diff --git a/ibis/backends/sql/datatypes.py b/ibis/backends/sql/datatypes.py
index e17f7ef2ad38..62f3a24edb39 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/sql/datatypes.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/sql/datatypes.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     typecode.MONEY: dt.Decimal(19, 4),
     typecode.NCHAR: dt.String,
     typecode.UUID: dt.UUID,
+    typecode.NAME: dt.String,
     typecode.NULL: dt.Null,
     typecode.NVARCHAR: dt.String,
     typecode.OBJECT: partial(dt.Map, dt.string, dt.json),
@@ -191,8 +192,14 @@ def from_string(cls, text: str, nullable: bool | None = None) -> dt.DataType:
         if dtype := cls.unknown_type_strings.get(text.lower()):
             return dtype
 
-        sgtype = sg.parse_one(text, into=sge.DataType, read=cls.dialect)
-        return cls.to_ibis(sgtype, nullable=nullable)
+        try:
+            sgtype = sg.parse_one(text, into=sge.DataType, read=cls.dialect)
+            return cls.to_ibis(sgtype, nullable=nullable)
+        except sg.errors.ParseError:
+            # If sqlglot can't parse the type fall back to `dt.unknown`
+            pass
+
+        return dt.unknown
 
     @classmethod
     def to_string(cls, dtype: dt.DataType) -> str:
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py
index 6a7429a6c2ff..0888d233a287 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import pandas.testing as tm
 import pytest
-import sqlglot as sg
 from pytest import param
 
 import ibis
@@ -158,7 +157,9 @@ def test_field_access_after_case(con):
 )
 @pytest.mark.notimpl(["flink"], raises=IbisError, reason="not implemented in ibis")
 @pytest.mark.notyet(
-    ["clickhouse"], raises=sg.ParseError, reason="sqlglot fails to parse"
+    ["clickhouse"],
+    raises=AssertionError,
+    reason="sqlglot fails to parse, fall back to unknown",
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "nullable",
@@ -189,8 +190,8 @@ def test_field_access_after_case(con):
 )
 @pytest.mark.broken(
     ["trino"],
-    raises=sg.ParseError,
-    reason="trino returns unquoted and therefore unparsable struct field names",
+    raises=AssertionError,
+    reason="trino returns unquoted and therefore unparsable struct field names, we fall back to dt.unknown",
 )
 @pytest.mark.notyet(
     ["snowflake"],