46 Celebrity names you’ve been pronouncing wrong your entire life
You’ve been saying these celebrities names for YEARS but have you been pronouncing them correctly? Time to find out once and for all…
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1. How do you pronounce Chrissy Teigen? Chrissy’s surname is actually pronounced TIE-gen, not TEE-gen.
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2. How do you pronounce Ariana Grande? It’s not Grand-AY, it’s actually Grand-EE.
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3. How do you pronounce Noah Centineo? No-AH Sen-tin-AY-oh
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4. How do you pronounce Dua Lipa? DOO-ah LEE-pah
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5. How do you pronounce Bhad Bhabie? It’s literally just “Bad Baby”.
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6. How do you pronounce Timothée Chalamet? TIM-o-thee CHA-la-may
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7. How do you pronounce Taissa Farmiga? Tie-EE-sa Farm-EE-gah
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8. How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan? SUR-sha ROW-nan
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9. How do you pronounce Daniel Kaluuya? Dan-ee-el Kah-LOO-ya
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10. How do you pronounce Colin Kaepernick Co-lin KAP-er-nick
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11. How do you pronounce Gal Gadot? Gal Gah-DOTE
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12. How do you pronounce Camila Cabello? Cam-EE-la Cab-AY-yo
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13. How do you pronounce Halsey? HALLS-ee
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14. How do you pronounce Melissa Benoist? Mel-iss-ah Ben-NOIST (like moist…)
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15. How do you pronounce Milo Ventimiglia? MY-lo Ven-tih-MEE-lee-uh
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16. How do you pronounce Khalid? Kah-LEED
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17. How do you pronounce Tatiana Maslany? Tah-tee-AHNA Mas-LAH-ney
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18. How do you pronounce Isla Fisher? EYE-la Fish-er
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19. How do you pronounce Zendaya? Zen-DAY-ah
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20. How do you pronounce Gaten Matarazzo? GAY-ten Mat-ah-RAH-zo
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21. How do you pronounce Quevenzhané Wallis? Kwah-VEN-jen-ay WAL-liss
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22. How do you pronounce Cillian Murphy? KILL-ee-ann Mur-fee
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23. How do you pronounce Amanda Seyfried? Ah-MAN-dah SIGH-fred
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24. How do you pronounce Lupita Nyong’o? Loo-PEE-ta NYONG-o
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25. How do you pronounce Domnhall Gleeson? DOH-nal Glee-son
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26. How do you pronounce Idina Menzel? ID-ee-nah Men-ZEL… not AD-elle DAZ-eem.
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27. How do you pronounce Alicia Vikander? Ah-LISS-ee-ah Vih-KAN-der
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28. How do you pronounce Chiwetel Ejiofor? CHEE-wet-ell Edge-EE-oh-for
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29. How do you pronounce Joaquin Phoenix? WAH-keen FEE-nicks
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30. How do you pronounce JK Rowling? Jay Kay ROW-ling
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31. How do you pronounce Joe Manganiello? Joe MAN-Guh-Nell-Oh
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32. How do you pronounce Shia LaBeouf? Shy-ah La-Buhf
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33. How do you pronounce Charlize Theron? Char-Lees Ther-ruhn
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34. How do you pronounce Frank Iero? Frank EYE-ear-oh
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35. How do you pronounce Zosia Mamet? Zah-sha Mam-et
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36. How do you pronounce Matt Czuchry? Matt ZOO-kree
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37. How do you pronounce Rihanna? Ree-ANN-uh
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38. How do you pronounce Tove Styrke? Too-VAH STEER-kah
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39. How do you pronounce Billie Eilish? Billie EYE-lish
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40. How do you pronounce Cardi B’s real name Belcalis Almánzar? You might not know this but… Cardi B isn’t the rapper’s birth name. Her real name is pronounced Bel-ca-LEEZ Al-MAN-zar
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41. How do you pronounce Ncuti Gatwa? Shoo-ti Gat-wa
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42. How do you pronounce Florence Pugh? Flaw-rence Pew, like Hugh but with a P.
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43. How do you pronounce Awkwafina? Ak-WAH-feena
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44. How do you pronounce Dacre Montgomery? DAY-cah (like acre, but with a D at the front) Mont-gom-er-ee
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45. How do you pronounce Aisling Bea? Ash-ling Bee
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46. How do you pronounce Aminé? Ah-MEEN-ay
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47. How do you pronounce X Æ A-12 Musk? Although technically not a celebrity, Elon Musk and Grimes’ newborn baby has been given the most unusual name of all time. There’s no official confirmation from the parents on how to pronounce the name yet, but theories include: ‘Ex-ASH-Archangel’ and ‘Ex-Ash-A-minus-twelve.’ (Æ is commonly referred to as “ash”.)