diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AliasHelper.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AliasHelper.scala
index ad6cf959a69c..1f3f76266225 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AliasHelper.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/AliasHelper.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ trait AliasHelper {
           exprId = a.exprId,
           qualifier = a.qualifier,
           explicitMetadata = Some(a.metadata),
-          deniedMetadataKeys = a.deniedMetadataKeys)
+          nonInheritableMetadataKeys = a.nonInheritableMetadataKeys)
       case a: MultiAlias =>
         a.copy(child = trimAliases(a.child))
       case other => trimAliases(other)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/namedExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/namedExpressions.scala
index 22aabd3c6b30..badc2ecc9cb2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/namedExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/namedExpressions.scala
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ abstract class Attribute extends LeafExpression with NamedExpression with NullIn
  *                  fully qualified way. Consider the examples tableName.name, subQueryAlias.name.
  *                  tableName and subQueryAlias are possible qualifiers.
  * @param explicitMetadata Explicit metadata associated with this alias that overwrites child's.
- * @param deniedMetadataKeys Keys of metadata entries that are supposed to be removed when
- *                           inheriting the metadata from the child.
+ * @param nonInheritableMetadataKeys Keys of metadata entries that are supposed to be removed when
+ *                                   inheriting the metadata from the child.
  */
 case class Alias(child: Expression, name: String)(
     val exprId: ExprId = NamedExpression.newExprId,
     val qualifier: Seq[String] = Seq.empty,
     val explicitMetadata: Option[Metadata] = None,
-    val deniedMetadataKeys: Seq[String] = Seq.empty)
+    val nonInheritableMetadataKeys: Seq[String] = Seq.empty)
   extends UnaryExpression with NamedExpression {
 
   // Alias(Generator, xx) need to be transformed into Generate(generator, ...)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ case class Alias(child: Expression, name: String)(
       child match {
         case named: NamedExpression =>
           val builder = new MetadataBuilder().withMetadata(named.metadata)
-          deniedMetadataKeys.foreach(builder.remove)
+          nonInheritableMetadataKeys.foreach(builder.remove)
           builder.build()
 
         case _ => Metadata.empty
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ case class Alias(child: Expression, name: String)(
   }
 
   def newInstance(): NamedExpression =
-    Alias(child, name)(qualifier = qualifier, explicitMetadata = explicitMetadata)
+    Alias(child, name)(
+      qualifier = qualifier,
+      explicitMetadata = explicitMetadata,
+      nonInheritableMetadataKeys = nonInheritableMetadataKeys)
 
   override def toAttribute: Attribute = {
     if (resolved) {
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ case class Alias(child: Expression, name: String)(
   override def toString: String = s"$child AS $name#${exprId.id}$typeSuffix$delaySuffix"
 
   override protected final def otherCopyArgs: Seq[AnyRef] = {
-    exprId :: qualifier :: explicitMetadata :: deniedMetadataKeys :: Nil
+    exprId :: qualifier :: explicitMetadata :: nonInheritableMetadataKeys :: Nil
   }
 
   override def hashCode(): Int = {
@@ -212,7 +215,8 @@ case class Alias(child: Expression, name: String)(
   override def equals(other: Any): Boolean = other match {
     case a: Alias =>
       name == a.name && exprId == a.exprId && child == a.child && qualifier == a.qualifier &&
-        explicitMetadata == a.explicitMetadata && deniedMetadataKeys == a.deniedMetadataKeys
+        explicitMetadata == a.explicitMetadata &&
+        nonInheritableMetadataKeys == a.nonInheritableMetadataKeys
     case _ => false
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
index 4ef23d7e31c5..539ef8dfe266 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
@@ -1164,10 +1164,11 @@ class Column(val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
   def name(alias: String): Column = withExpr {
-    // SPARK-33536: The Alias is no longer a column reference after converting to an attribute.
-    // These denied metadata keys are used to strip the column reference related metadata for
-    // the Alias. So it won't be caught as a column reference in DetectAmbiguousSelfJoin.
-    Alias(expr, alias)(deniedMetadataKeys = Seq(Dataset.DATASET_ID_KEY, Dataset.COL_POS_KEY))
+    // SPARK-33536: an alias is no longer a column reference. Therefore,
+    // we should not inherit the column reference related metadata in an alias
+    // so that it is not caught as a column reference in DetectAmbiguousSelfJoin.
+    Alias(expr, alias)(
+      nonInheritableMetadataKeys = Seq(Dataset.DATASET_ID_KEY, Dataset.COL_POS_KEY))
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala
index 5e1c6ba92803..7c19f98b762f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ class ColumnarAlias(child: ColumnarExpression, name: String)(
     override val exprId: ExprId = NamedExpression.newExprId,
     override val qualifier: Seq[String] = Seq.empty,
     override val explicitMetadata: Option[Metadata] = None,
-    override val deniedMetadataKeys: Seq[String] = Seq.empty)
-  extends Alias(child, name)(exprId, qualifier, explicitMetadata, deniedMetadataKeys)
+    override val nonInheritableMetadataKeys: Seq[String] = Seq.empty)
+  extends Alias(child, name)(exprId, qualifier, explicitMetadata, nonInheritableMetadataKeys)
   with ColumnarExpression {
 
   override def columnarEval(batch: ColumnarBatch): Any = child.columnarEval(batch)
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ case class PreRuleReplaceAddWithBrokenVersion() extends Rule[SparkPlan] {
   def replaceWithColumnarExpression(exp: Expression): ColumnarExpression = exp match {
     case a: Alias =>
       new ColumnarAlias(replaceWithColumnarExpression(a.child),
-        a.name)(a.exprId, a.qualifier, a.explicitMetadata, a.deniedMetadataKeys)
+        a.name)(a.exprId, a.qualifier, a.explicitMetadata, a.nonInheritableMetadataKeys)
     case att: AttributeReference =>
       new ColumnarAttributeReference(att.name, att.dataType, att.nullable,
         att.metadata)(att.exprId, att.qualifier)