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    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...

    1. Chrissy Teigen GQ Awards

      1. How do you pronounce Chrissy Teigen?

      Chrissy's surname is actually pronounced TIE-gen, not TEE-gen.

    2. Ariana Grande

      2. How do you pronounce Ariana Grande?

      It's not Grand-AY, it's actually Grand-EE.

    3. How to pronounce Noah Centineo

      3. How do you pronounce Noah Centineo?

      No-AH Sen-tin-AY-oh

    4. How to pronounce Dua Lipa

      4. How do you pronounce Dua Lipa?

      DOO-ah LEE-pah

    5. How to pronounce Bhad Bhabie

      5. How do you pronounce Bhad Bhabie?

      It's literally just "Bad Baby".

    6. How to pronounce Timothee Chalamet

      6. How do you pronounce Timothée Chalamet?

      TIM-o-thee CHA-la-may

    7. How to pronounce Taissa Farmiga

      7. How do you pronounce Taissa Farmiga?

      Tie-EE-sa Farm-EE-gah

    8. How to pronounce Saoirse Ronan

      8. How do you pronounce Saoirse Ronan?

      SUR-sha ROW-nan

    9. How to pronounce Daniel Kaluuya

      9. How do you pronounce Daniel Kaluuya?

      Dan-ee-el Kah-LOO-ya

    10. How to pronounce Colin Kaepernick

      10. How do you pronounce Colin Kaepernick

      Co-lin KAP-er-nick

    11. How to pronounce Gal Gadot

      11. How do you pronounce Gal Gadot?

      Gal Gah-DOTE

    12. How to pronounce Camila Cabello

      12. How do you pronounce Camila Cabello?

      Cam-EE-la Cab-AY-yo

    13. How to pronounce Halsey

      13. How do you pronounce Halsey?

      HALLS-ee

    14. How to pronounce Melissa Benoist

      14. How do you pronounce Melissa Benoist?

      Mel-iss-ah Ben-NOIST (like moist...)

    15. How to pronounce Milo Ventimiglia

      15. How do you pronounce Milo Ventimiglia?

      MY-lo Ven-tih-MEE-lee-uh

    16. How to pronounce Khalid

      16. How do you pronounce Khalid?

      Kah-LEED

    17. How to pronounce Tatiana Maslany

      17. How do you pronounce Tatiana Maslany?

      Tah-tee-AHNA Mas-LAH-ney

    18. How to pronounce Isla Fisher

      18. How do you pronounce Isla Fisher?

      EYE-la Fish-er

    19. How to pronounce Zendaya

      19. How do you pronounce Zendaya?

      Zen-DAY-ah

    20. How to pronounce Gaten Matarazzo

      20. How do you pronounce Gaten Matarazzo?

      GAY-ten Mat-ah-RAH-zo

    21. How to pronounce Quevenzhane Wallis

      21. How do you pronounce Quevenzhané Wallis?

      Kwah-VEN-jen-ay WAL-liss

    22. How to pronounce Cillian Murphy

      22. How do you pronounce Cillian Murphy?

      KILL-ee-ann Mur-fee

    23. How to pronounce Amanda Seyfried

      23. How do you pronounce Amanda Seyfried?

      Ah-MAN-dah SIGH-fred

    24. How to pronounce Lupita Nyongo

      24. How do you pronounce Lupita Nyong'o?

      Loo-PEE-ta NYONG-o

    25. How to pronounce Domnhall Gleeson

      25. How do you pronounce Domnhall Gleeson?

      DOH-nal Glee-son

    26. How to pronounce Idina Menzel

      26. How do you pronounce Idina Menzel?

      ID-ee-nah Men-ZEL... not AD-elle DAZ-eem.

    27. How to pronounce Alicia Vikander

      27. How do you pronounce Alicia Vikander?

      Ah-LISS-ee-ah Vih-KAN-der

    28. How to pronounce Chiwetel Ejiofor

      28. How do you pronounce Chiwetel Ejiofor?

      CHEE-wet-ell Edge-EE-oh-for

    29. How to pronounce Joaquin Phoenix

      29. How do you pronounce Joaquin Phoenix?

      WAH-keen FEE-nicks

    30. How to pronounce JK Rowling

      30. How do you pronounce JK Rowling?

      Jay Kay ROW-ling

    31. How to pronounce Joe Manganiello

      31. How do you pronounce Joe Manganiello?

      Joe MAN-Guh-Nell-Oh

    32. How to pronounce Shia LaBeouf

      32. How do you pronounce Shia LaBeouf?

      Shy-ah La-Buhf

    33. How to pronounce Charlize Theron

      33. How do you pronounce Charlize Theron?

      Char-Lees Ther-ruhn

    34. How to pronounce Frank Iero

      34. How do you pronounce Frank Iero?

      Frank EYE-ear-oh

    35. How to pronounce Zosia Mamet

      35. How do you pronounce Zosia Mamet?

      Zah-sha Mam-et

    36. How to pronounce Matt Czuchry

      36. How do you pronounce Matt Czuchry?

      Matt ZOO-kree

    37. How to pronounce Rihanna

      37. How do you pronounce Rihanna?

      Ree-ANN-uh

    38. How To Pronounce Tove Styrke

      38. How do you pronounce Tove Styrke?

      Too-VAH STEER-kah

    39. how to pronounce billie eilish

      39. How do you pronounce Billie Eilish?

      Billie EYE-lish

    40. How to pronounce Cardi B's real name Belcalis Almánzar

      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

    41. How to you pronounce Ncuti Gatwa

      41. How do you pronounce Ncuti Gatwa?

      Shoo-ti Gat-wa

    42. How to you pronounce Florence Pugh

      42. How do you pronounce Florence Pugh?

      Flaw-rence Pew, like Hugh but with a P.

    43. How to you pronounce Awkwafina

      43. How do you pronounce Awkwafina?

      Ak-WAH-feena

    44.  how to pronounce Dacre Montgomery

      44. How do you pronounce Dacre Montgomery?

      DAY-cah (like acre, but with a D at the front) Mont-gom-er-ee

    45. How to you pronounce Aisling Bea

      45. How do you pronounce Aisling Bea?

      Ash-ling Bee

    46. how to pronounce Aminé

      46. How do you pronounce Aminé?

      Ah-MEEN-ay

    47. Elon Musk and baby X Æ A-12

      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".)

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