diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py
index 6a1adce8cc..694bc4f3c3 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 """Creator plugin for creating publishable Houdini Digital Assets."""
 import ayon_api
 
-from ayon_core.pipeline import CreatorError
+from ayon_core.pipeline import (
+    CreatorError,
+    get_current_project_name
+)
 from ayon_houdini.api import plugin
 import hou
 
@@ -56,8 +59,18 @@ class CreateHDA(plugin.HoudiniCreator):
                 raise CreatorError(
                     "cannot create hda from node {}".format(to_hda))
 
+            # Pick a unique type name for HDA product per folder path per project.
+            type_name = (
+                "{project_name}{folder_path}_{node_name}".format(
+                    project_name=get_current_project_name(),
+                    folder_path=folder_path.replace("/","_"),
+                    node_name=node_name
+                )
+            )
+
             hda_node = to_hda.createDigitalAsset(
-                name=node_name,
+                name=type_name,
+                description=node_name,
                 hda_file_name="$HIP/{}.hda".format(node_name)
             )
             hda_node.layoutChildren()
diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py
index b04e211aa4..5738ba7fab 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
 from ayon_core.pipeline import get_representation_path
+from ayon_core.pipeline.load import LoadError
 from ayon_houdini.api import (
     pipeline,
     plugin
@@ -28,14 +29,18 @@ class HdaLoader(plugin.HoudiniLoader):
         # Get the root node
         obj = hou.node("/obj")
 
-        # Create a unique name
-        counter = 1
         namespace = namespace or context["folder"]["name"]
-        formatted = "{}_{}".format(namespace, name) if namespace else name
-        node_name = "{0}_{1:03d}".format(formatted, counter)
+        node_name = "{}_{}".format(namespace, name) if namespace else name
 
         hou.hda.installFile(file_path)
-        hda_node = obj.createNode(name, node_name)
+
+        # Get the type name from the HDA definition.
+        hda_defs = hou.hda.definitionsInFile(file_path)
+        if not hda_defs:
+            raise LoadError(f"No HDA definitions found in file: {file_path}")
+
+        type_name = hda_defs[0].nodeTypeName()
+        hda_node = obj.createNode(type_name, node_name)
 
         self[:] = [hda_node]