From Ariana Grande to Zendaya: 8 celebrity names you might be pronouncing wrong

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?!?”

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?!?”

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!

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.’

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!

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.’

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.

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!

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.