Raven Symone says that fans have been mispronouncing her name

• Raven-Symoné recently informed her followers that they were mispronouncing her name.
• The Disney alum’s name is “Raven Sim-moan,” which is incorrect.
• Raven-Symoné, 37, confirmed in a TikTok post released on Thursday: It’s “See-mon-ye Like Yay.”

Raven-Symoné recently informed her followers that they were mispronouncing her name. Since she became famous as a child, admirers have mispronounced the Disney alum’s name as “Raven Sim-moan,” which is incorrect. Raven-Symoné, 37, confirmed in a TikTok post released on Thursday: It’s “See-mon-ye Like Yay.”

She made use of a TikTok sound that conveys skepticism by simulating someone saying, “Shut up, it’s not.” It is, said Raven-Symoné, mouthing the words.

Many devoted followers were shocked to learn this because the performer has always pronounced her own name as “Sim-moan” throughout her career. The’s So Raven star’s Disney Channel commercials, in which she introduces herself to the camera, were mentioned by a few commenters.

One commenter stated, “I’m Raven Simone and you’re watching Disney Channel,” but you could have said it correctly because of how they were going to make you pronounce your own name incorrectly. 900 people liked the comment.

Another added, “Well whose fault is that.”

Nevertheless, the majority of the responses recognized the difference in intonation and accepted the actress’s reported pronunciation right away.

Raven-Symoné is by no means the first famous person to admit to mispronouncing their name to fans during the course of their career. Chrissy Teigen confirmed in 2018 that her last name is actually pronounced “Tie-gan” rather than “Tea-gan.”

In response to a supporter who really said it correctly, she shared the pronunciation on Twitter. “word! has long since given up. not tee-gen, but tie-gen as a last name “She composed.

The following year, Ariana Grande revealed a related fact. The vocalist of “thank u, next” claimed that her last name is pronounced “Grahnd-ee” rather than “Grahnd-eh.”

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