diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/cell_path_completions.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/cell_path_completions.rs
index 665558190f..3a439bb790 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/cell_path_completions.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/completions/cell_path_completions.rs
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ pub struct CellPathCompletion<'a> {
 
 fn prefix_from_path_member(member: &PathMember, pos: usize) -> (String, Span) {
     let (prefix_str, start) = match member {
-        PathMember::String { val, span, .. } => (val.clone(), span.start),
-        PathMember::Int { val, span, .. } => (val.to_string(), span.start),
+        PathMember::String { val, span, .. } => (val, span.start),
+        PathMember::Int { val, span, .. } => (&val.to_string(), span.start),
     };
-    let prefix_str = prefix_str
-        .get(..pos + 1 - start)
-        .map(str::to_string)
-        .unwrap_or(prefix_str);
-    (prefix_str, Span::new(start, pos + 1))
+    let prefix_str = prefix_str.get(..pos + 1 - start).unwrap_or(prefix_str);
+    // strip wrapping quotes
+    let quotations = ['"', '\'', '`'];
+    let prefix_str = prefix_str.strip_prefix(quotations).unwrap_or(prefix_str);
+    (prefix_str.to_string(), Span::new(start, pos + 1))
 }
 
 impl Completer for CellPathCompletion<'_> {
@@ -108,14 +108,26 @@ fn get_suggestions_by_value(
     value: &Value,
     current_span: reedline::Span,
 ) -> Vec<SemanticSuggestion> {
-    let to_suggestion = |s: String, v: Option<&Value>| SemanticSuggestion {
-        suggestion: Suggestion {
-            value: s,
-            span: current_span,
-            description: v.map(|v| v.get_type().to_string()),
-            ..Suggestion::default()
-        },
-        kind: Some(SuggestionKind::CellPath),
+    let to_suggestion = |s: String, v: Option<&Value>| {
+        // Check if the string needs quoting
+        let value = if s.is_empty()
+            || s.chars()
+                .any(|c: char| !(c.is_ascii_alphabetic() || ['_', '-'].contains(&c)))
+        {
+            format!("{:?}", s)
+        } else {
+            s
+        };
+
+        SemanticSuggestion {
+            suggestion: Suggestion {
+                value,
+                span: current_span,
+                description: v.map(|v| v.get_type().to_string()),
+                ..Suggestion::default()
+            },
+            kind: Some(SuggestionKind::CellPath),
+        }
     };
     match value {
         Value::Record { val, .. } => val
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs
index 8aba4337a8..c8a02790dd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/completions/mod.rs
@@ -2005,6 +2005,35 @@ fn table_cell_path_completions() {
     match_suggestions(&expected, &suggestions);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn quoted_cell_path_completions() {
+    let (_, _, mut engine, mut stack) = new_engine();
+    let command = r#"let foo = {'foo bar':1 'foo\\"bar"': 1 '.': 1 '|': 1 1: 1 "": 1}"#;
+    assert!(support::merge_input(command.as_bytes(), &mut engine, &mut stack).is_ok());
+    let mut completer = NuCompleter::new(Arc::new(engine), Arc::new(stack));
+
+    let expected: Vec<_> = vec![
+        "\"\"",
+        "\".\"",
+        "\"1\"",
+        "\"foo bar\"",
+        "\"foo\\\\\\\\\\\"bar\\\"\"",
+        "\"|\"",
+    ];
+    let completion_str = "$foo.";
+    let suggestions = completer.complete(completion_str, completion_str.len());
+    match_suggestions(&expected, &suggestions);
+
+    let expected: Vec<_> = vec!["\"foo bar\"", "\"foo\\\\\\\\\\\"bar\\\"\""];
+    let completion_str = "$foo.`foo";
+    let suggestions = completer.complete(completion_str, completion_str.len());
+    match_suggestions(&expected, &suggestions);
+
+    let completion_str = "$foo.foo";
+    let suggestions = completer.complete(completion_str, completion_str.len());
+    match_suggestions(&expected, &suggestions);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn alias_of_command_and_flags() {
     let (_, _, mut engine, mut stack) = new_engine();
diff --git a/crates/nu-lsp/src/completion.rs b/crates/nu-lsp/src/completion.rs
index 2bb2c1492e..bc28ed5058 100644
--- a/crates/nu-lsp/src/completion.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-lsp/src/completion.rs
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@ mod tests {
             actual: result_from_message(resp),
             expected: serde_json::json!([
                 {
-                    "label": "1",
+                    "label": "\"1\"",
                     "detail": "string",
                     "textEdit": {
-                        "newText": "1",
+                        "newText": "\"1\"",
                         "range": { "start": { "line": 1, "character": 5 }, "end": { "line": 1, "character": 5 } }
                     },
                     "kind": 10