diff --git a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
index 05016732727b..f68dcfd0c8d7 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/__init__.py
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ 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 f1e2f647b156..c2396ba8b417 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:
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_client.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_client.py
index c8b4a4e91183..cfb2f10d72ff 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/tests/test_client.py
@@ -326,6 +326,20 @@ def test_connect_named_in_memory_db():
     assert "ork" not in default_memory_db.list_tables()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "database_file",
+    [
+        "with spaces.ddb",
+        "space catalog.duckdb.db",
+    ],
+)
+def test_create_table_quoting(database_file, tmp_path):
+    conn = ibis.duckdb.connect(tmp_path / database_file)
+    t = conn.create_table("t", {"a": [0, 1, 2]})
+    result = set(conn.execute(t.a))
+    assert result == {0, 1, 2}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("url", "method_name"),
     [