How do you pronounce 'Quvenzhane' Wallis'?

She tells you herself. 2013 Oscar nominee Quvenzhane' Wallis explains how to pronounce her name. A Hollywood Public Service Announcement from Mikey Glazer.

[jaxcas]

Refusing to learn how to pronounce someone's name, especially someone as talented and deserving of appreciation as her, is just ridiculous. I'm glad this video exists.

[moyarb]

I'm 21 years old and this little girl is embracing her unique name more than I do. It's so annoying that even after you tell people how to say your name, they completely disregard it and continue to mispronounce it. No more. I'm going to hold my head up high and be proud of my name. 

[KatBlaque]

Her name is beautiful. She is beautiful and she is a gorgeous child with a bright future ahead of her!  Think of all the little girls that will want to look like her, have her hair texture etc. Thank you. 

[queenlandingsb.]

There's nothing ghetto about her name. It sounds beautiful and classy. When a black person has a different name it immediately goes to the ghetto category apparently.

[kaylaisenbletter]

It's not even that hard to pronounce. The girl's name is not Annie and people should call her by her name just like they do every other celebrity.

[medievalist]

Cheers for this! I'm from New Zealand, and haven't met anyone with this name before, so I was very interested to find out the correct pronounciation.

[kalebh]

Even though Quvenzhane might look daunting because you are trying to read it with english phonetics, its actually a beautiful 4 syllable name.

[elidam]

Quvenzhane is a really beautiful name actually. I know how it is when white people can't say your name properly. You go little one

[kylitate]

I went to school with her and we used to be friends until I moved. Glad to see she got the acting career she wanted!!

[a.c.m.]

I'm so bad at being able to pronounce anything I haven't heard at least once, so this is really helpful. She's such a talented actress, I want to be able to say her name right when I'm talking about her!

[Dipstikk]

Pronunciation: {Kwa-venge-i-nay Wallis]
Thank you and bless you!
As a news anchor and someone who is hopelessly white, I found this very helpful! I will be sure to pronounce it correctly from here on out! :3

[iWaterbender]

I always come back to this video if I forget how to pronounce her name. It's a beautiful name and she deserves to have her name pronounced right. 

[dani-nlwz]

she's so cute! and her name is beautiful. i hope she gets an even bigger and more successful career later on

[EsthiexLy]

This was actually very nice of you to post this video! Thankyou :) 

[raea]

It's a beautiful name! It's Swahili and I know that part of it means fairy.

[NomNomPhenomenom]

this is so good, thank you to the darling for being so patient with these asshats and you for this upload! i love that quvenzhane is so solid in her stance at SUCH a young age that no she will not be called anything other than her name, she's such an inspiration! even to old bats like myself

[midnightcthulhu]

If you can learn how to say Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky you can damn well learn how to say Quvenzhané. (It is a beautiful name as well.) 

[RebalRoses]

I honestly tried to say her name correctly, but I couldn't. It's a beautiful name and such a beautiful girl, I wish I could pronounce it correctly without stuttering.

[Nick_B_Cool]

That's a very pretty name. It's not even hard to pronounce and anyone who claims it is and doesn't take the time to learnbit is just being disrespectful.

[_Alimm]

This is great. Instead of teasing her have respect and call her by her name. Thankyou this is so awesome.