diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/package.json b/code/lib/core-server/package.json
index 64c7893f8523..6296522da0f6 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/package.json
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/semver": "^7.3.4",
     "better-opn": "^3.0.2",
+    "camelcase": "^8.0.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "cjs-module-lexer": "^1.2.3",
     "cli-table3": "^0.6.1",
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-component-variable-name.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-component-variable-name.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b58442b18507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-component-variable-name.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { getComponentVariableName } from './get-component-variable-name';
+
+describe('get-variable-name', () => {
+  it('should return a valid variable name for a given string', () => {
+    expect(getComponentVariableName('foo-bar')).toBe('FooBar');
+    expect(getComponentVariableName('foo bar')).toBe('FooBar');
+    expect(getComponentVariableName('0-foo-bar')).toBe('FooBar');
+    expect(getComponentVariableName('*Foo-bar-$')).toBe('FooBar$');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-component-variable-name.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-component-variable-name.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e37fcaf91d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-component-variable-name.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import camelcase from 'camelcase';
+
+/**
+ * Get a valid variable name for a component.
+ *
+ * @param name The name of the component.
+ * @returns A valid variable name.
+ */
+export const getComponentVariableName = (name: string) => {
+  const camelCased = camelcase(name.replace(/^[^a-zA-Z_$]*/, ''), { pascalCase: true });
+  const sanitized = camelCased.replace(/[^a-zA-Z_$]+/, '');
+  return sanitized;
+};
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-new-story-file.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-new-story-file.test.ts
index 750ea322b264..429801ad0186 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-new-story-file.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/get-new-story-file.test.ts
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ describe('get-new-story-file', () => {
 
     expect(exportedStoryName).toBe('Default');
     expect(storyFileContent).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      "import Component from './Page';
+      "import Page from './Page';
 
       const meta = {
-        component: Component,
+        component: Page,
       };
 
       export default meta;
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.test.ts
index 2d6dc4d3f0ea..fa89588a6e89 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.test.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ describe('javascript', () => {
     });
 
     expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      "import Component from './foo';
+      "import Foo from './foo';
 
       const meta = {
-        component: Component,
+        component: Foo,
       };
       
       export default meta;
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.ts
index 5563f9faa1b8..b5572c8810c1 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/javascript.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
+import { getComponentVariableName } from '../get-component-variable-name';
 
 interface JavaScriptTemplateData {
   /** The components file name without the extension */
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@ interface JavaScriptTemplateData {
 }
 
 export function getJavaScriptTemplateForNewStoryFile(data: JavaScriptTemplateData) {
-  const importName = data.componentIsDefaultExport ? 'Component' : data.componentExportName;
+  const importName = data.componentIsDefaultExport
+    ? getComponentVariableName(data.basenameWithoutExtension)
+    : data.componentExportName;
   const importStatement = data.componentIsDefaultExport
     ? `import ${importName} from './${data.basenameWithoutExtension}';`
     : `import { ${importName} } from './${data.basenameWithoutExtension}';`;
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.test.ts
index 05cd39cca9f8..ed00bf61cf7a 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.test.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ describe('typescript', () => {
     expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/nextjs';
 
-      import Component from './foo';
+      import Foo from './foo';
 
       const meta = {
-        component: Component,
-      } satisfies Meta<typeof Component>;
+        component: Foo,
+      } satisfies Meta<typeof Foo>;
 
       export default meta;
 
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.ts
index 38e9ffbe6e4f..03a625be178e 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/new-story-templates/typescript.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
+import { getComponentVariableName } from '../get-component-variable-name';
 
 interface TypeScriptTemplateData {
   /** The components file name without the extension */
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ interface TypeScriptTemplateData {
 }
 
 export function getTypeScriptTemplateForNewStoryFile(data: TypeScriptTemplateData) {
-  const importName = data.componentIsDefaultExport ? 'Component' : data.componentExportName;
+  const importName = data.componentIsDefaultExport
+    ? getComponentVariableName(data.basenameWithoutExtension)
+    : data.componentExportName;
   const importStatement = data.componentIsDefaultExport
     ? `import ${importName} from './${data.basenameWithoutExtension}'`
     : `import { ${importName} } from './${data.basenameWithoutExtension}'`;
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index 7be8a5f1fd96..6914dd488853 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -5595,6 +5595,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/ws": "npm:^8"
     better-opn: "npm:^3.0.2"
     boxen: "npm:^7.1.1"
+    camelcase: "npm:^8.0.0"
     chalk: "npm:^4.1.0"
     cjs-module-lexer: "npm:^1.2.3"
     cli-table3: "npm:^0.6.1"
@@ -11061,6 +11062,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"camelcase@npm:^8.0.0":
+  version: 8.0.0
+  resolution: "camelcase@npm:8.0.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/56c5fe072f0523c9908cdaac21d4a3b3fb0f608fb2e9ba90a60e792b95dd3bb3d1f3523873ab17d86d146e94171305f73ef619e2f538bd759675bc4a14b4bff3
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "can-symlink@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.0
   resolution: "can-symlink@npm:1.0.0"