diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f5a484590..cd2589580 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ fixes:
 - docs: add command parameter section and minor doc edits (#1740)
 - chore: bump actions/upload-artifact version (#1762)
 - docs: add positional argument with default example (#1763)
+- feat: unique template names (#1764)
 
 
 v6.2.0 (2024-01-01)
diff --git a/docs/user_guide/plugin_development/messaging.rst b/docs/user_guide/plugin_development/messaging.rst
index 8bac92fa1..0b4733119 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide/plugin_development/messaging.rst
+++ b/docs/user_guide/plugin_development/messaging.rst
@@ -91,9 +91,32 @@ template (`{{name}}` in the above template example):
             """Say hello to someone"""
             return {'name': args}
 
-It's also possible to use templates when using `self.send()`, but in
-this case you will have to do the template rendering step yourself,
-like so:
+.. note::
+    Templates are namespaced by plugin name to avoid collisions between plugins.
+    The namespace is the name of your plugin as defined in the `[Core]` section of
+    your `.plug` file. If you have multiple plugins with the same template name
+    (e.g. `issue.md`), Errbot will prioritize the one belonging to the plugin
+    currently executing the command.
+
+It's also possible to use templates when using `self.send_templated()`, which
+is the preferred way to send templated messages from pollers or webhooks. It
+simplifies your code by handling both the template rendering and the plugin
+namespacing automatically in a single call:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from errbot import BotPlugin, botcmd
+
+    class Hello(BotPlugin):
+        @botcmd
+        def hello(self, msg, args):
+            """Say hello to someone"""
+            self.send_templated(msg.frm, 'hello', {'name': args})
+
+If you really need to do the template rendering step yourself, you can use
+:func:`~errbot.templating.tenv`, but be aware that you might need to prefix
+the template name with your plugin name to avoid collisions if you are not
+using `self.send_templated()`:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -104,7 +127,8 @@ like so:
         @botcmd(template="hello")
         def hello(self, msg, args):
             """Say hello to someone"""
-            response = tenv().get_template('hello.md').render(name=args)
+            # Explicitly using the plugin namespace to avoid collisions
+            response = tenv().get_template('Hello/hello.md').render(name=args)
             self.send(msg.frm, response)
 
 
diff --git a/errbot/botplugin.py b/errbot/botplugin.py
index d7a709a43..b17893324 100644
--- a/errbot/botplugin.py
+++ b/errbot/botplugin.py
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ def send_templated(
             template_parameters=template_parameters,
             in_reply_to=in_reply_to,
             groupchat_nick_reply=groupchat_nick_reply,
+            plugin_name=self.name,
         )
 
     def build_identifier(self, txtrep: str) -> Identifier:
diff --git a/errbot/core.py b/errbot/core.py
index f693e8f14..fa3dcceb1 100644
--- a/errbot/core.py
+++ b/errbot/core.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ def send_templated(
         template_parameters,
         in_reply_to: Optional[Message] = None,
         groupchat_nick_reply: bool = False,
+        plugin_name: str = None,
     ) -> Callable:
         """Sends a simple message to the specified user using a template.
 
@@ -203,8 +204,12 @@ def send_templated(
             the original message the bot is answering from
         :param groupchat_nick_reply:
             authorized the prefixing with the nick form the user
+        :param plugin_name:
+            the name of the plugin that is calling this method, to use it as a template namespace.
         """
-        text = self.process_template(template_name, template_parameters)
+        text = self.process_template(
+            template_name, template_parameters, plugin_name=plugin_name
+        )
         return self.send(identifier, text, in_reply_to, groupchat_nick_reply)
 
     def split_and_send_message(self, msg: Message) -> None:
@@ -504,14 +509,32 @@ def _process_command(self, msg, cmd, args, match):
             )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def process_template(template_name, template_parameters):
+    def process_template(template_name, template_parameters, plugin_name: str = None):
+        """
+        Processes a template with the given parameters.
+
+        :param template_name: the name of the template to use.
+        :param template_parameters: the parameters to pass to the template.
+        :param plugin_name: the name of the plugin to use as a template namespace.
+        """
         # integrated templating
         # The template needs to be set and the answer from the user command needs to be a mapping
         # If not just convert the answer to string.
         if template_name and isinstance(template_parameters, Mapping):
-            return (
-                tenv().get_template(template_name + ".md").render(**template_parameters)
-            )
+            t_name = template_name + ".md"
+            if plugin_name:
+                try:
+                    return (
+                        tenv()
+                        .get_template(f"{plugin_name}/{t_name}")
+                        .render(**template_parameters)
+                    )
+                except Exception:
+                    log.debug(
+                        f"Template {t_name} not found in plugin {plugin_name} namespace, falling back to global search."
+                    )
+
+            return tenv().get_template(t_name).render(**template_parameters)
 
         # Reply should be all text at this point (See https://github.com/errbotio/errbot/issues/96)
         return str(template_parameters)
@@ -554,13 +577,16 @@ def _execute_and_send(self, cmd, args, match, msg, template_name=None):
                 )
                 return
 
+            plugin_name = getattr(getattr(method, "__self__", None), "name", None)
             if inspect.isgeneratorfunction(method):
                 replies = method(msg, match) if match else method(msg, args)
                 for reply in replies:
                     if reply:
                         self.send_simple_reply(
                             msg,
-                            self.process_template(template_name, reply),
+                            self.process_template(
+                                template_name, reply, plugin_name=plugin_name
+                            ),
                             private,
                             threaded,
                         )
@@ -569,7 +595,9 @@ def _execute_and_send(self, cmd, args, match, msg, template_name=None):
                 if reply:
                     self.send_simple_reply(
                         msg,
-                        self.process_template(template_name, reply),
+                        self.process_template(
+                            template_name, reply, plugin_name=plugin_name
+                        ),
                         private,
                         threaded,
                     )
@@ -580,7 +608,9 @@ def _execute_and_send(self, cmd, args, match, msg, template_name=None):
         except CommandError as command_error:
             reason = command_error.reason
             if command_error.template:
-                reason = self.process_template(command_error.template, reason)
+                reason = self.process_template(
+                    command_error.template, reason, plugin_name=plugin_name
+                )
             self.send_simple_reply(msg, reason, private, threaded)
 
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/errbot/templating.py b/errbot/templating.py
index 35ecc4ae7..b2f988714 100644
--- a/errbot/templating.py
+++ b/errbot/templating.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+from jinja2 import ChoiceLoader, Environment, FileSystemLoader, PrefixLoader
 
 from errbot.plugin_info import PluginInfo
 
@@ -14,12 +14,25 @@ def make_templates_path(root: Path) -> Path:
 
 system_templates_path = str(make_templates_path(Path(__file__).parent))
 template_path = [system_templates_path]
-env = Environment(
-    loader=FileSystemLoader(template_path),
-    trim_blocks=True,
-    keep_trailing_newline=False,
-    autoescape=True,
-)
+plugin_templates = {}  # plugin_name -> FileSystemLoader
+
+
+def _recreate_env():
+    global env
+    loaders = []
+    if plugin_templates:
+        loaders.append(PrefixLoader(plugin_templates))
+    loaders.append(FileSystemLoader(template_path))
+
+    env = Environment(
+        loader=ChoiceLoader(loaders),
+        trim_blocks=True,
+        keep_trailing_newline=False,
+        autoescape=True,
+    )
+
+
+_recreate_env()
 
 
 def tenv() -> Environment:
@@ -27,16 +40,16 @@ def tenv() -> Environment:
 
 
 def add_plugin_templates_path(plugin_info: PluginInfo) -> None:
-    global env
     tmpl_path = make_templates_path(plugin_info.location.parent)
     if tmpl_path.exists():
         log.debug(
             "Templates directory found for %s plugin [%s]", plugin_info.name, tmpl_path
         )
         template_path.append(str(tmpl_path))  # for webhooks
+        plugin_templates[plugin_info.name] = FileSystemLoader(str(tmpl_path))
 
         # Ditch and recreate a new templating environment
-        env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(template_path), autoescape=True)
+        _recreate_env()
         return
     log.debug(
         "No templates directory found for %s plugin in [%s]",
@@ -46,9 +59,16 @@ def add_plugin_templates_path(plugin_info: PluginInfo) -> None:
 
 
 def remove_plugin_templates_path(plugin_info: PluginInfo) -> None:
-    global env
     tmpl_path = str(make_templates_path(plugin_info.location.parent))
+    changed = False
     if tmpl_path in template_path:
         template_path.remove(tmpl_path)
+        changed = True
+
+    if plugin_info.name in plugin_templates:
+        del plugin_templates[plugin_info.name]
+        changed = True
+
+    if changed:
         # Ditch and recreate a new templating environment
-        env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(template_path), autoescape=True)
+        _recreate_env()
diff --git a/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/collision_a.plug b/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/collision_a.plug
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c0784b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/collision_a.plug
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Core]
+Name = CollisionA
+Module = collision_a
+
+[Python]
+Version = 3
diff --git a/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/collision_a.py b/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/collision_a.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a64be087d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/collision_a.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from errbot import BotPlugin, botcmd
+
+class CollisionA(BotPlugin):
+    @botcmd(template='collision')
+    def test_a(self, msg, args):
+        return {'name': 'PluginA'}
+
+    @botcmd
+    def test_manual(self, msg, args):
+        self.send_templated(msg.frm, 'collision', {'name': 'PluginA'})
diff --git a/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/templates/collision.md b/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/templates/collision.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8fdf9690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_plugin/collision_a/templates/collision.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Template from {{ name }}
diff --git a/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/collision_b.plug b/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/collision_b.plug
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f94fd5bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/collision_b.plug
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Core]
+Name = CollisionB
+Module = collision_b
+
+[Python]
+Version = 3
diff --git a/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/collision_b.py b/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/collision_b.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef8ecb7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/collision_b.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from errbot import BotPlugin, botcmd
+
+class CollisionB(BotPlugin):
+    @botcmd(template='collision')
+    def test_b(self, msg, args):
+        return {'name': 'PluginB'}
diff --git a/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/templates/collision.md b/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/templates/collision.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8971de90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template_plugin/collision_b/templates/collision.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Template from {{ name }} (B)
diff --git a/tests/templates_test.py b/tests/templates_test.py
index ed2d6b83b..5382b120d 100644
--- a/tests/templates_test.py
+++ b/tests/templates_test.py
@@ -25,3 +25,20 @@ def test_templates_5(testbot):
     assert "the following arguments are required: my_var" in testbot.exec_command(
         "!test template4"
     )
+
+
+def test_template_collision(testbot):
+    # Test CollisionA (namespaced)
+    testbot.push_message("!test_a")
+    response = testbot.pop_message()
+    assert "Template from PluginA" in response
+
+    # Test CollisionB (namespaced)
+    testbot.push_message("!test_b")
+    response = testbot.pop_message()
+    assert "Template from PluginB (B)" in response
+
+    # Test manual send_templated (respects namespace)
+    testbot.push_message("!test_manual")
+    response = testbot.pop_message()
+    assert "Template from PluginA" in response