diff --git a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py
index 3e7928f9..5003f286 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ def _has_object(self, connection, object_type, object_name, schema=None):
     def normalize_name(self, name):
         if name is None:
             return None
+        if name == "":
+            return ""
         if name.upper() == name and not self.identifier_preparer._requires_quotes(
             name.lower()
         ):
@@ -264,6 +266,8 @@ def normalize_name(self, name):
     def denormalize_name(self, name):
         if name is None:
             return None
+        if name == "":
+            return ""
         elif name.lower() == name and not self.identifier_preparer._requires_quotes(
             name.lower()
         ):
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index b106bf76..d5c29297 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -1718,3 +1718,45 @@ def test_result_type_and_value(engine_testaccount):
         assert data is not None
         data = json.loads(results[-1][29])
         assert data[1]["k"] == 2
+
+
+def test_normalize_and_denormalize_empty_string_column_name(engine_testaccount):
+    with engine_testaccount.connect() as conn:
+        table_name = random_string(5)
+        conn.exec_driver_sql(
+            f"""
+CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE {table_name}
+(EMPID INT, DEPT TEXT, JAN INT, FEB INT)
+"""
+        )
+        conn.exec_driver_sql(
+            f"""
+INSERT INTO {table_name} VALUES
+    (1, 'ELECTRONICS', 100, 200),
+    (2, 'CLOTHES', 100, 300)
+"""
+        )
+        results = conn.exec_driver_sql(
+            f"""
+SELECT * FROM {table_name} UNPIVOT(SALES FOR "" IN (JAN, FEB))  ORDER BY EMPID;"""
+        ).fetchall()  # normalize_name will be called
+        assert results == [
+            (1, "electronics", "JAN", 100),
+            (1, "electronics", "FEB", 200),
+            (2, "clothes", "JAN", 100),
+            (2, "clothes", "FEB", 300),
+        ]
+
+        conn.exec_driver_sql(
+            f"""
+CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE {table_name}
+(COL INT, "" INT)
+"""
+        )
+        inspector = inspect(conn)
+        columns = inspector.get_columns(table_name)  # denormalize_name will be called
+        assert (
+            len(columns) == 2
+            and columns[0]["name"] == "col"
+            and columns[1]["name"] == ""
+        )