diff --git a/src/iso19111/factory.cpp b/src/iso19111/factory.cpp
index 5d02aeead4..eca8da6538 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/factory.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/factory.cpp
@@ -6019,6 +6019,8 @@ AuthorityFactory::createObjectsFromNameEx(
         auto sqlRes = d->run(sql, params);
         bool isFirst = true;
         bool firstIsDeprecated = false;
+        bool foundExactMatch = false;
+        std::size_t hashCodeFirstMatch = 0;
         for (const auto &row : sqlRes) {
             const auto &name = row[3];
             if (approximateMatch) {
@@ -6082,11 +6084,38 @@ AuthorityFactory::createObjectsFromNameEx(
                 }
                 throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported table_name");
             };
-            res.emplace_back(PairObjectName(getObject(table_name, code), name));
+            const auto obj = getObject(table_name, code);
+            if (metadata::Identifier::canonicalizeName(obj->nameStr()) ==
+                canonicalizedSearchedName) {
+                foundExactMatch = true;
+            }
+
+            const auto objPtr = obj.get();
+            if (res.empty()) {
+                hashCodeFirstMatch = typeid(*objPtr).hash_code();
+            } else if (hashCodeFirstMatch != typeid(*objPtr).hash_code()) {
+                hashCodeFirstMatch = 0;
+            }
+
+            res.emplace_back(PairObjectName(obj, name));
             if (limitResultCount > 0 && res.size() == limitResultCount) {
                 break;
             }
         }
+
+        // If we found a name that is an exact match, and all objects have the
+        // same type, and we are not in approximate mode, only keep the objet(s)
+        // with the exact name match.
+        if (foundExactMatch && hashCodeFirstMatch != 0 && !approximateMatch) {
+            std::list<PairObjectName> resTmp;
+            for (const auto &pair : res) {
+                if (metadata::Identifier::canonicalizeName(
+                        pair.first->nameStr()) == canonicalizedSearchedName) {
+                    resTmp.emplace_back(pair);
+                }
+            }
+            res = std::move(resTmp);
+        }
     }
 
     auto sortLambda = [](const PairObjectName &a, const PairObjectName &b) {
diff --git a/test/unit/test_factory.cpp b/test/unit/test_factory.cpp
index 1005d49bf3..bdd396f195 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_factory.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/test_factory.cpp
@@ -3062,6 +3062,12 @@ TEST(factory, createObjectsFromName) {
                   .size(),
               1U);
 
+    // Exact name, but with other CRS that have an aliases to it ==> should
+    // match only the CRS with the given name, not those other CRS.
+    EXPECT_EQ(factory->createObjectsFromName("ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N", {}, false)
+                  .size(),
+              1U);
+
     // Prime meridian
     EXPECT_EQ(factoryEPSG->createObjectsFromName("Paris", {}, false, 2).size(),
               1U);