diff --git a/lib/convert.js b/lib/convert.js
index 8f881ee..35046c9 100644
--- a/lib/convert.js
+++ b/lib/convert.js
@@ -1537,9 +1537,13 @@ module.exports = function convert(config) {
         case SyntaxKind.StringLiteral:
             Object.assign(result, {
                 type: AST_NODE_TYPES.Literal,
-                value: nodeUtils.unescapeStringLiteralText(node.text),
                 raw: ast.text.slice(result.range[0], result.range[1])
             });
+            if (parent.name && parent.name === node) {
+                result.value = nodeUtils.unescapeIdentifier(node.text);
+            } else {
+                result.value = nodeUtils.unescapeStringLiteralText(node.text);
+            }
             break;
 
         case SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/typescript/basics/object-with-escaped-properties.src.ts b/tests/fixtures/typescript/basics/object-with-escaped-properties.src.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..430a8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/typescript/basics/object-with-escaped-properties.src.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+({ '__': null });
+
+({ '__'() {} });
+
+({ ['__']: null });
+
+class X { '__' = null }
diff --git a/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.js.snap b/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.js.snap
index 2068b4e..3b6837c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.js.snap
+++ b/tests/lib/__snapshots__/typescript.js.snap
@@ -35444,6 +35444,1085 @@ Object {
 }
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+      "loc": Object {
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+
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   "body": Array [