The Surprising Way You’ve Been Saying Travis Kelce’s Name Wrong

Have We Been Getting Travis Kelce’s Name Wrong All Along?

We’ve all been fumbling the ball when it comes to saying Travis Kelce’s name.

NFL defensive tackle Chris Jones brought up an important fact about his Kansas City Chiefs teammate—who, you may have heard, is dating Taylor Swift—while on the sidelines of their game against the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 13.

Jones turned to two other Chiefs players during the Saturday night game and said, “So y’all know it’s not even Travis Kel-see?” as seen in the Inside the NFL clip.

One of those players, in fact, did not know, asking, “What is it?”

“It’s Travis Kels,” Jones responded. “F–king crazy, right?”

Jones’ fun fact was corroborated last year on an episode of Travis’ New Heights podcast. At the time, Travis’ brother and co-host, Jason Kelce, confronted their dad, Ed Kelce, about never correcting anyone—including his own family—on how to properly pronounce their last name as “Kels.”

“Why in the world did you change your name out of nowhere and now we are Kel-see?” Jason asked. “Why did we think that our name was Kel-see for the first 24 years… 27 years of my life, 25 of Trav’s.”

Ed denied intentionally changing their last name, explaining he only switched it because he “got tired of correcting people.”

“That’s a good reason to stop,” the Philadelphia Eagles player joked. “That’s as good as I’ve heard. So you changed your entire family’s name over generations because you were tired of correcting people.”

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Thankfully, Ed didn’t change his tune on whether people should call them the “Kels” family from now on.

“Do whatever you want,” he urged. “I did.”

Worried you’re saying other celebrities’ names wrong? Keep reading for more oft-mispronounced monikers.

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Travis Kelce (Pronounced: Kels)

Travis and brother Jason Kelce debated on their New Heights podcast whether to go by “Kel-see” or “Kels,” with Travis deciding to do the latter.

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Taylor Lautner (Pronounced: Lout-Ner)

Speaking with E! News in February 2022, Taylor revealed the first syllable of his last name rhymes with “out” instead of being pronounced as “lot.”

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Emily Ratajkowski (Pronounced: Rat-Ah-Kof-Sky or Rat-Ah-Cow-Skee)

After much speculation surrounding her moniker, the model set the record straight in a TikTok shared by Tory Burch, where she provided “the Polish way” to say it. She has also introduced herself by pronouncing her last name “Rat-Ah-Cow-Skee.”

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Raven-Symoné (Pronounced: See-mon-ye)

While Raven-Symoné’s character could see the future on That’s So Raven, fans likely didn’t see this coming. The actress revealed in a January 2023 TikTok that her name has been mispronounced for years and is actually pronounced See-mon-ye.

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