diff --git a/packages/create-vite/index.js b/packages/create-vite/index.js
index 4c5879bdd0bd12..efcf63cb6a8629 100755
--- a/packages/create-vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-vite/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 // @ts-check
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
-const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2))
+// Avoids autoconversion to number of the project name by defining that the args 
+// non associated with an option ( _ ) needs to be parsed as a string. See #4606
+const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2), { string: ['_'] })
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-restricted-require
 const prompts = require('prompts')
 const {