<p id=”par-1_54″>After the release of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-say-big-fail-wanted-showgirl.html/”>Taylor Swift’s latest album</a>, <em>The Life of a Showgirl</em>, fans are searching for a surprising fact about Travis Kelce. Much of the new album is <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jason-kelce-jokes-that-hed-be-described-as-a-japanese-maple-not-a-redwood-like-his-brother-travis.html/”>about her relationship</a> with the tight end. As they plan their wedding, some of her fans want to know if they’re pronouncing his name correctly.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-searches-for-travis-kelce-s-name-have-surged-after-taylor-swift-released-her-new-album”>Searches for Travis Kelce’s name have surged after Taylor Swift released her new album</h2>
<p id=”par-2_63″>According to research by language learning app <a href=”https://preply.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Preply</a>, searches for how to pronounce Kelce’s name jumped by 557% in the week after Swift released <em>The Life of a Showgirl</em>. While people pronounce his last name as “KEL-see,” his family name originally rhymed with “else.” <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/travis-kelces-dad-says-didnt-know-taylor-swifts-name-when-first-met-people-are-just-throwing-money.html/”>Ed Kelce, Travis’ father</a>, explained that he got tired of correcting people and just started to respond to “KEL-see.”</p>
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<p id=”par-3_38″>On an episode of his <em>New Heights</em> podcast, Travis said he will respond to either pronunciation. His brother Jason, however, warned fans not to call him by the original pronunciation. He prefers the new version of the name. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-are-planning-their-wedding”>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are planning their wedding</h2>
<p id=”par-4_57″>The jump in searches for Kelce’s name could have to do with the fact that many of the songs on <em>The Life of a Showgirl</em> are about him. Kelce and Swift <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-insisted-relationship-travis-kelce-near-psychotic-people-think.html/”>began dating in 2023</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/taylor-swift-saw-travis-kelce-nervous-1st-time-proposed.html/”>got engaged in 2025</a>. While it’s unlikely that she will take his last name professionally, she could privately change her name.</p>
<p id=”par-5_26″>After the release of her latest album, Swift can take time to plan her wedding. She’s reportedly looking forward to this after several very busy years.</p>
<p id=”par-6_23″>“She’s ready for a break so she can focus on the wedding,” a source told <a href=”https://people.com/taylor-swift-ready-focus-on-planning-her-wedding-to-travis-kelce-exclusive-source-11824909″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>. “She’s very excited about planning the wedding.”</p>
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<p id=”par-7_24″>In the immediate aftermath of their engagement, Swift and Kelce reportedly didn’t do much wedding planning. They wanted to enjoy their engagement without stress.</p>
<p id=”par-8_38″>“It’s been a lot of excitement all at once,” the source said. “They’re both just really happy. It’s been a whirlwind, but it’s the good kind. They know how lucky they are to be in this moment together.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_17″>Swift said she has never been someone who put much thought into marriage until she met Kelce.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-people-want-to-know-how-to-pronounce-these-celebrities-names-as-well”>People want to know how to pronounce these celebrities’ names as well</h2>
<p id=”par-10_47″>While searches for the pronunciation of Kelce’s name have surged, he doesn’t crack the top 20 of searches for celebrity names. Preply found that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/people-siding-sza-feud-nicki-minaj.html/”>SZA tops the list</a> of pronunciation searches with 415,200 annual worldwide searches. Ralph Fiennes is a distant second with 177,360 searches each year.</p>
<p id=”par-11_17″>Other celebrity names people have searched include Saoirse Ronan, Chappell Roan, Rihanna, Joaquin Phoenix, and Timothée Chalamet.</p>