diff --git a/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinBridgeTransformer.swift b/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinBridgeTransformer.swift
index 9e5b6f4e..fc409466 100644
--- a/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinBridgeTransformer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SkipSyntax/Kotlin/KotlinBridgeTransformer.swift
@@ -223,12 +223,11 @@ struct CDeclFunction {
         } else {
             var file = translator.syntaxTree.source.file
             file.extension = ""
-            // The JNI symbol side (`cdeclTypeName`) is escaped via `cdeclEscaped` at
-            // the return below. The Swift-identifier side (`typeName`) must be escaped
-            // here too, since a file name like `Foo+Bar.swift` yields `Foo+BarKt`, and
-            // the raw `+` produces an invalid Swift function name (issue #63).
+            // The JNI symbol (`cdeclTypeName`) uses `cdeclEscaped`; the Swift `@_cdecl`
+            // function name needs Swift-identifier escaping instead — e.g. `Foo+Bar.swift`
+            // must not leak `+` or `.` into the generated func name (issue #63).
             cdeclTypeName = file.name + "Kt"
-            typeName = cdeclTypeName.cdeclEscaped
+            typeName = cdeclTypeName.swiftIdentifierEscaped
         }
         return (cdeclPrefix + cdeclTypeName.cdeclEscaped + "_" + name.cdeclEscaped, typeName + "_" + name)
     }
@@ -286,13 +285,14 @@ extension String {
         return Self.backtickEscapingIdentifiers.contains(self) ? "`\(self)`" : self
     }
 
-    /// Escape special characters for use in a `@_cdecl` declaration.
+    /// Escape special characters for use in the JNI symbol of a `@_cdecl` declaration.
     ///
     /// As documented at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jni/spec/design.html#resolving_native_method_names
     /// - `_` → `_1`
-    /// - `.` and `/` → `_` (package/class separator)
+    /// - `/` → `_` (package/class separator)
     /// - `;` → `_2`
     /// - `[` → `_3`
+    /// - `.` → `.` (preserved; callers replace the separator as needed)
     /// - Non-ASCII → `_0XXXX` (UTF-16 hex)
     var cdeclEscaped: String {
         self.compactMap { ch -> String in
@@ -314,6 +314,22 @@ extension String {
         }.joined()
     }
 
+    /// Escape characters that are invalid in a Swift identifier, leaving ASCII
+    /// alphanumerics and `_` untouched. Unlike `cdeclEscaped` (JNI symbol), this
+    /// keeps `_` as-is and escapes `.`, since a `.` is invalid in a Swift `@_cdecl`
+    /// function name (issue #63).
+    var swiftIdentifierEscaped: String {
+        self.compactMap { ch -> String in
+            if ch == "_" || (ch.isASCII && (ch.isLetter || ch.isNumber)) {
+                return String(ch)
+            } else {
+                // Escape every UTF-16 code unit, so characters outside the BMP
+                // (encoded as a surrogate pair) are fully represented, not truncated.
+                return ch.utf16.map { "_0\(String(format: "%04x", $0))" }.joined()
+            }
+        }.joined()
+    }
+
     /// Return this property name as the equivalent Java getter.
     var getterName: String {
         guard !isEmpty else {
diff --git a/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/FileNameEscapeTests.swift b/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/FileNameEscapeTests.swift
index f3acd2ee..549e07aa 100644
--- a/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/FileNameEscapeTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SkipSyntaxTests/FileNameEscapeTests.swift
@@ -2,19 +2,28 @@
 // Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
-import SkipSyntax
+@testable import SkipSyntax
 import XCTest
 
 final class FileNameEscapeTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    func testSwiftIdentifierEscaping() {
+        // Valid Swift identifier characters (ASCII alphanumerics and `_`) pass through.
+        XCTAssertEqual("Model_ExtensionsKt".swiftIdentifierEscaped, "Model_ExtensionsKt")
+        // Invalid characters are escaped as `_0XXXX` per UTF-16 code unit.
+        XCTAssertEqual("Model+BridgingKt".swiftIdentifierEscaped, "Model_0002bBridgingKt")
+        XCTAssertEqual("Model.generatedKt".swiftIdentifierEscaped, "Model_0002egeneratedKt")
+        // A character outside the BMP is a UTF-16 surrogate pair; both units escape.
+        XCTAssertEqual("A🎉Kt".swiftIdentifierEscaped, "A_0d83c_0df89Kt")
+    }
+
     private var transformers: [KotlinTransformer] {
         return builtinKotlinTransformers() + [KotlinBridgeTransformer()]
     }
 
-    // A source file whose name contains characters that are invalid in a Swift
-    // identifier (e.g. the "+" in `Model+Bridging.swift`) is used to derive both
-    // the JNI symbol (already escaped) and the generated `@_cdecl` Swift function
-    // name. The Swift-identifier side must be escaped too, or the generated
-    // bridging code fails to compile (issue #63).
+    // A file name character that is invalid in a Swift identifier (the "+") must be
+    // escaped in the generated `@_cdecl` function name, or the bridge fails to
+    // compile (issue #63). Both the JNI symbol and the Swift name escape it here.
     func testBridgeFunctionNameEscapesInvalidFileNameCharacters() async throws {
         try await check(swiftBridge: """
         public var i = 1
@@ -37,4 +46,29 @@ final class FileNameEscapeTests: XCTestCase {
         }
         """, transformers: transformers)
     }
+
+    // An underscore is valid in a Swift identifier, so the Swift `@_cdecl` function
+    // name must keep it as-is; only the JNI symbol mangles it to `_1` (issue #63).
+    func testBridgeFunctionNamePreservesUnderscoreInFileName() async throws {
+        try await check(swiftBridge: """
+        public var i = 1
+        """, swiftBridgeFileName: "Model_Extensions.swift", kotlin: """
+        var i: Int
+            get() = Swift_i()
+            set(newValue) {
+                Swift_i_set(newValue)
+            }
+        private external fun Swift_i(): Int
+        private external fun Swift_i_set(value: Int)
+        """, swiftBridgeSupport: """
+        @_cdecl("Java_Model_1ExtensionsKt_Swift_1i")
+        public func Model_ExtensionsKt_Swift_i(_ Java_env: JNIEnvPointer, _ Java_target: JavaObjectPointer) -> Int32 {
+            return Int32(i)
+        }
+        @_cdecl("Java_Model_1ExtensionsKt_Swift_1i_1set")
+        public func Model_ExtensionsKt_Swift_i_set(_ Java_env: JNIEnvPointer, _ Java_target: JavaObjectPointer, _ value: Int32) {
+            i = Int(value)
+        }
+        """, transformers: transformers)
+    }
 }