diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/core/resolve/namespace.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/core/resolve/namespace.ts
index 90fcba08f7..a20f15b6ab 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/core/resolve/namespace.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/core/resolve/namespace.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ResolvedSnippet } from '../../data/snippet.ts';
-import { bannedTokens, builtins } from '../../nameUtils.ts';
+import { bannedTokens, builtins, templateEnumerants } from '../../nameUtils.ts';
 import { $internal } from '../../shared/symbols.ts';
 import { ShelllessRepository } from '../../tgsl/shellless.ts';
 import type { TgpuLazy, TgpuSlot } from '../slot/slotTypes.ts';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class NamespaceImpl implements Namespace {
   constructor(strategy: 'random' | 'strict') {
     this[$internal] = {
       strategy,
-      takenGlobalIdentifiers: new Set([...bannedTokens, ...builtins]),
+      takenGlobalIdentifiers: new Set([...bannedTokens, ...builtins, ...templateEnumerants]),
       shelllessRepo: new ShelllessRepository(),
       memoizedResolves: new WeakMap(),
       memoizedLazy: new WeakMap(),
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/nameUtils.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/nameUtils.ts
index cd2c82846b..38f58f1d7e 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/nameUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/nameUtils.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,67 @@ export const bannedTokens = new Set([
   'storage',
 ]);
 
+/**
+ * Predeclared enumerants that appear as template parameters, e.g. `var<storage, read_write>` or
+ * `texture_storage_2d<rgba8unorm, write>`. A module-scope or local declaration with one of these names
+ * would shadow the enumerant, so a template using it would refer to the declaration instead.
+ * Unlike `bannedTokens`, these remain valid as struct member names, which never shadow anything.
+ */
+export const templateEnumerants = new Set([
+  // address spaces
+  'function',
+  'private',
+  'workgroup',
+  'uniform',
+  'storage',
+  'immediate',
+  // access modes
+  'read',
+  'write',
+  'read_write',
+  // texel formats
+  'rgba8unorm',
+  'rgba8snorm',
+  'rgba8uint',
+  'rgba8sint',
+  'rgba16unorm',
+  'rgba16snorm',
+  'rgba16uint',
+  'rgba16sint',
+  'rgba16float',
+  'rg8unorm',
+  'rg8snorm',
+  'rg8uint',
+  'rg8sint',
+  'rg16unorm',
+  'rg16snorm',
+  'rg16uint',
+  'rg16sint',
+  'rg16float',
+  'r8unorm',
+  'r8snorm',
+  'r8uint',
+  'r8sint',
+  'r16unorm',
+  'r16snorm',
+  'r16uint',
+  'r16sint',
+  'r16float',
+  'r32uint',
+  'r32sint',
+  'r32float',
+  'rg32uint',
+  'rg32sint',
+  'rg32float',
+  'rgba32uint',
+  'rgba32sint',
+  'rgba32float',
+  'bgra8unorm',
+  'rgb10a2unorm',
+  'rgb10a2uint',
+  'rg11b10ufloat',
+]);
+
 export const builtins = new Set([
   // constructors
   'array',
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/namespace.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/namespace.test.ts
index 262f4a5908..43958bc22d 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/namespace.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/namespace.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,52 @@ import { tgpu, d } from 'typegpu';
 import { it } from 'typegpu-testing-utility';
 
 describe('tgpu.namespace', () => {
+  it('does not name a declaration after a template enumerant', ({ root }) => {
+    const counter = root.createMutable(d.u32).$name('read_write');
+    const scale = tgpu.privateVar(d.f32).$name('rgba8unorm');
+
+    const fn = () => {
+      'use gpu';
+      const write = counter.$ + 1;
+      scale.$ = d.f32(write);
+    };
+
+    expect(tgpu.resolve([fn])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "@group(0) @binding(0) var<storage, read_write> read_write_1: u32;
+
+      var<private> rgba8unorm_1: f32;
+
+      fn fn_1() {
+        let write_1 = (read_write_1 + 1u);
+        rgba8unorm_1 = f32(write_1);
+      }"
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('does not name an immediate after its own address space', () => {
+    const level = tgpu['~unstable'].immediateVar(d.f32).$name('immediate');
+    const fn = tgpu.fn([], d.f32)(() => level.$);
+
+    expect(tgpu.resolve([fn])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "var<immediate> immediate_1: f32;
+
+      fn fn_1() -> f32 {
+        return immediate_1;
+      }"
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('still accepts a template enumerant as a struct member name', () => {
+    const Access = d.struct({ read: d.u32, write: d.u32 });
+
+    expect(tgpu.resolve([Access])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "struct Access {
+        read: u32,
+        write: u32,
+      }"
+    `);
+  });
+
   it('defines direct dependencies only once', () => {
     const Boid = d.struct({
       pos: d.vec3f,