diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
index 462e6eea4d84..f56245b6d771 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
@@ -1781,7 +1781,6 @@ def _get_temp_view_definition(self, name: str, definition: str) -> str:
             this=sg.to_identifier(name, quoted=self.compiler.quoted),
             kind="VIEW",
             expression=definition,
-            replace=True,
             properties=sge.Properties(expressions=[sge.TemporaryProperty()]),
         )
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_io.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_io.py
index 85a0decc3105..537bc4fc4b86 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_io.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import pandas.testing as tm
 import pyarrow as pa
+import pyarrow.parquet as pq
 import pytest
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 from pytest import param
@@ -223,6 +224,22 @@ def test_read_sqlite(con, tmp_path):
     assert ft.count().execute()
 
 
+def test_read_does_not_replace_existing_name(tmp_path):
+    con = ibis.duckdb.connect()
+    first = tmp_path / "first.parquet"
+    second = tmp_path / "second.parquet"
+    pq.write_table(pa.table({"a": [1, 2]}), first)
+    pq.write_table(pa.table({"b": ["x"]}), second)
+
+    t = con.read_parquet(first, table_name="t")
+
+    with pytest.raises(duckdb.CatalogException, match="already exists"):
+        con.read_parquet(second, table_name="t")
+
+    assert t.columns == ("a",)
+    assert t.count().execute() == 2
+
+
 def test_read_sqlite_no_table_name(con, tmp_path):
     path = tmp_path / "test.db"