WASHINGTON – You can call her Butternut Summer Squash.

Actor Ryan Reynolds spoke with NBC’s “Today Show” about the name of his newborn daughter Friday telling Willie Geist that her name is really James.

Yes, James.

Reynolds had previously joked that she would be named Excalibur Anaconda Reynolds.

“That’s not the child’s name, it’s Butternut Summer Squash,” he quipped before admitting her true moniker to Geist.

Reynolds’ wife Blake Lively gave birth to their first child recently. They have not said specifically when she was born.

Watch a portion of the full interview, which will air April 1, below.