true
+			break
+		// capture the value and index when a comma or closing bracket is found
+		case (token == ',' || token == ')') && !stringOpen:
+			if foundValueLen == 0 {
+				return
+			}
+
+			// if no index was found for current value, increment the value index
+			// e.g. Enum8('a','b') is equivalent to Enum8('a'=1,'b'=2)
+			// or Enum8('a'=3,'b') is equivalent to Enum8('a'=3,'b'=4)
+			// so if no index is provided, we increment the value index
+			if !indexFound {
+				valueIndex++
+			}
+
+			// if the index is out of range, return
+			if (typ == enum8Type && valueIndex > math.MaxUint8) ||
+				(typ == enum16Type && valueIndex > math.MaxUint16) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			foundName := src[foundValueOffset : foundValueOffset+foundValueLen]
+			for _, skipped := range skippedValueTokens {
+				foundName = append(foundName[:skipped], foundName[skipped+1:]...)
+			}
+
+			indexes = append(indexes, valueIndex)
+			values = append(values, string(foundName))
+			indexFound = false
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Enum type must have at least one value
+	if valueIndex == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	valid = true
+	return
+}
diff --git a/lib/column/enum_test.go b/lib/column/enum_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467687f596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/column/enum_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package column
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestExtractEnumNamedValues(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		chType         Type
+		expectedType   string
+		expectedValues map[int]string
+		isNotValid     bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a'=1,'b'=2)",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				2: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum16",
+			chType:       "Enum16('a'=1,'b'=2)",
+			expectedType: "Enum16",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				2: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with comma in value",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a'=1,'b'=2,'c,d'=3)",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				2: "b",
+				3: "c,d",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with spaces",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a' = 1, 'b' = 2)",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				2: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 without indexes",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a','b')",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				2: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with a first index only",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a'=1,'b')",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				2: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with a last index only",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a','b'=5)",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				5: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with a first index only higher than 1",
+			chType:       "Enum8('a'=5,'b')",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				5: "a",
+				6: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with index with spaces",
+			chType:       "Enum8( 'a' , 'b' = 5 )",
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a",
+				5: "b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "Enum8 with escaped quotes",
+			chType:       `Enum8('a\'b'=1)`,
+			expectedType: "Enum8",
+			expectedValues: map[int]string{
+				1: "a'b",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Enum8 with invalid index",
+			chType:     "Enum8('a'=1,'b'=256)",
+			isNotValid: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Enum8 with invalid non-integer index",
+			chType:     "Enum8('a'=1,'b'='c')",
+			isNotValid: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Empty Enum8",
+			chType:     "Enum8()",
+			isNotValid: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Empty Enum8 without brackets",
+			chType:     "Enum8",
+			isNotValid: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actualType, actualValues, actualIndexes, valid := extractEnumNamedValues(tt.chType)
+
+			if tt.isNotValid {
+				assert.False(t, valid, "%s is valid enum", tt.chType)
+				return
+			}
+
+			actualValuesMap := make(map[int]string)
+			for i, v := range actualValues {
+				actualValuesMap[actualIndexes[i]] = v
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedType, actualType)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedValues, actualValuesMap)
+
+			assert.True(t, valid, "%s is not valid enum", tt.chType)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/enum_test.go b/tests/enum_test.go
index 9569addd58..994b7087ff 100644
--- a/tests/enum_test.go
+++ b/tests/enum_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func TestEnum(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	const ddl = `
 			CREATE TABLE test_enum (
-				  Col1 Enum  ('hello'   = 1,  'world' = 2)
+				  Col1 Enum  ('hello,hello'   = 1,  'world' = 2)
 				, Col2 Enum8 ('click'   = 5,  'house' = 25)
 				, Col3 Enum16('house' = 10,   'value' = 50)
 				, Col4 Array(Enum8  ('click' = 1, 'house' = 2))
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func TestEnum(t *testing.T) {
 	batch, err := conn.PrepareBatch(ctx, "INSERT INTO test_enum")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	var (
-		col1Data = "hello"
+		col1Data = "hello,hello"
 		col2Data = "click"
 		col3Data = "house"
 		col4Data = []string{"click", "house"}
diff --git a/tests/issues/1299_test.go b/tests/issues/1299_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb16e1ebc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issues/1299_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package issues
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2/tests"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestIssue1299(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	conn, err := tests.GetConnection("issues", nil, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	expectedEnumValue := "raw:48h',1h:63d,1d:5y"
+
+	const ddl = `
+		CREATE TABLE test_1299 (
+				Col1 Enum ('raw:48h\',1h:63d,1d:5y' = 1, 'raw:8h,1m:48h,1h:63d,1d:5y' = 2)
+		) Engine MergeTree() ORDER BY tuple()
+		`
+	err = conn.Exec(ctx, ddl)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer conn.Exec(ctx, "DROP TABLE test_1299")
+
+	batch, err := conn.PrepareBatch(ctx, "INSERT INTO test_1299")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, batch.Append(expectedEnumValue))
+	require.NoError(t, batch.Send())
+
+	var actualEnumValue string
+	require.NoError(t, conn.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT * FROM test_1299").Scan(&actualEnumValue))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedEnumValue, actualEnumValue)
+}