Kpop Groups Meaning Behind Their Names Updated

Kpop Groups: Meaning behind their Names

Kpop Groups bring out uniqueness and charm through their names, though some may sound new or even weird like Momoland or Weki Meki, some may even come up from acronyms like BTS, NCT, AOA or scientific inspired like Cross Gene and f(x).

Let us look into the following bands and check out the meaning behind their names.1NB — 1 New Best1PS — 1 Piece Score1TYM — 1 Time for Your Mind15& — 15 was their age of debut while the “&” means that they can achieve success in the future.24K — The group consists of 2 dancing machines and 4 main vocalists.2AM — Is when people get emotional as they reflect alone upon the things that happened during the day. The group’s aim is to feature songs which express such emotional depth and sensitivity.2Eyes — The idea of the members; communicating with people through their eyes.2NE1 — To any one; New Generation of the 21st Century.2PM — 2pm is the most active and pumped time of the day. The group’s aim is to make such energetic and passionate music.2YOON (4MINUTE subunit) — The group is composed of Gayoon and Jiyoon.4L — 4 Ladies4MINUTE — Means that the girls will captivate the fans with their charms within 4 minutes. It also signifies ‘for minute,’ that they will always try their best for every minute.æspa — Their name comes from combining ‘æ’ derived from ‘Avatar X Experience’ & ‘aspect’. The meaning behind the name is various innovative activities to come with the theme of ‘Experiencing a new world via the encounter of the ‘avatar’, your other self’.After School — Signifies the sense of freedom that students feel ‘after school’ and how they show off their talents and have a fun time while enjoying such freedom.Akdong Musician — Literally meaning ‘mischievous child musician’.ANS — Angel N SoulAOA — Ace of AngelsApink — Portmanteau of A (to be the best) and Pink (image of innocence).API — Awesome Pretty IdolAPRIL — It means, “the girl you can’t help but love”, because ‘A’ means the best, while ‘Pril‘ means a lovable girl.AST’1 — A STar 1ASTRO — Means star in Spanish.ATEEZ — A TEENagers Z. Where teenagers from A-Z (everyone) can be fans.AZM — This girl group makes music from A to Z.A-JAX — It is in reference to the mythological Greek hero that helped bring victory to the Greeks during the Trojan War.A.C.E — Adventure Calling Emotions, meaning that the group wants to cause emotions that urge people to go on adventures and make the dreams come true.A.CIAN — Asia of Ace & MusicianA.N.D.S — Aneun Dongsang (A Dear Young Sister)B1A4 — 1 member (Baro) has the blood type B, while his 4 other bandmates (Jinyoung, Sandeul, Gongchan, and CNU) have blood type A.B2Y— Babyboys 2 YearninggirlsBaby V.OX — Baby  Voices Of XpressionBaby V.OX Re.V— Baby  Voices Of Xpression Renaissance VoicesBB.BOYS — Best of Best BoysBBde Girl — Beauty Blessed de GirlBEAST/ B2ST — Boys of East Standing Tall / Boys 2 Search for TopBerry Good — The name indicates that the groups is formed to fullfill good fruitionBestie — Short for bestfriend. They also wanted to use the name as a way of being closer to their fans.Be. A — Be an Artist or Be ArtistBgA — Boys Generally AsianBIGBANG —  The group’s name was inspired by the Big Bang Theory, thus the group will make a big impact in the music industry.BLACK6IX — Six boys of infinite possibilitiesBLACKPINK —  The color Pink is often used as a shorthand for prettiness, while the color Black often connotes sophistication and skill. It symbolizes that that the group is not only pretty, but has great talent as well.BLK — Beyond Limit KeyBlock B — Short for BLOCKBuster, aiming their desire to become blockbusters of the Korean music industry.BoM — Blooming of Our MusicBotopass — Born To Be PassionBoys Republic — Onejunn: “From the beginning we were told to choose our group name, Boys Republic become the final name after a few names. The meaning behind it, I would say is to fulfill the dreams, as when we get older we try to get it right, we have to keep up our dream, within our national republic everything can be done, like performance to show our color as a group or individually and we finally pursue it under Boys Republic name.“BP RaNia — Black Pearl RegulAtioN of Idol in AsiaBPPOP — Bright Playful POPBTOB — Born to BeatBtL — Beyond the LimitBTS — Short for “Bangtan Sonyeondan” which means bulletproof boy scouts. Their English name is Beyond The Scene. BVNDIT — Be Ambitious N Do ItB.A.P — Best Absolute PerfectB.Dolls — Bustling DollsB.I.G — Boys In GrooveCHI CHI — Creative electronic House IdolChocolat — French word for chocolate, the name also stems of the idea that each member is reminiscent of different flavors of chocolate.CLC — CrystaL ClearCNBLUE — Code Name Blue. The “Blue” signifies the image of each member. Burning represents Jonghyun. Lovely represents Minhyuk. Untouchable represents Jungshin. Emotional represents Yonghwa.CRAVITY — Combined word of ‘CReativity’ and ‘GrAVITY’. It’s also an abbreviation of the phrase ‘center of gravity’. – Serim (Leader)Crayon Pop — The group’s members have unique individuality like the colors of  crayon. Pop means to hang-out and they have catchy songs.C-Clown — Crown-ClownC-REAL —  Chemi Redee Effie AnnJ Lenny        Dal Shabet — literally meaning moon sherbet. The name was inspired by a legend about a grandmother who makes sherbet out of a moon.Davichi — Korean word which means “the light”DAY6 — There were originally six members representing the first six days of the week with their fans representing the seventh day; after a member left, they changed the meaning: 5 of the days represent the 5 members, and the 6th day represent the fans (it’s only 6 days because the Sunday is a rest day)DIA —Do It Amazing , short for DIAmondDIAWINGS — DIAmond + WINGSDMTN — Desire Motivation Timing NowELRIS — Excellent Lovely Rainbow Innocent Sisters, it also means Alice (as in Alice In Wonderland).EPEX — It is described as “the gathering of eight youths reaches eight different apexes.” It represents the 8 members forming a collective, powerful new team.EvoL — Effective Voice of LadiesEXID — EXceed In DreamingEXO — Short for EXOplanetFin K.L — Fin Killing LibertyFiestar — The name was derived from the Spanish word ‘fiesta’ which means festival – aiming to give excitement and energy to its listeners.Fromis_9 — From Idol School; the 9 represents the number of members.FT Island — Five Treasure Island f(x) — Flower : Double  X ChromosomeF.Cuz —  For Century Ultimate ZestF.I.X — Four Immaculate Xtraordinaries(G)I-DLE — (G) = Girl, I = Represents each individual member, DLE = represents the Korean word ‘deul’, which is used to make plural forms of noun words, so (G)I-DLE means “A group of six individuals” – Minnie.GFRIEND — They want to be sweet girlfriends to boys and a good friend to girls.GI — Global IconsGirl Friends — The idea came from true-life bestfriends.Girls’ Generation — The name signifies “the time (generation) has come for the girls to take over the world”.GLAM — GirLs be AMbitiousGP Basic — Girl  Power Basic Golden Child — Refers to a perfect child who is born once in 100 years and they are named so to lead the K-POP industry for the next 100 years as well as the future trend of music. We’ve named them so for that”- CEO Lee JungyeopGOT7 — They have 7 members and 7 is considered a lucky number.GreatGuys — Each member has his individual trait, and when you combine all the members you get one Great Guy.GWSN — Gongwon Sonyeo (Girls in the Park)g.o.d — Groove OverDoseHALO — Hexagon of Absolute Light and OrganizationHAM — Heart And MindHITT — Here Is The TopHOT ISSUE — Honest Outstanding Terrific IssueHotshot — someone who does really well in the world of musicH.O.T — High-five Of TeenagerH.U.B — Hope U BounceHi-L — High Insight LibreiKON — They will be the icons who will represent Korea worldwide. The C was replaced with K to present that the icon were from Korea.IMFACT — I’m Fact  + Impact.INFINITE — “Our name, INFINITE, means ‘limitless’. We never put a restriction on our possibilities, and we will always improve.” – Leader SunggyuIN2IT — Intuit/Into it; “the boys will make fans fall into their intuitive charms”.I.B.I — Comes from the Korean word 일반인 [il-ban-in], meaning “normal people”. It also stands for I Believe It.I.C.E — International Center of IssueI.G — Inside GloryI.O.I — Ideal  Of IdolI.M.U — Inspire. Music. UniteIZ*ONE — 12 (IZ) girls as ONEJeVice — JEwelry  VoICEJBJ — Just Be JoyfulJJCC — Jackie Chan Joint CulturesJJ Project — members names are JB and JinyoungJQT — J is a common letter in the members’ names, QT – Quality or QuartetjtL — Jang Woohyuk, Tony, Lee JaewonKara — Sweet MelodyK.A.R.D — (K)ing = BM, (A)ce = J.Seph, Colored/B&W Joke(R) = Jiwoo and Somin, Hi(D)den KARD = fansKISS — Korea International Super StarKNK — Stands for K-pop kNocK. It means “to knock on the door of K-pop with their music.”LABOUM — French word meaning “the party”.LC9 — League Competition #9LPG — Lovely Pretty GirlsLUSTY — Lively, Sturdy, and RobustLOOΠΔ — 이달의소녀, literally meaning ‘girl of the month’. The vowels were removed and scramble the letters that form the word LOOΠΔ.Lovelyz — They named the girls, Lovelyz because they are lovely.MAIN — Music Aspire Impressive NarrativeMamamoo — “It signifies the sound that babies make. ‘MAMA’ means mother. So it means that we want to approach our listeners organically and instinctively with our music.”MASC — Short for MASCulineMaskOT — Mask Of ThetisMBLAQ — Music Boys  Living in Absolute QualityMCND — Music Creates New DreamMiss A —It signifies that the girls will cultivate A-class talents in everything they do and become the best in Asia.MONSTA X — They are the monsters who will dominate the K-POP scene. And ‘mon’ meaning ‘my’ in French, thus ‘My Star’.Moonlight Girls / DBSN — M.Light.G / Dalbit SonyeoMYTEEN — Short for MYTEENagerMXM — More X More; Mix & MatchM4M — Mystical Formula; M– passion, mystery and infinite possibilities, 4– number of membersM.I.B — Most Incredible Busterz (originally known as Bastardz)M.I.L.K — Made In Lovely KinM.I.S.O — MagIc Souls of OrientalM.Pire — Combination of music and vampire NCT — Neo Culture TechnologyNe-P — New PassionNine Muses — The group’s name was derived from Nine Muses in Greek Mythology.New F.O — New Five OrderN.CUS — No. Competitors Under The SkyN.E.X.T — New EXperiment TeamN.Flying — means New FlyingN.O.M — No Other  ManN-Sonic — Neo Sonic N.TiC — New Trend IconNCT U -—The “United” team where songs are assigned to any NCT member or members based on who is the best fit.NCT 127 — NCT 127 is based in Seoul, South Korea with the number “127” representing the longitude coordinate of Seoul.NCT Dream — “We want teenagers to have dream and hope through our songs.” – Mark (NCT Dream Member)NRG — New Radiancy GroupNTB — New Town BoyzNTB — Naughty BoysNU’EST —New Established Style TempoO-24 — Means the group is thinking about Hip Hop songs all day long (from 0 to 24 hours)ONF — On N OffPascol — Pastel ColorPENTAGON — It means that all members excel in five areas (Vocal/Rap, Dance, Mind, Talent and Team Work).Pristin — Portmanteau of prismatic (bright and clear) and elastin (flawless strength)PRITZ — Pretty Rangers In Terrible ZonePuretty — Portmanteau of Pure and pretty P.O.P — Puzzle Of POPQ.O.S — Queens Of SoundRAINZ — RApturously INspiriting BoyZRe.F — Ruff Easy FlavaRed Velvet — The group’s name represents their different concepts and image. Red signifies their fierce and bold image, while Velvet shows their smooth and calm image.Roo’Ra — Roots of ReggaeRubber  Soul — Inspired by Beatles album, “Rubber Soul”Rumble.G — Rumble.GenerationSeeYa — See You Always / See You AgainhhSEVENTEEN — 13 members + 3  Units + 1 Team = 17SG Wannabe — Simon Garfunkel WannabeSF9 — Sensational Feeling 9SHINee — A combination of shine meaning light, and the suffix ee, therefore meaning “one who receives the light”Shinhwa — Shinhwa is the Korean word for myth or legend.SHU-I — So Hot Union of IdolsSistar —  Portmanteau of sister and starSkarf — The name came from the word Scarf. S means Singapore while K means Korea, since they promote both in Singapore and Korea.SKYLE — Show the Kinetic & Youth Leading a new EpisodeSnuper — Higher than SuperSOLIA — Special Our Light Influence ArtistSonamoo — Literally meaning pine trees.Spica — Named after Virgo’s brightest starSS501 — Super  Star: 5 United As 1STAYC — Star To A Young CultureStray Kids — Their group name is sort of a play on the phrase “children out of the house” which means lost kids. Their concept is wild and carefree teens.Super Junior — The name represents the time when the members were young as SM trainees and were considered the best (‘super’) in every fieldS.E.S — Sea (Bada), Eugene , Shoo [named after the members’ names ]S.I.S — Serependity In StarsS.L.I.M —  SunLight In the MorningTEEN TOP — Teenager Emoboy Emotion Next Generation Talent Object PraiseThe Boss — The Boys Of Super SpaceTiny-G — Tiny GiantTOUCH — The Original Undeniable Charismatic HommeTRAX — Typhoon of the Rose Attack on XMasTRCNG — Teen Rising Champion in a New GenerationTWICE — The group wants to capture people’s attention twice: through their eyes (with their looks) and ears (with their music).Two X — The members’ name are Top, Win and One, the X stands for multiplication.TVXQ — Tong Vfang Xien QiTXT — TOMORROW X TOGETHERT.G.U.S — The Guys Using SoundT.O.A — Top Of AsiaT.T.M.A — To The MAXIMUMT-ara — The name connotes their aim to emerge as the queen in the music industry and wear a beautiful jeweled ‘tiara’UN — United N-generationUNB — You and Unit BUNI.T — UnityUNIQ — Unique + UnicornUP10TION — Unbelievable Perfect 10 members Teenagers Idol Open NowU-KISS — Ubiquitous Korean International Idol Super StarVICTON — VoICe TO New WorldVAV — Very Awesome VoiceVIXX —Voice, Visual, Value in ExcelsisVNT — Voice of Ninety-TwoVOISPER — Portmanteau of VOIce and whiSPER.VOS — Voice Of SoulW24 — World 24 Hours. Hoping their music would be heard all of the world for 24 hours.Wanna One — Wanna One sounds like ‘101’, and they chose that name because the band was formed through the show Produce 101.Weki Meki — Fantagio states that in one meaning of the name “WekiMeki,” “MeKi” refers to eight unique girls who each hold keys that identify one another and “WeKi” refers to the girls as a group once they meet and come to possess another key that opens a new world. The name is twofold, with another meaning for the name taking the “we” and “me” from the two words to form “WEME,” signifying the eight members coming togetherWINNER — The name ‘WINNER’ was given to them (‘Team A’) after they won all three rounds of public voting.WINGS – inspired by Little Mix’s song, “Wings”XENO-T (Formerly known as Topp Dogg) — Xenogenic and ToppKlass (their fandom name)XING — Crossing(X) in New GenreX-5 — Xenos 5YMGA — Young Men’s Gangsta AssociationZPZG — Zest Play Zest GrowPost by Sevenne(Special thanks to FerdinandChan, RiRiFaustino, EunBiChan, 이대휘, Ash, mollie, Coolixted😇, Hidden KARD, KPOP101, wat is luv, Qjdj, Ha Linh Nguyen, Once for Twice, SaltyDorito, hello, Monica Hagen Christofaro, Kendall sharp, Jen, Junin Kumi, Hunnnn) Did you know the meaning behind these band names?

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No, I didn’t ResultsPoll Options are limited because JavaScript is disabled in your browser.I only new the meaning of the name for the bands I follow 76%, 14906 votes 14906 votes 76%14906 votes - 76% of all votesNo, I didn’t 13%, 2558 votes 2558 votes 13%2558 votes - 13% of all votesYes, I knew almost all of them 11%, 2253 votes 2253 votes 11%2253 votes - 11% of all votesTotal Votes: 19717 June 24, 2018× You or your IP had already vote. Yes, I knew almost all of them I only new the meaning of the name for the bands I follow No, I didn’t × You or your IP had already vote. ResultsDid you know the meaning behind these band names? What is the band whose name’s meaning is the most interesting in your opinion? Tags2NE1 2PM A.N.D.S AOA APink B.A.P B1A4 B2ST BigBang BlackPink Botopass BTOB BTS CRAVITY EXO f(x) Girls’ Generation GOT7 GWSN Hot Issue iKon LOONA Lovelyz MAMAMOO MONSTA X Moonlight Girls n.cus Red Velvet Rumble.G Seventeen SHINee SISTAR SOLIA Super Junior T-Ara Teen Top VIXX WINNER

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I only new the meaning of the name for the bands I follow 76%, 14906 votes 14906 votes 76%14906 votes - 76% of all votesNo, I didn’t 13%, 2558 votes 2558 votes 13%2558 votes - 13% of all votesYes, I knew almost all of them 11%, 2253 votes 2253 votes 11%2253 votes - 11% of all votesTotal Votes: 19717 June 24, 2018× You or your IP had already vote. Yes, I knew almost all of them I only new the meaning of the name for the bands I follow No, I didn’t × You or your IP had already vote. Results