K-Pop Fans Share Some Of Their Favorite Idols’ English Names
Many K-Pop idols actually have English names, whether they were given them by their parents or chose them for themselves. And while some of them are pretty common, others have English names that are a bit out there! Recently on Reddit, K-Pop fans were asked to share some of their favorite English names for K-Pop idols. Here are 10+ of their top choices!
1. Yuna (ITZY)
no one:
yuna: hELLO my name is hussey~ 🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/5AORopwOtn
— yuna pics (@yunaspics) August 1, 2019
2. Taehyun and Soobin (TXT)
Atlanta Moas chanting Taehyun’s english name Terry
Taehyun: “Is that english name? I like that.” #ACTLOVESICKinATLANTA #TOMORROWXTOGETHER #TxtinAtlanta #TXTinATL pic.twitter.com/HQkDCIlWi6
— dj ☻ ✘ met TXT (@bluehourflower) July 13, 2022
“Hi guys im Steve and this is my snowball.” — Soobin, 2021 🥺 pic.twitter.com/JPjlILI1lb
— yeonbin ׂׂૢ (@yeonbinlab) May 6, 2021
3. Eunwoo (ASTRO)
mc: hey felix
ew: oh.. you remember
mc: yeah i remember it
ew: hey hey
mc: hey
ew: you genius 😭jaejae was also eunwoo’s mc for the smart philippines event and they remembered eunwoo’s english name which was felix so eunwoo was surprised they did HAHA this is so funny pic.twitter.com/c6E2tfWHVV
— 젤리 (@eunulovebot) May 16, 2022
4. Heeseung (ENHYPEN)
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present u Ethan Lee😩 His duality is insane. He focuses so much on giving us a great performance it’s no wonder he’s called the ace❤️ #ENHYPEN #ENHYPEN_HEESEUNG #HEESEUNG #enhypenau #희승 #ParadoXXXInvasion pic.twitter.com/8y6ywD6fpn
— Heeseung is to die for (@Rosieismymother) August 5, 2022
5. Jisung (NCT)
dreamies are the funniest.. they just found out that jisung’s english name is ‘andy’ and haechan suddenly stood up saying “my name is peter” 😭🤣 pic.twitter.com/WUHQlJb2bW
— ㅍ.ㅍ 👑 (@4ljn23) January 30, 2021
6. Mina (TWICE)
A confident Mina Sharon 🥺 pic.twitter.com/S5MAvTKQS4
— Chien MYooiTozaki 🐧💚 (@Chienmyoi) August 6, 2022
7. Seungmin (Stray Kids)
seungmin talking about why his english name was sky 😭 when i think about him i do feel better so it is very fitting pic.twitter.com/cep49XtV04
— ☀️ moved check pinned (@seungmiko) March 2, 2020
8. Yunho (ATEEZ)
yunho confirming his baptismal name (세례명) is stefano GOODBYEEE ! his grandparents took him to church when he was young and thats how he got it 🥺 pic.twitter.com/TkZZIbMKw2
— ani ✿ 📌 atz albums giveaway (@jwymochis) November 8, 2021
9. Karina (aespa)
210224 CNN Indonesia Interview #KARINA
Q. What does the meaning of your stage name?
❤️ : I’m a Catholic, so my stage name got from my baptism name “Katarina”
pic.twitter.com/6oGrk6atQL— 리리🫐 (@eternallykarina) February 24, 2021
10. Jiwon (fromis_9)
Megan or Jiwon?
I can’t believe this is the same person😅 #ParkJiwon #Jiwon #fromis_9 @realfromis_9 pic.twitter.com/rd9RnELqiU— flover9 (@wonsunishere) June 12, 2019
11. Younghoon (THE BOYZ)
younghoon changing his english name from jelly to candy makes me 😞💗 he’s too good for us💔pic.twitter.com/rtnSWfRW35
— younghoon love club (@hoonchive) December 10, 2020
12. Taemin (SHINee)
SOMEONE POINTED OUT THAT TAEMIN OR SHOULD I SAY FRANCESCO DID THE CROSS AND NOW I CANNOT UNSEE BDJSBSSJN pic.twitter.com/Z6rnvqvhwu
— ♡ (@stellarshinee) February 2, 2020
13. WinWin (NCT/WayV)
winwin as mike is so…. 😭 pic.twitter.com/uUAweSHdaa
— rin saw skz ! ◡̈ (@rookieriki) November 20, 2020