'Call Me by Your Name' star Timothée Chalamet says we're all pronouncing his name wrong

• "Call Me By Your Name" actor Timothée Chalamet is a rising Hollywood star.
• In an interview with Frank Ocean, Chalamet revealed how his first name is pronounced.
• "The real pronunciation is Timo-tay," Chalamet said. "But I can't ask people to call me that; it just seems really pretentious."
• This means his first and last name technically rhyme — "Timo-tay Shala-may."
• But we can all keep calling him "Timothy" anyways.

Actor Timothée Chalamet has been on the awards-circuit this year thanks to his roles in Oscar-nominated movies "Lady Bird" and "Call Me by Your Name." Though nearly everyone has been pronouncing his name like "Timothy," the rising star just revealed that it's actually supposed to be "Timo-tay."

"The real pronunciation is Timo-tay," Chalamet told singer Frank Ocean during an interview for VMan Magazine. "But I can't ask people to call me that; it just seems really pretentious."

Chalamet's father is French, while his mother is American, which accounts for the accented spelling of his first name.

"My dad is from France, so it's a French spelling, but it seems like too much of an obligation to ask people to call me that," Chalamet told Ocean.

With the news that 22-year-old "Timothée" is intended to be "Timo-tay," this means his first and last name technically rhyme when pronounced correctly: "Timo-tay Shala-may."

Chalamet is one of the youngest-ever Oscar nominated actors, thanks to his nod for best actor in "Call Me by Your Name" at this year's Academy Awards. But as we continue talking about him this year (and likely for years to come), Chalamet is clear that saying "Timothy" is fine.

For more celebrity names you might be mispronouncing, read INSIDER's full list here.