diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Actions/GeneratesDocumentationSearchIndex.php b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Actions/GeneratesDocumentationSearchIndex.php
index 7cd75691d9d..cdd0ec0907a 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Actions/GeneratesDocumentationSearchIndex.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Actions/GeneratesDocumentationSearchIndex.php
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ protected function run(): void
     protected function generatePageEntry(DocumentationPage $page): array
     {
         return [
-            'slug' => basename($page->identifier),
+            'slug' => basename($page->routeKey),
             'title' => $page->title,
             'content' => trim($this->getSearchContentForDocument($page)),
-            'destination' => $this->formatDestination(basename($page->identifier)),
+            'destination' => $this->formatDestination(basename($page->routeKey)),
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/HydePageDataFactory.php b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/HydePageDataFactory.php
index ddedce7823d..a08df2d6a98 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/HydePageDataFactory.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/HydePageDataFactory.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Hyde\Markdown\Contracts\FrontMatter\PageSchema;
 use Hyde\Framework\Factories\Concerns\CoreDataObject;
 use Hyde\Framework\Features\Navigation\NavigationData;
+use Hyde\Framework\Features\Navigation\NumericalPageOrderingHelper;
 
 use function basename;
 use function dirname;
@@ -68,7 +69,18 @@ private function findTitleForPage(): string
         return $this->getMatter('title')
             ?? $this->findTitleFromMarkdownHeadings()
             ?? $this->findTitleFromParentIdentifier()
-            ?? Hyde::makeTitle(basename($this->identifier));
+            ?? Hyde::makeTitle($this->getCleanBasename());
+    }
+
+    private function getCleanBasename(): string
+    {
+        $basename = basename($this->identifier);
+
+        if (NumericalPageOrderingHelper::hasNumericalPrefix($basename)) {
+            return NumericalPageOrderingHelper::splitNumericPrefix($basename)[1];
+        }
+
+        return $basename;
     }
 
     private function findTitleFromMarkdownHeadings(): ?string
@@ -87,7 +99,13 @@ private function findTitleFromMarkdownHeadings(): ?string
     private function findTitleFromParentIdentifier(): ?string
     {
         if (str_contains($this->identifier, '/') && str_ends_with($this->identifier, '/index')) {
-            return Hyde::makeTitle(basename(dirname($this->identifier)));
+            $parentBasename = basename(dirname($this->identifier));
+
+            if (NumericalPageOrderingHelper::hasNumericalPrefix($parentBasename)) {
+                $parentBasename = NumericalPageOrderingHelper::splitNumericPrefix($parentBasename)[1];
+            }
+
+            return Hyde::makeTitle($parentBasename);
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/Services/DocumentationSearchServiceTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/Services/DocumentationSearchServiceTest.php
index cb0fd00e8e1..61f20194713 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/Services/DocumentationSearchServiceTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/Services/DocumentationSearchServiceTest.php
@@ -114,6 +114,31 @@ public function testNestedSourceFilesDoNotRetainDirectoryNameInSearchIndex()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testNumericPrefixesAreStrippedFromSearchResults()
+    {
+        $this->file('_docs/01-foo.md');
+
+        $this->assertSame([[
+            'slug' => 'foo',
+            'title' => 'Foo',
+            'content' => '',
+            'destination' => 'foo.html',
+        ]], $this->getArray());
+    }
+
+    public function testNumericPrefixesAreRemovedFromNestedSearchResults()
+    {
+        $this->directory(Hyde::path('_docs/01-category'));
+        $this->file('_docs/01-category/02-item-name.md');
+
+        $result = $this->getArray()[0];
+
+        $this->assertSame('item-name', $result['slug']);
+        $this->assertSame('item-name.html', $result['destination']);
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('02-', json_encode($result));
+        $this->assertStringNotContainsString('01-', json_encode($result));
+    }
+
     protected function getArray(): array
     {
         return json_decode(GeneratesDocumentationSearchIndex::handle(), true);
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/HydePageDataFactoryTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/HydePageDataFactoryTest.php
index 65b26353449..6e27ab473b3 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/HydePageDataFactoryTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/HydePageDataFactoryTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,26 @@ public function testNavigationDataIsGeneratedByNavigationDataFactory()
         $this->assertInstanceOf(NavigationData::class, $this->factory()->toArray()['navigation']);
     }
 
+    public function testTitleStripsNumericalPrefixFromBasename()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('Foo', $this->factoryFromPage(new MarkdownPage('01-foo'))->toArray()['title']);
+    }
+
+    public function testTitleStripsNumericalPrefixFromNestedBasename()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('Bar', $this->factoryFromPage(new MarkdownPage('foo/02-bar'))->toArray()['title']);
+    }
+
+    public function testIndexPageTitleStripsNumericalPrefixFromParentIdentifierBasename()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('Foo', $this->factoryFromPage(new MarkdownPage('01-foo/index'))->toArray()['title']);
+    }
+
+    public function testIndexPageTitleStripsNumericalPrefixFromNestedParentIdentifierBasename()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('Bar', $this->factoryFromPage(new MarkdownPage('foo/02-bar/index'))->toArray()['title']);
+    }
+
     protected function factory(array $data = []): HydePageDataFactory
     {
         return $this->factoryFromPage(new InMemoryPage('', $data));