diff --git a/src/Gin/Template/Template.php b/src/Gin/Template/Template.php
index 764886b..de344b7 100644
--- a/src/Gin/Template/Template.php
+++ b/src/Gin/Template/Template.php
@@ -139,9 +139,13 @@ public function isNamed()
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Return false if template is named,
-        // but name is bool or null.
-        if (isset($this->file[1]) && is_bool($this->file[1]) || null === $this->file[1]) {
+        // Return false if template is named, but name 
+        // is invalid. A valid name should be:
+        if (
+            isset($this->file[1]) && is_bool($this->file[1]) // should be set and not be a boolean
+            || null === $this->file[1] // or null value
+            || empty($this->file[1]) // or empty sting or array
+        ) {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Gin/Template/TemplateTest.php b/tests/Gin/Template/TemplateTest.php
index e728db1..93193dd 100644
--- a/tests/Gin/Template/TemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gin/Template/TemplateTest.php
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ public function it_should_return_no_named_filename_when_template_name_is_not_val
         $invalidNamedTemplate = $this->getTemplate($config, ['sample_template', null]);
         $this->assertFalse($invalidNamedTemplate->isNamed());
         $this->assertEquals('sample_template.php', $invalidNamedTemplate->getFilename());
+
+        $invalidNamedTemplate = $this->getTemplate($config, ['sample_template', '']);
+        $this->assertFalse($invalidNamedTemplate->isNamed());
+        $this->assertEquals('sample_template.php', $invalidNamedTemplate->getFilename());
     }
 
     /**