--- title: George Clooney Amal Baby Name Ideas description: In an undoubtedly wise move, Amal Clooney has nixed her husband George's idea to name their twins after his tequila company, Casamigos. canonical: https://time.com/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-29T17:11:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:22.306Z og:title: Amal Clooney Nixed George's Baby Names Suggestion og:description: Probably a wise idea og:url: https://time.com/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc1a9f6ccf22b66c/6988c0647cdbac328bd57a61/amal-george-clooney-twins-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Dinner At Le Fouquet's - Cesar Film Awards 2017 In Paris og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amal Clooney Nixed George's Baby Names Suggestion twitter:description: Probably a wise idea twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc1a9f6ccf22b66c/6988c0647cdbac328bd57a61/amal-george-clooney-twins-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amal Clooney Won't Let George Name Their Twins After His Tequila Company > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Getty Images) Stephane Cardinale - Corbis—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 29, 2017 5:11 PM UTC In an undoubtedly wise move, [international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney](http://time.com/4499106/amal-clooney-isis-war-crimes/) has nixed her husband George’s suggestion that they name their twins after his tequila company, Casamigos. In an interview with [_Entertainment Tonight_](http://www.etonline.com/news/213975%5Fexclusive%5Fgeorge%5Fclooney%5Freveals%5Fwhich%5Fbaby%5Fnames%5Famal%5Fhas%5Falready%5Fshot%5Fdown/), George revealed that while he’s very excited for parenthood, his name suggestions have been shot down so far by Amal, who somehow found time to veto the names between [giving powerful speeches at the U.N.](http://motto.time.com/4696613/amal-clooney-international-womens-day/) and [fighting human rights violations](http://time.com/3687871/amal-clooney-fashion-robes-turkey/). “My wife says I can’t name them Casa and Amigos,” he joked. “That’s the one thing I’m not allowed to do. It was just a thought. I mean, you know, it’s a family business.” Every day is a reminder of how truly blessed George Clooney is to have Amal in his life. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/"},"headline":"Amal Clooney Won't Let George Name Their Twins After His Tequila Company","datePublished":"2017-03-29T17:11:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:22.306Z","description":"Probably a wise idea","url":"https://time.com/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","George Clooney","Culture","Amal Clooney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc1a9f6ccf22b66c/6988c0647cdbac328bd57a61/amal-george-clooney-twins-baby-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/bltfc1a9f6ccf22b66c/6988c0647cdbac328bd57a61/amal-george-clooney-twins-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dinner At Le Fouquet's - Cesar Film Awards 2017 In Paris","caption":"Dinner At Le Fouquet's - Cesar Film Awards 2017 In Paris","creditText":"Stephane Cardinale - Corbis—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/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/","name":"Amal Clooney Won't Let George Name Their Twins After His Tequila Company"}}]}] ```