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You’ve likely been pronouncing Mariska Hargitay’s<\/a> name wrong.<\/p>\n

Everyone’s favorite TV law enforcement officer confirmed fans, friends and even her own family haven’t quite mastered the pronunciation of her first name.<\/p>\n

Hargitay revealed the correct way to say her name is “Muh-rish-kuh” during an appearance on Amy Poehler’s podcast, “Good Hang<\/a>.” According to Hargitay, the name Mariska is actually a nickname that means “Little Maria.”<\/p>\n

“In Hungarian, the \u2018ka\u2019 or \u2018ke\u2019 at the end of the name is just like a little endearment,” she explained. “So the name is actually \u2018Maria\u2019 after my grandmother, both of them, Hungarian and Italian.”<\/p>\n

STEVE BUSCEMI ADMITS EVERYONE PRONOUNCES HIS NAME WRONG, INCLUDING HIMSELF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

After 26 years of filming the popular crime drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/a>,” Hargitay noted people still can’t pronounce her name correctly. Even her own family still struggles to get it right.<\/p>\n

“Who was it last night? I had a lunch yesterday \u2013 I had a brunch yesterday for my sister and my cousin was there,” she told Poehler.<\/p>\n

“Your own cousin?” Poehler questioned.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve known him since 1994, and he kept calling me \u2018Muh-ris-kuh.'”<\/p>\n

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Instead of correcting her cousin, Hargitay revealed she chose to just “let it go.”<\/p>\n

To combat mispronunciation on the set of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Hargitay has her name written as “Marishhhhka.”<\/p>\n

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“I get called \u2018Muh-ritz-uh,\u2019 \u2018Mar-see-kuh,\u2019 \u2018Mar-kis-kuh,'” she explained.<\/p>\n

Hargitay joins a group of celebrities who have been speaking out about the mispronunciation of their names. Denzel Washington<\/a> and Steve Buscemi have both attempted corrections recently.<\/p>\n

Instead of “Denzell,” Washington’s name is actually pronounced “Denzull.”<\/p>\n

Buscemi doesn’t actually know the correct way to actually pronounce his name, but has landed on “Boo-Semi” for his version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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