diff --git a/.changeset/wise-berries-pay.md b/.changeset/wise-berries-pay.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..457972dc1483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wise-berries-pay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+Fix parent data type for layouts referencing named layouts in the same folder
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.js
index 34ec6f33e7bf..c5cfe1ac5acd 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.js
@@ -139,12 +139,23 @@ function get_groups(manifest_data, routes_dir) {
 		return group;
 	}
 
-	// first, sort nodes by path length (necessary for finding the nearest layout more efficiently)...
-	const nodes = [...manifest_data.nodes].sort(
-		(n1, n2) =>
+	// first, sort nodes (necessary for finding the nearest layout more efficiently)...
+	const nodes = [...manifest_data.nodes].sort((n1, n2) => {
+		// Sort by path length first...
+		const path_length_diff =
 			/** @type {string} */ (n1.component ?? n1.shared ?? n1.server).split('/').length -
-			/** @type {string} */ (n2.component ?? n2.shared ?? n2.server).split('/').length
-	);
+			/** @type {string} */ (n2.component ?? n2.shared ?? n2.server).split('/').length;
+
+		return (
+			path_length_diff ||
+			// ...on ties, sort named layouts first
+			(path.basename(n1.component || '').includes('-')
+				? -1
+				: path.basename(n2.component || '').includes('-')
+				? 1
+				: 0)
+		);
+	});
 
 	// ...then, populate `directories` with +page/+layout files...
 	for (let i = 0; i < nodes.length; i += 1) {
@@ -713,12 +724,12 @@ export function find_nearest_layout(routes_dir, nodes, start_idx) {
 	}
 
 	let common_path = path.dirname(start_file);
-	if (match[1] === 'layout' && !name) {
+	if (match[1] === 'layout' && !match[2] && !name) {
 		// We are a default layout, so we skip the current level
 		common_path = path.dirname(common_path);
 	}
 
-	for (let i = start_idx; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+	for (let i = start_idx - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
 		const node = nodes[i];
 		const file = /** @type {string} */ (node.component || node.shared || node.server);
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.spec.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.spec.js
index 2191e742116e..4f0a85d140b7 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.spec.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/write_types.spec.js
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ test('Finds nearest layout (named)', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+test('Finds nearest named layout from layout', () => {
+	assert.equal(find_nearest_layout('src/routes', nodes, 1), {
+		key: '',
+		folder_depth_diff: 0,
+		name: ''
+	});
+});
+
 test('Finds nearest layout (recursively named)', () => {
 	assert.equal(find_nearest_layout('src/routes', nodes, 3), {
 		key: '',