--- title: Chrissy Teigen Wants You to Know How to Pronounce Her Name description: Chrissy Teigen has an announcement about how everyone' been pronouncing her name wrong. canonical: https://time.com/5398014/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-17T13:01:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:52.634Z og:title: We've All Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name Wrong og:description: And she's sick of it og:url: https://time.com/5398014/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40016a1a2bb6df11/69893a6997cdff23ac6b63fe/chrissyteigenname.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Day 2 - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: We've All Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name Wrong twitter:description: And she's sick of it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40016a1a2bb6df11/69893a6997cdff23ac6b63fe/chrissyteigenname.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You've Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name All Along and She's Sick of Living the Lie by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 17, 2018 1:01 PM UTC  Fashion Model / TV Personality Chrissy Teigen poses in the press room of the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Day 2 at Microsoft Theater on September 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) Fashion Model / TV Personality Chrissy Teigen poses in the press room of the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Day 2 at Microsoft Theater on September 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 17, 2018 1:01 PM UTC [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/5396853/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-anniversary/) has some earth-shattering news: people have been saying her last name wrong for quite some time now. “I’m tired of living this lie — it’s Tie-gen,” the Twitter-savvy model shared in a crucial update on Twitter. “It’s Tie-gen. Isn’t it mom?” she asked in a video. “Yep!” her mother can be heard saying in the distance. (For the most part when you hear her name, people say “Tee-gan” like tea time instead of “Tie-gan” like necktie.) It all started with an exchange with a fan who noted that people mispronounce it. “Gave up a long time ago. Last name is tie-gen not tee gen” she wrote. Mom’s confirmation aside, it’s entirely possible she’s joking. After all, she’s mastered the delicate craft of [trolling](http://time.com/5391734/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-egot-win/) time and time again, and is known for being tongue-in-cheek to the internet’s delight. But for now at least, the world may never be the same. Chalk it up to the mother of two’s aversion to correcting people, even on food orders. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1041528321073283072) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1041537000589783040) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1041533957731307520) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5398014/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5398014/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation/"},"headline":"You've Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name All Along and She's Sick of Living the Lie","datePublished":"2018-09-17T13:01:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:52.634Z","description":"Chrissy Teigen has an announcement about how everyone' been pronouncing her name wrong.","url":"https://time.com/5398014/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40016a1a2bb6df11/69893a6997cdff23ac6b63fe/chrissyteigenname.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40016a1a2bb6df11/69893a6997cdff23ac6b63fe/chrissyteigenname.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Day 2 - Press Room","caption":"2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards - Day 2 - Press Room","creditText":"Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5398014/chrissy-teigen-name-pronunciation/","name":"You've Been Pronouncing Chrissy Teigen's Name All Along and She's Sick of Living the Lie"}}]}] ```