10 Celebrity Names You're Pronouncing Incorrectly

4. Shia LaBeouf

How You're Pronouncing It: Shy-uh Le-Boof How It's Really Pronounced: Shy-uh Luh-Buhf Shia LaBeouf's name is a mouthful, so it's no wonder people get the Transformers star's name wrong all the time! His first name is derived from Hebrew "Shai Yah", meaning "gift of God" and his surname was actually misspelled by his grandmother, translating into "The Beef" in French. Fans of Shia's are quite fond of saying, "Thank God for Beef!"
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