19 K-Pop Girl Group Fandom Names And Their Meanings
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When a new K-Pop artist debuts, one of the first things that fans anticipate learning is what their fandom name will be!
aespa’s Karina | @aespa_official/Twitter
Companies often get really creative with coming up with names for fandoms, and while most often artists end up with something fun, unique, and relevant, sometimes the names can be a little… Interesting!
GWSN’s Miya | @official_GWSN/Twitter
Here are the fandom names and meanings of 19 K-Pop girl groups!
1. aespa: MY
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Meaning: “The most precious friend” in KWANGYA, the world where the AI members of aespa live.
2. APRIL: Fineapple
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Meaning: A mixture of “fine” and “apple” (which is used as short for APRIL), and a pun of “pineapple”.
3. BLACKPINK: BLINK
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Meaning: Combining “black” and “pink” together.
4. Cosmic Girls: Ujung/우정
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Meaning: “우정” means “friendship”, and it’s also the abbreviated form of “우주정거장”, which means “Space Station”.
5. Dreamcatcher: InSomnia
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Meaning: A combination of “in” and “somnia”, the latter of which means “dream” in Latin.
6. EVERGLOW: Forever
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Meaning: Short for “for EVERGLOW”, meaning EVERGLOW and fans will be together forever.
7. fromis_9: flover
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Meaning: It’s a mix of “fromis” and “clover” together.
8. (G)I-DLE: NEVERLAND
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Meaning: “Neverland” is the land of imagination for Peter Pan, where people don’t change and live as children forever.
9. GWSN: Groo
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Meaning: “Groo” means “stump” in Korean, and the reason for this word was explained as: “You can always see trees in the park and can relax under them. So like trees, ‘Groo’ means ‘People who always support and stay with GWSN.’”
10. ITZY: MIDZY
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Meaning: It rhymes with ITZY, and is also a play-on word for “믿지”, which means “trust”.
11. LOONA: Orbit
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Meaning: A combination of “oh!” and “bit” (빛), which means “light” in Korean.
12. Lovelyz: Lovelinus
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Meaning: A combined word from “Love in us”, and references their first single album title, Lovelinus.
13. MAMAMOO: MooMoo
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Meaning: A play on the group’s name, and “moo” (“무”) means “radish”.
14. MOMOLAND: Merry Go Round
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Meaning: Stands for a carousel, which is a ride for everyone to enjoy.
15. NATURE: Leaf
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Meaning: A natural complement to the group’s name, which symbolizes growth and hope.
16. Red Velvet: ReVeluv
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Meaning: A combination of “Red Velvet” and “luv”.
17. Secret Number: LOCKEY
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Meaning: A combination of “lock” and “key” that can also be pronounced “rocky”.
18. STAYC: SWITH
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Meaning: A combination of “STAYC” and “with”, and also sounds like “sweet” in Korean (“스윗”).
19. TWICE: ONCE
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Meaning: They gave the explanation as, “If you love us even once, we will repay your love with twice of our love”.
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