diff --git a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
index d93a522c19c96..6742dd7762ed0 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ def create_table(
             schema = obj.schema()
 
         this = sge.Schema(
-            this=sg.table(name, db=database),
+            this=sg.table(name, db=database, quoted=self.compiler.quoted),
             expressions=[
                 sge.ColumnDef(
                     this=sg.to_identifier(name, quoted=self.compiler.quoted),
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
index 6341605849b7e..f9ea5e802e8c9 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
@@ -187,10 +187,8 @@ def create_table(
         else:
             temp_name = name
 
-        initial_table = sge.Table(
-            this=sg.to_identifier(temp_name, quoted=self.compiler.quoted),
-            catalog=catalog,
-            db=database,
+        initial_table = sg.table(
+            temp_name, catalog=catalog, db=database, quoted=self.compiler.quoted
         )
         target = sge.Schema(this=initial_table, expressions=column_defs)
 
@@ -201,10 +199,8 @@ def create_table(
         )
 
         # This is the same table as initial_table unless overwrite == True
-        final_table = sge.Table(
-            this=sg.to_identifier(name, quoted=self.compiler.quoted),
-            catalog=catalog,
-            db=database,
+        final_table = sg.table(
+            name, catalog=catalog, db=database, quoted=self.compiler.quoted
         )
         with self._safe_raw_sql(create_stmt) as cur:
             if query is not None: