diff --git a/.changeset/cold-baboons-pull.md b/.changeset/cold-baboons-pull.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..107bcc310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-baboons-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'typechain': patch
+---
+
+Escape dirs starting with digits
diff --git a/packages/typechain/src/codegen/createBarrelFiles.ts b/packages/typechain/src/codegen/createBarrelFiles.ts
index 2c4b0f85b..f1e764db6 100644
--- a/packages/typechain/src/codegen/createBarrelFiles.ts
+++ b/packages/typechain/src/codegen/createBarrelFiles.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { camelCase, groupBy, mapValues, uniq } from 'lodash'
+import { groupBy, mapValues, uniq } from 'lodash'
 import { posix } from 'path'
 
 import { normalizeName } from '../parser/normalizeName'
 import { FileDescription } from '../typechain/types'
+import { normalizeDirName } from './normalizeDirName'
 
 /**
  * returns barrel files with reexports for all given paths
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ export function createBarrelFiles(
 
     const namespacesExports = nestedDirs
       .map((p) => {
-        const namespaceIdentifier = camelCase(p)
+        const namespaceIdentifier = normalizeDirName(p)
 
         if (typeOnly)
           return [
diff --git a/packages/typechain/src/codegen/normalizeDirName.ts b/packages/typechain/src/codegen/normalizeDirName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d83e03963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/typechain/src/codegen/normalizeDirName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { camelCase } from 'lodash'
+
+/**
+ * Converts valid directory name to valid variable name. Example: 0directory-name becomes _0DirectoryName
+ */
+export function normalizeDirName(rawName: string): string {
+  const transformations: ((s: string) => string)[] = [
+    (s) => camelCase(s), // convert to camelCase
+    (s) => s.replace(/^\d/g, (match) => '_' + match), // prepend '_' if contains a leading number
+  ]
+
+  return transformations.reduce((s, t) => t(s), rawName)
+}
diff --git a/packages/typechain/test/codegen/normalizeDirName.test.ts b/packages/typechain/test/codegen/normalizeDirName.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..033895065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/typechain/test/codegen/normalizeDirName.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { expect } from 'earljs'
+
+import { normalizeDirName } from '../../src/codegen/normalizeDirName'
+
+describe('dir name normalizer', () => {
+  it('should work', () => {
+    expect(normalizeDirName('dirname')).toEqual('dirname')
+    expect(normalizeDirName('dir_name')).toEqual('dirName')
+    expect(normalizeDirName('0.4.24')).toEqual('_0424')
+    expect(normalizeDirName('0-4-24')).toEqual('_0424')
+    expect(normalizeDirName('0424')).toEqual('_0424')
+    expect(normalizeDirName('0dir-name.1')).toEqual('_0DirName1')
+  })
+})