Some stars want people to keep their names out of their mouths —shoutout to Will Smith—while others want us to start pronouncing their names correctly. After completing another awards season, one question springs to mind - which celebrities have had their names mispronounced on stage?
While there hasn’t been much drama surrounding this, several celebrities have recently said that people have mispronounced their names. To know which names we might be mispronouncing all this time, the team at Preply has done some digging and compiled a surprising list.
It’s time to set the record straight!
© GettyImagesLindsay Lohan (Lindsay Lo-Wen)
In her TikTok debut, Lindsay Lohan got fans questioning everything when she revealed that people had been pronouncing her surname wrong. Lindsay corrected fans by introducing herself on the platform by saying her last name is pronounced ‘Lo-wen’ instead of ‘Lo-han.’ Fans were quick to react, commenting, “Wait. Lindsay, “LOWEN”?!?! I’ve been saying it wrong my whole life?!?”
© GettyImagesLindsay Lohan (Lindsay Lo-Wen)
In her TikTok debut, Lindsay Lohan got fans questioning everything when she revealed that people had been pronouncing her surname wrong. Lindsay corrected fans by introducing herself on the platform by saying her last name is pronounced ‘Lo-wen’ instead of ‘Lo-han.’ Fans were quick to react, commenting, “Wait. Lindsay, “LOWEN”?!?! I’ve been saying it wrong my whole life?!?”
© GettyImagesJake Gyllenhall (Jake Yee-Len-Hey-Lo)
A celebrity name that needs to be put to justice. The universal pronunciation for Jake’s last name is ‘Jill-en-hall’ - but the world is wrong! Speaking to TV host Conan O’Brien, the 41-year-old actor revealed that his Swedish last name should be pronounced ‘Yen-lee-hey-lo’ - what a tongue-twister!
© GettyImagesZendaya (Zen-Day-Yuh)
Having a net worth of $15 million, Zendaya is doing well for herself, making it more important for people to pronounce the star’s name correctly. In a YouTube video, the Euphoria actress expressed that her name is commonly mispronounced as ‘Zen-dye-uh’ when the correct pronunciation is ‘Zen-day-yuh.’
Timothée Chalamet (Timo-Tay Shala-May)
The Call By Your Name star wants fans to call him by his actual name. Speaking in an interview with Frank Ocean, the 26-year-old heartthrob revealed that the actual pronunciation of his name is ‘Timo-tay Shala-may.’ He, however, said: “I can’t ask people to call me that; it just seems really pretentious” - but the king has spoken!
© GettyImagesAmanda Seyfried (Amanda Sigh-Frid)
Mamma Mia! The world has been saying Amanda Seyfried’s name wrong all this time. In an interview with Hollywood Streams, the 36-year-old actress said the worst pronunciation of her last name would be ‘Say-fried’ or ‘Sig-freed’; instead, the correct pronunciation is actually ‘Sigh-frid.’
© GettyImagesAriana Grande (Ariana Gran-dee)
Say what?! Contrary to how the star’s name is pronounced in the media, Ari shocked fans by revealing the actual pronunciation of her last name is ‘Grand-dee,’ not ‘Gradhn-day.’ Talking to Beats 1’s Ebro Darden, the star said she pronounced her last name as ‘gran-dee’ when she was growing up. As well as this, she said the pronunciation has always been ‘gran-dee’ in the Grande family.
© GettyImagesCharlize Theron (Charlize There-in)
The ‘o’ is very misleading in Charlize Theron’s name… During a segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Atomic Blonde star revealed that her surname is actually pronounced ‘There-in.’ Safe to say we didn’t see that one coming!
© GettyImagesChrissy Teigen (Chrissy Tie-Ghen)
Star Chrissy Teigen said that her Norwegian last name is pronounced ‘Tie-ghen’ rather than ‘Tee-ghen’. She said that even though she always introduces herself as ‘Tee-ghen’, the proper pronunciation is ‘Tie-ghen,’ as this is how she was taught how to pronounce her name when she was growing up.
