diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/sql_column_handler.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/sql_column_handler.py
index bf8254b729c..1b01d7cf07a 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/sql_column_handler.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/sql_column_handler.py
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ class SqlColumnHandlerMixin:
                     )
                     col_data_length = 1 if col_data_length is None else col_data_length
                     om_column = Column(
-                        name=column["name"],
+                        name=column["name"]
+                        if column["name"]
+                        else " ",  # Passing whitespace if column name is an empty string since pydantic doesn't accept empty string
                         description=column.get("comment", None),
                         dataType=col_type,
                         dataTypeDisplay=dataTypeDisplay,