diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
index 9e16aba66f8b..dced27debd79 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ public static String renderWhereStringTemplate(
 		boolean inExtractOrTrim = false;
 		boolean inCast = false;
 		boolean afterCastAs = false;
+		boolean inFetchClause = false; // Track if we're in FETCH FIRST/NEXT clause
 
 		boolean hasMore = tokens.hasMoreTokens();
 		String nextToken = hasMore ? tokens.nextToken() : null;
@@ -218,6 +219,16 @@ else if ( quotedIdentifier && dialect.closeQuote()==token.charAt(0) ) {
 			final boolean quotedOrWhitespace =
 					quoted || quotedIdentifier || isQuoteCharacter
 							|| token.isBlank();
+
+			// Check for FETCH FIRST/NEXT clause
+			if ( !quotedOrWhitespace && !inFetchClause && isFetchClauseStart(sql, symbols, tokens, lcToken)) {
+				inFetchClause = true;
+			}
+			// Reset FETCH clause state when we encounter certain tokens
+			else if ( !quotedOrWhitespace && inFetchClause && isFetchClauseEnd(token, lcToken)) {
+				inFetchClause = false;
+			}
+
 			if ( quotedOrWhitespace ) {
 				result.append( token );
 			}
@@ -249,8 +260,9 @@ else if ( inCast && ("as".equals( lcToken ) || afterCastAs) ) {
 			}
 			else if ( !inFromClause // don't want to append alias to tokens inside the FROM clause
 					&& isIdentifier( token )
-					&& !isFunctionOrKeyword( lcToken, nextToken, dialect, typeConfiguration )
-					&& !isLiteral( lcToken, nextToken, sql, symbols, tokens ) ) {
+					&& !isFunctionOrKeyword( lcToken, nextToken, dialect, typeConfiguration, inFetchClause )
+					&& !isLiteral( lcToken, nextToken, sql, symbols, tokens )
+					&& !inFetchClause ) { // Don't prefix tokens that are part of FETCH clause
 				result.append(alias)
 						.append('.')
 						.append( dialect.quote(token) );
@@ -286,6 +298,20 @@ else if ( inFromClause && ",".equals(lcToken) ) {
 		return result.toString();
 	}
 
+	private static boolean isFetchClauseStart(String sql, String symbols, StringTokenizer tokens, String lcToken) {
+		return "fetch".equals( lcToken ) && lookPastBlankTokens( sql, symbols, tokens, 1,
+			nextNonBlank -> {
+				if ( nextNonBlank == null ) return false;
+				final String n = nextNonBlank.toLowerCase( Locale.ROOT );
+				return "first".equals( n ) || "next".equals( n );
+			}
+		);
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isFetchClauseEnd(String token, String lcToken) {
+		return "only".equals( lcToken ) || ( !isNumeric( token ) && !Set.of("rows", "row", "first", "next").contains(lcToken) );
+	}
+
 	private static boolean endsWithDot(String token) {
 		return token != null && token.endsWith( "." );
 	}
@@ -389,7 +415,8 @@ private static boolean isFunctionOrKeyword(
 			String lcToken,
 			String nextToken,
 			Dialect dialect,
-			TypeConfiguration typeConfiguration) {
+			TypeConfiguration typeConfiguration,
+			boolean inFetchGrammar) {
 		if ( "(".equals( nextToken ) ) {
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -398,6 +425,10 @@ else if ( SOFT_KEYWORDS.contains( lcToken ) ) {
 			// TODO: treat 'current date' as a function
 			return false;
 		}
+		// Treat 'first' and 'next' as keywords ONLY within FETCH clause
+		else if ( "first".equals( lcToken ) || "next".equals( lcToken ) ) {
+			return inFetchGrammar;
+		}
 		else {
 			return KEYWORDS.contains( lcToken )
 				|| isType( lcToken, typeConfiguration )
@@ -423,4 +454,8 @@ private static boolean isBoolean(String token) {
 			default -> false;
 		};
 	}
+
+	private static boolean isNumeric(String token) {
+		return token.matches( "\\d+" );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/DB2DialectTestCase.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/DB2DialectTestCase.java
index 688f39bea409..2440e0de98c9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/DB2DialectTestCase.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/dialect/DB2DialectTestCase.java
@@ -89,4 +89,5 @@ public void testIntegerOverflowForMaxResults() {
 				sql.contains("fetch next ? rows only")
 		);
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/sql/TemplateTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/sql/TemplateTest.java
index 6d69db02620d..dad99a32a977 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/sql/TemplateTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/sql/TemplateTest.java
@@ -80,6 +80,61 @@ public void templateLiterals(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
 				"CAST({@}.foo AS signed)", factory );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@JiraKey("HHH-19695")
+	public void testFetchGrammarVsColumnNames(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		SessionFactoryImplementor factory = scope.getSessionFactory();
+
+		// Test that "first" and "next" are treated as keywords when part of FETCH grammar
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch first 10 rows only", "fetch first 10 rows only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch next 5 rows only", "fetch next 5 rows only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "select * from table fetch first 1 row only",
+				"select * from table fetch first 1 row only", factory );
+
+		// Mixed scenarios: ensure identifiers around FETCH grammar are still qualified
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "select first_name from users fetch first 10 rows only",
+				"select {@}.first_name from users fetch first 10 rows only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "where fetch_count > 5 and fetch next 1 row only",
+				"where {@}.fetch_count > 5 and fetch next 1 row only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "select first from users fetch first 10 rows only",
+				"select {@}.first from users fetch first 10 rows only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "select next from users fetch next 10 rows only",
+				"select {@}.next from users fetch next 10 rows only", factory );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@JiraKey("HHH-19695")
+	public void testFetchGrammarVariants(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		SessionFactoryImplementor factory = scope.getSessionFactory();
+		Dialect dialect = factory.getJdbcServices().getDialect();
+
+		// Variants of FETCH FIRST/NEXT
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch first 1 row only", "fetch first 1 row only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch next 10 rows only", "fetch next 10 rows only", factory );
+
+		// Parameterized row count
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch next ? rows only", "fetch next ? rows only", factory );
+
+		// Casing variants
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "FETCH First 10 ROWS ONLY", "FETCH First 10 ROWS ONLY", factory );
+
+		// Extra whitespace and newlines
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch    first   10   rows   only", "fetch    first   10   rows   only", factory );
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch\nfirst 3 rows only", "fetch\nfirst 3 rows only", factory );
+
+		// State reset after ONLY: trailing 'next' should be qualified
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "fetch next 1 rows only and next > 5",
+				"fetch next 1 rows only and {@}.next > 5", factory );
+
+		// Qualified identifier should remain as-is
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "select u.first from users u fetch first 1 row only",
+				"select u.first from users u fetch first 1 row only", factory );
+
+		// Quoted identifier should be qualified, while FETCH clause remains unqualified
+		assertWhereStringTemplate( "select `first` from users fetch first 1 row only",
+				"select {@}." + dialect.quote("`first`") + " from users fetch first 1 row only", factory );
+	}
+
 	private static void assertWhereStringTemplate(String sql, SessionFactoryImplementor sf) {
 		assertEquals( sql,
 				Template.renderWhereStringTemplate(