diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-moose-arrive.md b/.changeset/khaki-moose-arrive.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e78822226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-moose-arrive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: allow duplicate snippet declaration names
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
index ef281d3197..e619f25247 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 			body = /** @type {import('estree').BlockStatement} */ (context.visit(node.body));
 		}
 
-		context.state.init.push(b.function_declaration(node.expression, args, body));
+		context.state.init.push(b.const(node.expression, b.arrow(args, body)));
 		if (context.state.options.dev) {
 			context.state.init.push(b.stmt(b.call('$.add_snippet_symbol', node.expression)));
 		}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
index e8e56bfe78..60e29e61cb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export function create_scopes(ast, root, allow_reactive_declarations, parent) {
 					scopes.set(child, state.scope);
 					visit(child);
 				} else if (child.type === 'SnippetBlock') {
-					visit(child);
+					visit(child, { scope });
 				} else {
 					visit(child, { scope });
 				}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/Child.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/Child.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..441f7f5ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/Child.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<script>
+	const {children} = $props();
+</script>
+<div>{@render children()}</div>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c5430b02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	html: `<div>Hello</div><div>World</div>`
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d745ccc96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-duplicate-children/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<script>
+	import Child from './Child.svelte';
+</script>
+
+<Child>
+	{#snippet children()}
+		Hello
+	{/snippet}
+</Child>
+
+<Child>
+	{#snippet children()}
+		World
+	{/snippet}
+</Child>