diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/treeNodeClick.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/treeNodeClick.ts
index 17c7d9b8c2..a198df8cb2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/treeNodeClick.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/treeNodeClick.ts
@@ -79,5 +79,9 @@ export function sidebarSelectionCopyAction(event: ShortcutLikeEvent): SidebarSel
 export function copyNameForTreeNode(node: TreeNode): string {
   if (tableChildGroupNodeTypes.has(node.type) && node.tableName) return node.tableName;
   if (databaseChildGroupNodeTypes.has(node.type)) return node.schema || node.database || node.label;
+  if (node.type === "column") {
+    if (node.meta && "name" in node.meta) return node.meta.name;
+    return node.label.replace(/\s+\(.+\)$/, "");
+  }
   return node.label;
 }
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/treeNodeClick.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/treeNodeClick.test.ts
index 58e492ca70..a0a6aeb782 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/treeNodeClick.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/treeNodeClick.test.ts
@@ -136,3 +136,34 @@ test("copying database object group rows uses the parent schema or database name
     "db",
   );
 });
+
+test("copying column rows uses the column name without type suffix", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    copyNameForTreeNode({
+      id: "conn:db:public:orders:__columns:status",
+      label: "status (varchar)",
+      type: "column",
+      meta: {
+        name: "status",
+        data_type: "varchar",
+        is_nullable: true,
+        column_default: null,
+        is_primary_key: false,
+        extra: null,
+        comment: null,
+        numeric_precision: null,
+        numeric_scale: null,
+        character_maximum_length: null,
+      },
+    }),
+    "status",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    copyNameForTreeNode({
+      id: "conn:db:public:orders:__columns:status",
+      label: "status (varchar)",
+      type: "column",
+    }),
+    "status",
+  );
+});