diff --git a/xarray/namedarray/_array_api/creation_functions.py b/xarray/namedarray/_array_api/creation_functions.py
index 957f11e6940..f0588fba8d6 100644
--- a/xarray/namedarray/_array_api/creation_functions.py
+++ b/xarray/namedarray/_array_api/creation_functions.py
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from xarray.namedarray._array_api._utils import _maybe_default_namespace
+from xarray.namedarray._array_api._utils import (
+    _maybe_default_namespace,
+    _get_data_namespace,
+)
 from xarray.namedarray._typing import (
     Default,
     _arrayfunction_or_api,
     _ArrayLike,
     _default,
+    _Device,
     _DimsLike,
     _DType,
     _Shape,
@@ -24,6 +28,12 @@
 )
 
 
+def _like_args(x, dtype=None, device: _Device | None = None):
+    if dtype is None:
+        dtype = x.dtype
+    return dict(shape=x.shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+
+
 def _infer_dims(
     shape: _Shape,
     dims: _DimsLike | Default = _default,
@@ -41,7 +51,7 @@ def arange(
     step: int | float = 1,
     *,
     dtype: _DType | None = None,
-    device=None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
     xp = _maybe_default_namespace()
     _data = xp.arange(start, stop=stop, step=step, dtype=dtype, device=device)
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ def asarray(
     /,
     *,
     dtype: _DType,
-    device=...,
+    device: _Device | None = ...,
     copy: bool | None = ...,
     dims: _DimsLike = ...,
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]: ...
@@ -65,7 +75,7 @@ def asarray(
     /,
     *,
     dtype: _DType,
-    device=...,
+    device: _Device | None = ...,
     copy: bool | None = ...,
     dims: _DimsLike = ...,
 ) -> NamedArray[Any, _DType]: ...
@@ -75,7 +85,7 @@ def asarray(
     /,
     *,
     dtype: None,
-    device=None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
     copy: bool | None = None,
     dims: _DimsLike = ...,
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]: ...
@@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ def asarray(
     /,
     *,
     dtype: None,
-    device=...,
+    device: _Device | None = ...,
     copy: bool | None = ...,
     dims: _DimsLike = ...,
 ) -> NamedArray[Any, _DType]: ...
@@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ def asarray(
     /,
     *,
     dtype: _DType | None = None,
-    device=None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
     copy: bool | None = None,
     dims: _DimsLike = _default,
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType] | NamedArray[Any, Any]:
@@ -146,12 +156,35 @@ def asarray(
     return NamedArray(_dims, _data)
 
 
+def empty(
+    shape: _ShapeType, *, dtype: _DType | None = None, device: _Device | None = None
+) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
+    xp = _maybe_default_namespace()
+    _data = xp.empty(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    _dims = _infer_dims(_data.shape)
+    return NamedArray(_dims, _data)
+
+
+def empty_like(
+    x: NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType],
+    /,
+    *,
+    dtype: _DType | None = None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
+) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
+    xp = _get_data_namespace(x)
+    _dtype = x.dtype if dtype is None else dtype
+    _device = x.device if device is None else device
+    _data = xp.empty(x.shape, dtype=_dtype, device=_device)
+    return x._new(data=_data)
+
+
 def full(
     shape: _Shape,
     fill_value: bool | int | float | complex,
     *,
     dtype: _DType | None = None,
-    device=None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
     xp = _maybe_default_namespace()
     _data = xp.full(shape, fill_value, dtype=dtype, device=device)
@@ -159,6 +192,21 @@ def full(
     return NamedArray(_dims, _data)
 
 
+def full_like(
+    x: NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType],
+    fill_value: bool | int | float | complex,
+    /,
+    *,
+    dtype: _DType | None = None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
+) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
+    xp = _get_data_namespace(x)
+    _dtype = x.dtype if dtype is None else dtype
+    _device = x.device if device is None else device
+    _data = xp.full(x.shape, fill_value, dtype=_dtype, device=_device)
+    return x._new(data=_data)
+
+
 def linspace(
     start: int | float | complex,
     stop: int | float | complex,
@@ -166,7 +214,7 @@ def linspace(
     num: int,
     *,
     dtype: _DType | None = None,
-    device=None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
     endpoint: bool = True,
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
     xp = _maybe_default_namespace()
@@ -178,12 +226,40 @@ def linspace(
 
 
 def ones(
-    shape: _Shape, *, dtype: _DType | None = None, device=None
+    shape: _Shape, *, dtype: _DType | None = None, device: _Device | None = None
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
     return full(shape, 1, dtype=dtype, device=device)
 
 
+def ones_like(
+    x: NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType],
+    /,
+    *,
+    dtype: _DType | None = None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
+) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
+    xp = _get_data_namespace(x)
+    _dtype = x.dtype if dtype is None else dtype
+    _device = x.device if device is None else device
+    _data = xp.ones(x.shape, dtype=_dtype, device=_device)
+    return x._new(data=_data)
+
+
 def zeros(
-    shape: _Shape, *, dtype: _DType | None = None, device=None
+    shape: _Shape, *, dtype: _DType | None = None, device: _Device | None = None
 ) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
     return full(shape, 0, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+
+
+def zeros_like(
+    x: NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType],
+    /,
+    *,
+    dtype: _DType | None = None,
+    device: _Device | None = None,
+) -> NamedArray[_ShapeType, _DType]:
+    xp = _get_data_namespace(x)
+    _dtype = x.dtype if dtype is None else dtype
+    _device = x.device if device is None else device
+    _data = xp.zeros(x.shape, dtype=_dtype, device=_device)
+    return x._new(data=_data)