Some stars have names that are recognizable all over the globe, so we assume we know how to say them correctly โฆ but weโre often wrong. It turns out, fans have been pronouncing many famous names incorrectly over the years, so much so that the celebrities themselves are stepping up to set us straight.
It happened just last week, whenย Raven-Symonรฉย took to TikTok to reveal that people have been mispronouncing her name wrong. Since her days as a childhood star on Disney, the actressโ name has been said โRaven Sim-moan,โ but herย videoย clarifies itโs actually โSee-mon-ye Like Yay.โ
These are some of the other celeb names weโve been saying wrong all this time:
- Adeleย - In a Q&A with fans, the singer let us know weโve been mispronouncing her name. Itโs โUh-dale,โ not โAh-dell,โ she explained after complimenting a fan who nailed it, noting, โShe said my name perfectly.โ
- Lindsay Lohanย - The actress also low-key corrected fans about her name when she made her debutย on TikTok, highlighting that weโve been stressing the wrong syllable of her last name. She pronounces it โLo-hen,โ instead of โLO-hanโ
- Chrissy Teigenย - Fans were shocked when the model and cookbook author tweeted a video about the real way to say her last name. Rather than โtee-gen,โ like we thought, itโs actually โtie-gen.โ โIโm tired of living this lie,โ she says in theย clip. โItโs โtie-gen.โโ
- Zendayaย - During an interview, the star let us know itโs โzen-day-ah,โ instead of โzen-die-yah.โ
- Rihannaย - While talking to โShowbiz Tonight,โ the singer set the record straight, explaining that while most people had been saying it โree-ah-nah,โ itโs actually โree-ann-ah.โ
- Ariana Grandeย - This star threw us when she pronounced her own last name asย "grand-ee,"ย not "grand-ay" during an interview.
- Taylor Lautnerย - We had no idea we were saying his name wrong until the actorย pronouncedย it โLowt-ner,โ instead of โLot-nerโ in a TikTok for โE! Newsโ
- Amanda Seyfriedย - Think itโs โsay-fried?โ Nope, itโs โsigh-fred,โ according to the actress herself.
- Jake Gyllenhaalย - This Swedish last name is a little tricky, but most folks say it โjill-en-hal.โ However, on โConan,โ the starย sharedย that itโs actually โyeel-en-hall,โ joking that the only places itโs pronounced correctly are Sweden and Ikea.
Source:ย People