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..af7862b3ff 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 +2,11 @@
 """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,
+    get_current_folder_path,
+)
 from ayon_houdini.api import plugin
 import hou
 
@@ -56,8 +60,18 @@ 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=get_current_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()