--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Pranks People With Fake Names, Beyonce's Twins description: While the names of Jay Z and Beyoncé's twins not yet revealed, Jimmy Kimmel is using it to have some fun by pranking people on the street. canonical: https://time.com/4854665/jimmy-kimmel-beyonce-twin-name-prank/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-12T15:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:19.174Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Pranks People With Fake Names for Beyoncé's Twins og:description: Not Rumi and Sir og:url: https://time.com/4854665/jimmy-kimmel-beyonce-twin-name-prank/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63b96ae316b8a074/6988d5537cdbacab67d59298/jimmy-kimmel-pranks-beyonce-jay-z-twin-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Pranks People With Fake Names for Beyoncé's Twins twitter:description: Not Rumi and Sir twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63b96ae316b8a074/6988d5537cdbacab67d59298/jimmy-kimmel-pranks-beyonce-jay-z-twin-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Jimmy Kimmel Convince People on the Street That Jay-Z and Beyoncé Gave the Twins the Weirdest Names > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Mark Davis/CBS via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - FEBRUARY 12: Jay Z and Beyoncé attend at THE 59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 12 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/5:00-8:30 PM, live PT; 6:00-9:30 PM, live MT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Mark Davis/CBS via Getty Images) CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 12, 2017 3:39 PM UTC While the names of [the most famous twins in the world](http://time.com/4800193/beyonce-jay-z-twins-birth/) have yet to be revealed by their parents[ Jay Z and Beyoncé](http://time.com/4802554/jay-z-beyonce-relationship-timeline/), Jimmy Kimmel is using the high secrecy surrounding the twins to have some fun at the expense of unsuspecting people on the street, riffing on the trend of unusual celebrity baby names. In a clip that aired on Tuesday night on his eponymous show, Kimmel’s team convinces strangers on the street to congratulate the power couple on the arrival of their twins, giving them two ridiculous (and false) names, ranging from Cucumber and Uvula to Bebop and Rocksteady. Bebop and Rocksteady don’t seem that bizarre when you consider that [Jason Lee’s son is named Pilot Inspektor ](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2070329%5F2070340%5F2070333,00.html)and [Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter’s name is Apple](http://time.com/4820243/gwyneth-paltrow-teenage-girl/). 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