15 Idols Who Almost Debuted With Completely Different Names

Your heart may race with excitement from just hearing the name of your bias, but chances are some of your favorite idols were almost given entirely different names before debut!

1. EXO Sehun → Leo 

Leo was heavily considered but it got changed when SM Entertainment realized how his name would sound like with his last name … Oh.

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2. INFINITE L  Gaon

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3. BTOB Hyunsik  Gaon

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4. BTOB Changsub → Alpha

125. BTOB Minhyuk → Heota

Heota was Minhyuk’s underground name so it was considered but changed to Minhyuk.

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6. BTOB Eunkwang → Silver Light

Eunkwang wanted to be called Silver Light because of G-Dragon.

G-Dragon’s name comes from his Korean name, Kwon Ji Yong. Ji sounds like the letter G and Yong in Korean means dragon.

In Eunkwang’s name, Eun means silver and Kwang means light.

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7. Yook Sung Jae → Ryu 

Ryu was considered but it got changed when his agency realized that with his last name, Yook Ryu would mean “meats.” (Yook Ryu means, meats in Korean.)

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8. BTS V → Rex

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9. BTS Jimin → Baby G

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10. BTS Jungkook – Seagull

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11. Sunmi → Berry

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12. Yeeun → Silver

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13. HyunA → Mint

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14. Girls’ Day Sojin → Wens Sojin

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15. BTOB Ilhoon → JL

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