Relive the Best Celebrity Couple Nicknames Through the Years: From Bennifer to Speidi

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Relive the Best Celebrity Couple Nicknames Through the Years: From Bennifer to Speidi

If there’s a nickname, you know it’s real. Through the years, celebrity couple nicknames have become the easiest way to spot the hottest duos in Hollywood. While it’s hard to remember a time before celeb nicknames, such a day did exist. That is … until Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez came along. When the Argo producer and Hustlers actress began dating in the early 2000s, the A-list romance caused so much excitement that the world had no choice but to put a label on their love. Thus, Bennifer was born. Though the couple split in 2004 after a two-year engagement, they couldn’t let a title that good go to waste completely. In April 2021 — 17 years after the pair called it quits — rumors began to swirl that they’d reconnected. “People close to [Lopez] won’t be surprised if they end up together,” a source told Us Weekly exclusively in May 2021, noting that the pair have “always loved each other.” In light of the reconciliation news, Jersey Girl director Kevin Smith shared that he had coined their nickname way back when. [jwplayer MuLVjh8a-l3ahXupL] "'Bennifer' is trending. It's a name I first gave the kids during Jersey Girl pre-production, before the world found out they were dating," he wrote via Twitter in May 2021 after the former fiancés were spotted together in Montana. "I'd later drop the name in an interview with the @nytimes. Shortly thereafter, it appeared in the article and then entered the vernacular." Unfortunately, few nicknamed couples have stood the test of time. This phenomenon begs the question: is getting a couple nickname the kiss of death for a romance? Not according to Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, a.k.a. Speidi. Throughout their decade-plus relationship, the Hills alums have totally embraced their moniker, going so far as to name their podcast “Make Speidi Famous Again” before later switching it to “The Speidi Podcast.” After Us shared a story in May 2021 about celebrity couples who had broken up, the Colorado native noted that her romance was rock solid. “A LOT of high-profile celeb couples have split up — and it’s only May,” Us tweeted. “Not Speidi,” Montag replied. Scroll down to discover the greatest celeb couple nicknames through the years: [podcast_block]

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Bennifer

Who: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez

Together: 2002 - 2004

Theirs was the original celeb couple nickname, which easily reentered the vernacular when the pair began making headlines again in 2021.

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Speidi

Who: Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag

Together: 2006 - present

While some couples choose to ignore their nicknames, Pratt and Montag have accepted theirs wholeheartedly.

“If we named our child Speidi, it would be incredible,” the Pratt Daddy Crystals owner told Us in January 2015. “It would be Speidi Pratt, legally.”

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Brangelina

Who: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Together: 2004 - 2016

Though their relationship has been rocky since their 2016 split, Brangelina remains one of the most iconic celebrity couple names to this day.

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Jelena

Who: Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez

Together: 2011 - 2018 (off and on)

The “Lonely” singer fired back in December 2020 after a troll noted that they liked Gomez better than his wife, Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin).

“So we need to f—king bombard that s—t with Jelena and how Selena is better,” the troll wrote via Instagram. 

The Canada native responded, “This sad excuse of a human just encouraged people on video to literally go after my wife, telling people to say that my previous relationship was better. … I just wanted to share this so that people get an idea of what we face on a day to day.”

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Kimye

Who: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

Together: 2012 - 2021

Kimoji, Skims, Kimye — it's no secret that the middle Kardashian sister is an expert when it comes to iconic names. The pair, who wed in a lavish ceremony in May 2014, share four children: North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm. In February 2014 the reality star filed for divorce from the “Bound 2” rapper.

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Robsten

Who: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

Together: 2008 - 2014 (off and on)

We’ll always have Forks, Washington! Years after their relationship ended, the Happiest Season actress reflected on her time with the Lighthouse star during a March 2017 interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times.

 “When I was dating Rob, the public were the enemy — and that is no way to live,” she said at the time.

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Taylor Squared

Who: Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner

Together: 2009


If you can’t combine the names you have to get creative, we suppose. While their relationship was short-lived, fans still got a great song, “Back to December,” to remember the Valentine’s Day stars’ romance by.

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TomKat

Who: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Together: 2005 - 2012

Holmes famously revealed to Seventeen magazine in 2004 that she “used to think [she] was going to marry Tom Cruise” while growing up.

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Zanessa

Who: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens

Together: 2005 - 2010

The greatest love story ever told, according to tweens in 2006. After meeting on set of High School Musical in 2005, the couple were dubbed Zanessa — a name that will likely follow them to every HSM reunion for the rest of time.