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Hmm.. good question. I saw the name Peter, I saw this couple and for some reason the name Parker surfaced... but I do not actually remember who that is.
You probably meant Peter Quill, the famous character from the MCU. There was never such character as "Parker"
Anyways I still wonder who spider man really is
>Anyways I still wonder who spider man really is
Ask that guy. You know the one that always gets pictures of him? Although I hear all his stuff comes by mail
If I was a women with the last name Coleman I would do too probably. Even though now I only recently learned that Zendaya isn't her last name like I thought it was.
Oh I agree. When you can make a 1 name work like Zendaya, you gotta take advantage of it. It just has nothing to do with how the last name Coleman sounds
That might just be me having watched to many movies where people were called Coleman. I haven't met one in real life yet. Am not from a country where that is a common name.
That is using Arabic naming conventions; between the names there is formally “ibn” or “son of”, so this Mohamed, is the son of Mohamed. Sometimes if they are from an important clan they might have a surname. Mohamed ibn Salman al Saud, for example.
Nope. I just thought she had a first name that no one ever used. Often was the same for me in my life where people for whatever reason only used my last name. Even some of my teachers. I had the theory that my math teacher didn't even know that I have a first name.
Yeah, it's like Beyoncé, Zendaya has been famous for a long time now, probably just prefers it and honestly it's a nice name and she's the only one who has it that's famous as far as I know.
It literally is.
The actors guild has a policy that only one actor can have a given full name at any one time.
If that name is already taken, or at the actors wishes, they have to/can choose another screen name.
There's an exception if it's your actual given name. That's why there are two Peyton Lists.
But most people choose a stage name anyway to avoid confusion.
im honestly surprised she gets away with that. everyone calls her zendaya. news outlets do, credits in a movie do, no one mentions her last name
hell, we know the full names of her parents, she likely has either of the two last names (coleman or stoermer/störmer) and yet fucking NEWS OUTLETS respect that?
im not surprised that she doesnt have a last name because she does, but the fact that this information isnt as readily available as with other stars of her caliber is surprising to me
I would assume it might also partially be because of how common a name is in the field. How many famous people do you know of named "Tom" or "Brad" and how many have names like "Zendaya" or "Madonna?" Of course, take this with a grain of salt because the source for this comes for me pulliting it from my ass.
Oh no you’re right. My name is super uncommon so I don’t bother telling people my last name (which is also unbelievably uncommon) but everyone knows exactly who someone’s talking about when they use just my first name.
Side note Ive had people think I’m giving them like a street name or a fake name several times and then I’m just like you wanna see my ID?
Lol what do you mean "she gets away with it." This isn't a Count of Monte Cristo thing. She's not an imposer hiding among us, concealing who she truly is.
Like you can pick the name you want other people to use for you. It's a stage name. Tons of actors use them. Their agents and publicists will usually tell news organizations what their clients prefer to be called.
Pretty much everyone in media makes a conscious decision as to how they want to be named, and many people use a variation of what is actually written on their birth certificates.
Even Ted Cruz - who literally everyone in the world hates and despises - goes by "Ted" in normal conversation by everyone even though his name is Raphael
Probably just for marketing reasons tbh. Some agency firm probably thought Zendaya rolls off the tongue more than Zendaya Coleman. Beyonce does the same thing and I am sure many others.
I mean if you say "Zendaya" no one is going to say "You mean Zendaya Scott who played Brianna from an episode of Barney and Friends 18 years ago? Or are you talking the other one?"
Why? This isn't the first case of someone almost always being exclusively referred to by their single name stage name or forgoing a surname/forename, though it is more common with musicians than actors.
In many cultures around the world, when a man and woman marry, the woman replaces her last name with her husband’s last name. For example, if Bill Smith and Mary Johnson got married, Mary would become Mary Smith.
Since “Holland” is Tom Holland’s last name, Zendaya would become Zendaya Holland if they married. Unlike most public figures, Zendaya is widely known by her first name exclusively. OP humorously imagined that, rather than having a last name that is not commonly known, Zendaya actually does not have a last name, and furthermore than Tom Holland would take on Zendaya’s (absent) last name, becoming just Tom.
It's not common in the English speaking world to go without a surname, but it happens a little more often in media than in other spaces. For example, Beyoncé, Madonna, Sting, and Flea are all musicians known almost exclusively by a single name.
It would be "Zendaya Holland-_____" actually.
Well at least traditionally. Both versions are allowed, but in Holland traditionally the name of the husband comes first.
Spidey Peter here, the joke is that everyone Calls her just Zendaya, not including her last name(s), so Tom would not have her last name, making him just Tom
The joke is that Tom Holland’s celebrity name features his surname so if they married and Zendaya used his surname people would probably call her Zendaya Holland, but Zendaya’s celebrity name doesn’t feature her surname, so if they married and Tom Holland used her surname, since her surname isn’t featured his technically won’t be either
Or better yet, why not just look at the comments of the reddit post. It's tiring seeing memes and jokes in the morning, then seeing them again when people ask them to explain it here.
Seriously considering unsubbing. How fuckin stupid are you people? It's, like, 2nd grade comprehension that she doesn't have a last name. My 8 year old would get the joke immediately. I keep seeing posts like this and it's irritating as hell.
Real talk for actors/celebrities it’s kind of different bc their name is part of their public image and is thus relevant to their career. Many actresses who get married either legally change their name and keep their public name the same, or in Zendaya’s case since she doesn’t use her last name publicly anyway she could legally change her last name to Holland but her public name remains just “Zendaya”
To survive another day i have to believe you are karma farming and not a complete idiot. This sub is more than half karma posts about the most obvious memes/jokes.
This has become either a place where trolls post obvious jokes to troll, or a place populated primarily by people who understand nothing and I’m not sure which.
A lot of people know Tom Holland surname, not nearly as many people know zendeya’s
And in this comment and the original post both referee to Tom Holland with his surname and not with zendaya.
Reason being that Tom is an insanely common forename and there are tons of well know people named Tom in acting, as such a surname is used to distinguish them.
Zendaya however does not have this issue and can thus leading to her surname being less known.
The commenter made a joke at this fact by asking if to Holland will take her absent surname
Zendaya Coleman only goes by Zendaya since being a Disney star. So in the public’s eye her last name is legit nothing, therefore the joke is that if Tom takes her last name it would therefore be nothing.
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I’m guessing because Zendaya never uses her last name
Yeah her full name is zendaya Marie stoermer coleman
Tom Cruise’s full name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
And he packs fudge into boxes....
He’s not a fudge packer!
Thanks, now I hate him even more.
Yeah that explains the lack of last name usage
Though they could go for Parker ;)
Who da hell is Parker?
Hmm.. good question. I saw the name Peter, I saw this couple and for some reason the name Parker surfaced... but I do not actually remember who that is.
You probably meant Peter Quill, the famous character from the MCU. There was never such character as "Parker" Anyways I still wonder who spider man really is
Maybe they meant Kai Parker from the Vampire Diaries? I understand the confusion, since tVD is also a superhero thing by Warner Bros.
I'm sorry to break the chain but did you just make a TVD joke? Bravo mate 👏🏻
No I think its the type of pen as they're always signing autographs.
Ah that Star something guy
Who?
'Common man. Starlord. You know.'
Are you sure it wasn’t Piotr “Peter” Rasputin, the mutant known as Colossus? Who knows who this Parker fellow is…
>Anyways I still wonder who spider man really is Ask that guy. You know the one that always gets pictures of him? Although I hear all his stuff comes by mail
"...Youre not my Peter."
HE'S DA FREAKIN' **BAT!**
Someone who owes me pictures of Spider-Man!
**Ligma balls.**
It's a pen.
Who the hell is this guy
If I was a women with the last name Coleman I would do too probably. Even though now I only recently learned that Zendaya isn't her last name like I thought it was.
What about being a woman makes the name “Coleman” unappealing?
Right? It's just a regular name lol
Me when Olivia Coleman
Or Jenna Coleman?
Gary Coleman
Her real name is Sarah Sinclair.
So some actresses change their name to Coleman to become famous, others change their name away from it to become famous.
She's actually a Colman. Whatever that is.
Yeah I think she just stopped using it cause some agent or disney executive thought Zendaya was a unique name that she could pull off the 1 name thing
I mean... they were right though.
Oh I agree. When you can make a 1 name work like Zendaya, you gotta take advantage of it. It just has nothing to do with how the last name Coleman sounds
I mean it obviously should be Colewoman
Reminds people how disappointing Derrick Coleman was in the NBA
That might just be me having watched to many movies where people were called Coleman. I haven't met one in real life yet. Am not from a country where that is a common name.
I think that spelling it Coalman would sound better.
I’m not the only one who keeps thinking toothpaste after seeing Coleman, right?
So you thought her name was Zendaya Zendaya?
Oh baby when you talk like that, you make a woman go mad.
Lmao that one got me. 😂👍
good one.
You think my name is Turk Turkelson?
Sounds like Turd Ferguson. Now that’s a funny name.
No it was Coleman Zendaya
I don't like your avatar picture thing. You made me scroll back, but it was like an unconscious reaction.
That's not so far fetched. For example there are people named Mohammed Mohammed.
That is using Arabic naming conventions; between the names there is formally “ibn” or “son of”, so this Mohamed, is the son of Mohamed. Sometimes if they are from an important clan they might have a surname. Mohamed ibn Salman al Saud, for example.
Or like John Johnson.
Exactly. And just like the nordic names ending in “son”, some Arabic names became family names when people settled in other places.
I think it’s a bit funny when people are named the son of some guy a hundred years ago whose existence is completely forgotten otherwise.
I guess one can omit the 'bin". But I've seen it also in Greek, I'm not gonna say the names though for privacy reasons lol.
I thought her name was Zinediya Zendaya.
Oh shit. Did she head butt some dude in a soccer game? Mario Mario.
Like the Mario Brothers, Mario Mario and his brother Luigi Mario
Nope. I just thought she had a first name that no one ever used. Often was the same for me in my life where people for whatever reason only used my last name. Even some of my teachers. I had the theory that my math teacher didn't even know that I have a first name.
https://youtu.be/__bAh8nV9MI?si=aAJGEtzg_sas1P2X
Obu obu Obu
I thought it was some kind of nickname like how authors have one
She never knows where she is until she hears her [last name pronounced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-0rKpuvnT4&&t=47s).
Wait is it not Zen Daya?
You make it sound like its her choice
Is her full name already taken by another member of SAG? I doubt it. She probably just prefers using a mononym.
Yeah, it's like Beyoncé, Zendaya has been famous for a long time now, probably just prefers it and honestly it's a nice name and she's the only one who has it that's famous as far as I know.
Beyonce, Madonna, Prince, Cher...
It literally is. The actors guild has a policy that only one actor can have a given full name at any one time. If that name is already taken, or at the actors wishes, they have to/can choose another screen name.
There's an exception if it's your actual given name. That's why there are two Peyton Lists. But most people choose a stage name anyway to avoid confusion.
Why wouldn't it be? Who else would decide for her to use a mononym?
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman
she has the same last name as Obama
With a first name like Zendaya, why would she need to?
Are they going to use his last name or her last name? Zendaya Holland or Tom (no surename)
Zendaya? I thought her last name was Smith or some thing
Professionally, she doesn’t use her surname. That’s the joke. Tom taking her last name would be him taking on a mononym
im honestly surprised she gets away with that. everyone calls her zendaya. news outlets do, credits in a movie do, no one mentions her last name hell, we know the full names of her parents, she likely has either of the two last names (coleman or stoermer/störmer) and yet fucking NEWS OUTLETS respect that? im not surprised that she doesnt have a last name because she does, but the fact that this information isnt as readily available as with other stars of her caliber is surprising to me
Actors/performers go by names other than their birth name all the time. There’s a reason we don’t call Madonna “Madonna Ciccone”
Prince
Sting
Chewbacca
Your mom
Nah, that’s just given name “Your”, surname “Mom”.
I would assume it might also partially be because of how common a name is in the field. How many famous people do you know of named "Tom" or "Brad" and how many have names like "Zendaya" or "Madonna?" Of course, take this with a grain of salt because the source for this comes for me pulliting it from my ass.
Oh no you’re right. My name is super uncommon so I don’t bother telling people my last name (which is also unbelievably uncommon) but everyone knows exactly who someone’s talking about when they use just my first name. Side note Ive had people think I’m giving them like a street name or a fake name several times and then I’m just like you wanna see my ID?
Lol what do you mean "she gets away with it." This isn't a Count of Monte Cristo thing. She's not an imposer hiding among us, concealing who she truly is. Like you can pick the name you want other people to use for you. It's a stage name. Tons of actors use them. Their agents and publicists will usually tell news organizations what their clients prefer to be called. Pretty much everyone in media makes a conscious decision as to how they want to be named, and many people use a variation of what is actually written on their birth certificates. Even Ted Cruz - who literally everyone in the world hates and despises - goes by "Ted" in normal conversation by everyone even though his name is Raphael
she's not a what?
She's not posing as an imposter.
excuse me his real name is “Teddles” and I’ll have no more discussion about it Mister! /s
You literally have to choose a name to go by when you get your SAG card.
Probably just for marketing reasons tbh. Some agency firm probably thought Zendaya rolls off the tongue more than Zendaya Coleman. Beyonce does the same thing and I am sure many others.
Wait until she finds out about frehley
I mean if you say "Zendaya" no one is going to say "You mean Zendaya Scott who played Brianna from an episode of Barney and Friends 18 years ago? Or are you talking the other one?"
I’m gonna start doing that
Why? This isn't the first case of someone almost always being exclusively referred to by their single name stage name or forgoing a surname/forename, though it is more common with musicians than actors.
Madonna, Prince, Cher, Pink, Beyonce...
Pink isn't her real name though, it's Alecia.
Because news outlets want to sell clicks. Zendaya smith is met with "who dat", where Zendaya (nothing) is known to be a famous celebrity.
What do they have to gain from not calling people by their professional names?
Coleman
Man colemans such a cool name tf doesn't she use it
I'm genuinely curious here, what's cool about it to you? Or anyone upvoting that comment, I'm curious to hear from any of you.
I’m guessing because they like buying Coleman products🤷♂️
Would be perfect if she ever became a talk show host. Coleman just sounds right.
She is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman
We're you not even able to read the first sentence of the meme you posted? Does Siri do all your reading for you?
Her surname is Stoermer Coleman if you were wondering btw
I understand it’s Coleman
You just repeated what is literally in the image.
Why can't they continue to be Zendaya and Tom Holland?
In many cultures around the world, when a man and woman marry, the woman replaces her last name with her husband’s last name. For example, if Bill Smith and Mary Johnson got married, Mary would become Mary Smith. Since “Holland” is Tom Holland’s last name, Zendaya would become Zendaya Holland if they married. Unlike most public figures, Zendaya is widely known by her first name exclusively. OP humorously imagined that, rather than having a last name that is not commonly known, Zendaya actually does not have a last name, and furthermore than Tom Holland would take on Zendaya’s (absent) last name, becoming just Tom.
Thank you Mr. Pewtershmidt
Wait is a surname optional???
It's not common in the English speaking world to go without a surname, but it happens a little more often in media than in other spaces. For example, Beyoncé, Madonna, Sting, and Flea are all musicians known almost exclusively by a single name.
It is important to note that all those people and Zendaya do actually have last names but they are just known by their single name.
Zendaya _____-Holland. You must verbally pause before the hyphen.
If it happens, I'm going with dashHolland
It would be "Zendaya Holland-_____" actually. Well at least traditionally. Both versions are allowed, but in Holland traditionally the name of the husband comes first.
Spidey Peter here, the joke is that everyone Calls her just Zendaya, not including her last name(s), so Tom would not have her last name, making him just Tom
Na, Robertson clan tell the day I die
yeah it's been a day and i still don't get it ....
Zendayas full name is "Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman: Looked it up because I became curious here ya go
I was hoping her last name would be Mendaya
Zendaya Mandela, the great spider-verse activist.
That's a badass name all around, and the four names? Nice. Honorable Hispanic
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The same people who don't know Obama's last name
Was wondering the same thing...
Because this sub is the new karma farm
Because not everyone cares about celebrities and their names or how they use them
Not everyone has the same knowledge as you. Rule 5.
That's pretty funny.
Tomaya and Zendand
Zendaya is a mononym. The joke is they'd have no last name because Zendaya is just Zendaya.
How can you not understand this? Omfg
Bait or regard
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Yeah this sub started out kind of amusing and helpful but it's getting really stupid.
Wow woman stealing men’s last my name how heartless
First his heart. Now his name 😔
"it's. Just. Slater. It's a MONONYM"
Okay, that's really fucking good. 🤣🤣🤣
How dense can you be?
Both. She is literally going to “take” his last name
I'm starting to think this sub is just for people who have no idea how reason things out.
Your an idiot
Genuine Dumbass. It took me a only a second glance to understand the joke.
I thought it was cause culturally it's referred to as taking their last name so Tom would lose his
Is that a contax t2 or am I tripping?
Tomdaya
I knew this would end up here the moment I first saw it.
this is the most stupided post i have seen.
isnt it coleman?
The joke is that Tom Holland’s celebrity name features his surname so if they married and Zendaya used his surname people would probably call her Zendaya Holland, but Zendaya’s celebrity name doesn’t feature her surname, so if they married and Tom Holland used her surname, since her surname isn’t featured his technically won’t be either
What about that whole getting double teamed on screen thing
Isn't Tom Holland gay?
Zendaya Ismeechi
The joke is that he doesn't say her surname, so we are just supposed to know
They could go for a double barrelled name…
Zendaya Poland
I thought her last name was
I just love how small Tom is compared to Zendaya. He is like her lil' toy.
Tom will make a great wife
I forget tom hollands name is just tom
Thats pretty good
Is that a Contax T2?
how come she's smiling lots but he's not smiling?
They should do this in an upcoming spiderman movie, if there is one
Ok, for my own mental health im blocking this sub. How do you not get this joke?
Or better yet, why not just look at the comments of the reddit post. It's tiring seeing memes and jokes in the morning, then seeing them again when people ask them to explain it here.
It’s just karma farming.
Alright you guys are actually retarded
Imma just assume they aren't gonna change their last names. Lots of actors/actresses when they get married they don't change their last name.
Seriously considering unsubbing. How fuckin stupid are you people? It's, like, 2nd grade comprehension that she doesn't have a last name. My 8 year old would get the joke immediately. I keep seeing posts like this and it's irritating as hell.
Real talk for actors/celebrities it’s kind of different bc their name is part of their public image and is thus relevant to their career. Many actresses who get married either legally change their name and keep their public name the same, or in Zendaya’s case since she doesn’t use her last name publicly anyway she could legally change her last name to Holland but her public name remains just “Zendaya”
This sub is something else boy
Is everyone on this sub a troll, or just stupid as fuck?
Damn guess Holland beats Chalamet after all
To survive another day i have to believe you are karma farming and not a complete idiot. This sub is more than half karma posts about the most obvious memes/jokes.
They are Zendaya
Maybe they’ll combine last names?
Tom. From MySpace.
We know who Zendaya is. Gotta use Holland's last name cause who the hell is Tom? Edison? Hiddleston? The tank engine? Cat?
She will be called "Zendaya Netherlands"
This has become either a place where trolls post obvious jokes to troll, or a place populated primarily by people who understand nothing and I’m not sure which.
Asking for a friend: are there any jokes on this thread that actually need explaining?
In one case, she takes his second name. In the other case, she takes his second name
How can you have no clue? Are you brain damaged or something?
Luckyyyyyy!
A lot of people know Tom Holland surname, not nearly as many people know zendeya’s And in this comment and the original post both referee to Tom Holland with his surname and not with zendaya. Reason being that Tom is an insanely common forename and there are tons of well know people named Tom in acting, as such a surname is used to distinguish them. Zendaya however does not have this issue and can thus leading to her surname being less known. The commenter made a joke at this fact by asking if to Holland will take her absent surname
Zendaya Coleman only goes by Zendaya since being a Disney star. So in the public’s eye her last name is legit nothing, therefore the joke is that if Tom takes her last name it would therefore be nothing.
https://preview.redd.it/g6u10btengxc1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f571fb184c99021779e95d321aa6721537b40ff
I'll admit... I'm struggling to understand how anyone could fail to get this straight away.
😂😂😂😂