diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_server/ble_characteristic.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_server/ble_characteristic.cpp
index 200092b39a..867aad4126 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_server/ble_characteristic.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_server/ble_characteristic.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void BLECharacteristic::gatts_event_handler(esp_gatts_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt
       if (!param->read.need_rsp)
         break;  // For some reason you can request a read but not want a response
 
-      this->EventEmitter<BLECharacteristicEvt::EmptyEvt>::emit(BLECharacteristicEvt::EmptyEvt::ON_READ);
+      this->EventEmitter<BLECharacteristicEvt::EmptyEvt>::emit_(BLECharacteristicEvt::EmptyEvt::ON_READ);
 
       uint16_t max_offset = 22;
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void BLECharacteristic::gatts_event_handler(esp_gatts_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt
       }
 
       if (!param->write.is_prep) {
-        this->EventEmitter<BLECharacteristicEvt::VectorEvt, std::vector<uint8_t>>::emit(
+        this->EventEmitter<BLECharacteristicEvt::VectorEvt, std::vector<uint8_t>>::emit_(
             BLECharacteristicEvt::VectorEvt::ON_WRITE, this->value_);
       }
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void BLECharacteristic::gatts_event_handler(esp_gatts_cb_event_t event, esp_gatt
         break;
       this->write_event_ = false;
       if (param->exec_write.exec_write_flag == ESP_GATT_PREP_WRITE_EXEC) {
-        this->EventEmitter<BLECharacteristicEvt::VectorEvt, std::vector<uint8_t>>::emit(
+        this->EventEmitter<BLECharacteristicEvt::VectorEvt, std::vector<uint8_t>>::emit_(
             BLECharacteristicEvt::VectorEvt::ON_WRITE, this->value_);
       }
       esp_err_t err =
diff --git a/esphome/core/event_emitter.cpp b/esphome/core/event_emitter.cpp
index f86b221dad..7bd3ad51ca 100644
--- a/esphome/core/event_emitter.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/event_emitter.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace esphome {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "event_emitter";
 
-void RaiseEventEmitterFullError() {
+void raise_event_emitter_full_error() {
   ESP_LOGE(TAG, "EventEmitter has reached the maximum number of listeners for event");
   ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Removing listener to make space for new listener");
 }
diff --git a/esphome/core/event_emitter.h b/esphome/core/event_emitter.h
index a5d4bea978..7a78361456 100644
--- a/esphome/core/event_emitter.h
+++ b/esphome/core/event_emitter.h
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 using EventEmitterListenerID = uint32_t;
-void RaiseEventEmitterFullError();
+void raise_event_emitter_full_error();
 
 // EventEmitter class that can emit events with a specific name (it is highly recommended to use an enum class for this)
 // and a list of arguments. Supports multiple listeners for each event.
 template<typename EvtType, typename... Args> class EventEmitter {
  public:
   EventEmitterListenerID on(EvtType event, std::function<void(Args...)> listener) {
-    EventEmitterListenerID listener_id = get_next_id(event);
+    EventEmitterListenerID listener_id = get_next_id_(event);
     listeners_[event][listener_id] = listener;
     return listener_id;
   }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ template<typename EvtType, typename... Args> class EventEmitter {
   }
 
  protected:
-  void emit(EvtType event, Args... args) {
+  void emit_(EvtType event, Args... args) {
     if (listeners_.count(event) == 0)
       return;
     for (const auto &listener : listeners_[event]) {
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ template<typename EvtType, typename... Args> class EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  EventEmitterListenerID get_next_id(EvtType event) {
+  EventEmitterListenerID get_next_id_(EvtType event) {
     // Check if the map is full
     if (listeners_[event].size() == std::numeric_limits<EventEmitterListenerID>::max()) {
       // Raise an error if the map is full
-      RaiseEventEmitterFullError();
+      raise_event_emitter_full_error();
       off(event, 0);
       return 0;
     }