--- 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. title: Jimmy Kimmel Pranks People With Fake Names for Beyoncé's Twins image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63b96ae316b8a074/6988d5537cdbacab67d59298/jimmy-kimmel-pranks-beyonce-jay-z-twin-names.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jimmy Kimmel Convince People on the Street That Jay-Z and Beyoncé Gave the Twins the Weirdest Names  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2017 3:39 PM CUT  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) 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](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2017 3:39 PM CUT While the names of [the most famous twins in the world](http://time.com/4800193/beyonce-jay-z-twins-birth/ "undefined") have yet to be revealed by their parents[ Jay Z and Beyoncé](http://time.com/4802554/jay-z-beyonce-relationship-timeline/ "undefined"), 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 "undefined")and [Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter’s name is Apple](http://time.com/4820243/gwyneth-paltrow-teenage-girl/ "undefined"). Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4854665/jimmy-kimmel-beyonce-twin-name-prank/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4854665/jimmy-kimmel-beyonce-twin-name-prank/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Kimmel Convince People on the Street That Jay-Z and Beyoncé Gave the Twins the Weirdest Names","datePublished":"2017-07-12T15:39:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:19.174Z","description":"Not Rumi and Sir","url":"https://time.com/4854665/jimmy-kimmel-beyonce-twin-name-prank/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce","Jay-z","Jimmy Kimmel","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"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=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"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=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","caption":"The 59th Annual Grammy Awards","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4854665/jimmy-kimmel-beyonce-twin-name-prank/","name":"Watch Jimmy Kimmel Convince People on the Street That Jay-Z and Beyoncé Gave the Twins the Weirdest Names"}}]}] ```