Wade has certainly embraced the spelling, even calling his podcast “The Why,” which was a play on the letter Y from his name.

In a conversation with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager, guest co-host Dwyane Wade opens up about the spelling of his name. "People have been messing it up my whole life,” he jokes.

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