diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/e2e/__tests__/components/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native-codegen/e2e/__tests__/components/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap
index bccda779f83e92..a53541759bf301 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/e2e/__tests__/components/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/e2e/__tests__/components/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Object {
 namespace facebook::react {
 
 void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onChange(OnChange $event) const {
-  dispatchEvent(\\"change\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+  dispatchEvent(\\"paperDirectName\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
     auto $payload = jsi::Object(runtime);
     $payload.setProperty(runtime, \\"value\\", $event.value);
 $payload.setProperty(runtime, \\"source\\", $event.source);
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onEventDirect(OnEventDirect $eve
 
 
 void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onEventDirectWithPaperName(OnEventDirectWithPaperName $event) const {
-  dispatchEvent(\\"eventDirectWithPaperName\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+  dispatchEvent(\\"paperDirectName\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
     auto $payload = jsi::Object(runtime);
     $payload.setProperty(runtime, \\"value\\", $event.value);
     return $payload;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onEventDirectWithPaperName(OnEve
 
 
 void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onOrientationChange(OnOrientationChange $event) const {
-  dispatchEvent(\\"orientationChange\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+  dispatchEvent(\\"paperBubblingName\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
     auto $payload = jsi::Object(runtime);
     $payload.setProperty(runtime, \\"orientation\\", toString($event.orientation));
     return $payload;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onEnd(OnEnd $event) const {
 
 
 void EventPropsNativeComponentViewEventEmitter::onEventBubblingWithPaperName(OnEventBubblingWithPaperName $event) const {
-  dispatchEvent(\\"eventBubblingWithPaperName\\", [](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+  dispatchEvent(\\"paperBubblingName\\", [](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
     auto $payload = jsi::Object(runtime);
     
     return $payload;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/GenerateEventEmitterCpp.js b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/GenerateEventEmitterCpp.js
index 2b3326677eede8..2f2a829d19955d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/GenerateEventEmitterCpp.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/GenerateEventEmitterCpp.js
@@ -369,9 +369,10 @@ function generateEvent(
   // In order to migrate to this new system we have to support the current
   // naming scheme. We should delete this once we are able to control this name
   // throughout the system.
-  const dispatchEventName = `${event.name[2].toLowerCase()}${event.name.slice(
-    3,
-  )}`;
+  const dispatchEventName =
+    event.paperTopLevelNameDeprecated != null
+      ? event.paperTopLevelNameDeprecated
+      : `${event.name[2].toLowerCase()}${event.name.slice(3)}`;
 
   if (event.typeAnnotation.argument) {
     const implementation = `
diff --git a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap
index 57a82be1187497..ff3dea1de62bda 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native-codegen/src/generators/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/GenerateEventEmitterCpp-test.js.snap
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ Map {
 namespace facebook::react {
 
 void InterfaceOnlyComponentEventEmitter::onChange(OnChange $event) const {
-  dispatchEvent(\\"change\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+  dispatchEvent(\\"paperChange\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
     auto $payload = jsi::Object(runtime);
     $payload.setProperty(runtime, \\"value\\", $event.value);
     return $payload;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void InterfaceOnlyComponentEventEmitter::onChange(OnChange $event) const {
 
 
 void InterfaceOnlyComponentEventEmitter::onDirectChange(OnDirectChange $event) const {
-  dispatchEvent(\\"directChange\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
+  dispatchEvent(\\"paperDirectChange\\", [$event=std::move($event)](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
     auto $payload = jsi::Object(runtime);
     $payload.setProperty(runtime, \\"value\\", $event.value);
     return $payload;