10 Celebrity Names You're Pronouncing Incorrectly

9. Famke Janssen

Famke JanssenHow You're Pronouncing It: Fam-kuh Jan-son How It's Really Pronounced: Fom-kuh Yans-Sen If you've seen the Xmen movies (and really, if you haven't, then please get out from under that rock), then there's a chance you know the delectable Famke Janssen. The Dutch actress and former fashion model is most famously known as Jean Grey / Phoenix in the Xmen movies, but also stars in the Taken movies and the TV series Nip/Tuck. Her unusual name, Famke, means "little girl" in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland. Famke speaks Dutch, French, English and a little bit of German.
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