Meanings of EXO Members' Names

Repost from an EXO fanpage.

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*XIUMIN

Birthname: 金珉碩 (Kim Minseok)

Surname: Kim (金) -> Gold

Given name: Minseok (珉碩)

Min (珉) -> a stone resembling jade

Seok (碩) -> large or great

Meaning: A great jade-like stone

Stage name: SM has yet to release the chinese characters for ‘Xiu’ and ‘Min’ (If there are any); Xiumin himself though has used 秀珉 (beautiful/handsome + jade-like stone) in Exo-M’s Yahoo Interview.

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*LUHAN

Birthname: 鹿晗 (Lu Han)

Surname: Lu (鹿) -> Deer (I’m unsure about Lu being his last name since it’s a uncommon surname to have and it is also not usual to have only 2 syllable names. Some fans have claimed that his last name is ‘Xi’ but until SM or Luhan himself state so I won’t take that into account. For now his official birthname is Lu as written on his official profiles. And why can’t an extraordinary person not have an extraordinary name?)

Given name: Han (晗) -> pre-dawn, breaking dawn

Meaning: Pre-dawn, breaking dawn (in case ‘Xi’ is his last name the meaning would become deer before dawn)

Stage Name: Same as birthname

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*KRIS

Birthname: 李嘉恒 (Li Jiaheng / Eng.: Kevin Li), he changed it later for unknown reasons to 吴亦凡 (Wu Yifan / Eng.: Kris Wu)

Surname: Li (李) -> Common surname like the korean ‘Lee’, can mean Plum

Wu (吴) -> Family name without any special meaning other than it is the name of an ancient kingdom in China (Btw, it’s the same as Sehun’s last name, only chinese reading)

Given name:

1. Jiaheng (嘉恒) | Jia (嘉) -> fine, good, excellent

Heng (恒) -> permanent, constant

2. Yifan (亦凡) | Yi (亦) -> also, again

Fan (凡) -> mediocre, ordinary, common (can also mean everything)

Meaning: 1. consistently great 2. again ordinary, mortal (?)

Stage Name: English given name

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*SUHO

Birthname: 金俊綿 (Kim Joonmyun)

Surname: Kim (金) -> Gold

Given name: Joonmyun (俊綿)

Joon (俊) -> excellence, magnificence

Myun (綿) -> cotton (can also be interpreted as soft or silk to make the meaning more beautiful)

Meaning: Excellent cotton, softness, silk

Stage Name: 수호 (Suho) -> Guardian, Patron

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*LAY

Birthname: 張藝興 (Zhang Yixing)

Surname: Zhang (張) -> family name without any special meaning, can also mean to spread or stretch out

Given name: Yixing (藝興)

Yi (藝) -> art, craft

Xing (興) -> prosper, flourish, interest

Meaning: Prospering in arts

Stage Name: No information on the meaning revealed so far

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*BAEKHYUN

Birthname: 卞白賢 (Byun Baekhyun)

Surname: Byun (卞) -> family name without any special meaning, can mean law, impetuous, hasty though

Given name: Baekhyun (白賢)

Baek (白) -> white, pure

Hyun (賢) -> virtuous, good

Meaning: Pure and virtuous

Stage Name: Same as birthname

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*CHEN

Birthname: 金鍾大 (Kim Jongdae)

Surname: Kim (金) -> Gold

Given name: Jongdae (鍾大)

Jong (鍾) -> clock, bell, chimes

Dae (大) -> large, big

Meaning: Great bell

Stage Name: SM has also yet to release the chinese equivalent writing for ‘Chen’

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*CHANYEOL

Birthname: 朴燦烈 (Park Chanyeol)

Surname: Park (朴) -> surname which can mean simple or (magnolia) tree

Given name: Chanyeol (燦烈)

Chan (燦) -> brilliant, vivid, illuminating, bright

Yeol (烈) -> ardent, violent, vehement

Meaning: Intense brilliance, vehement brightness

Stage Name: Same as birthname

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*D.O.

Birthname: 度慶洙 (Do Kyungsoo)

Surname: Do (度) -> family name without any special meaning, can mean degree though

Given name: Kyungsoo (慶洙)

Kyung (慶) -> jubilate, congratulate

Soo (洙) -> name of a chinese river in Shangdong

Meaning: Celebration of the river in Shandong

Stage Name: No information on the meaning revealed so far

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*TAO

Birthname: 黃子韜 (Huang Zitao)

Surname: Huang (黃) -> Yellow

Given name: Zitao (子韜)

Zi(子) -> child, offspring

Tao (韜) -> art of war or conceal

Meaning: Son of a man of war or a humble son

Stage Name: Same as birthname, though it can also mean peach (桃)

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*KAI

Birthname: 金鐘仁 (Kim Jongin)

Surname: Kim (金) -> Gold

Given name: Jongin (鐘仁)

Jong (鐘) -> bell, chimes

In (仁) -> humanity, benevolence, charity

Meaning: Spreading (?) kindliness, benevolence

Stage Name: No information on the meaning revealed so far

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*SEHUN

Birthname: 吳世勛 (Oh Sehun)

Surname: Oh (吳) -> family name, same as Kris

Given name: Sehun (世勛)

Se (世) -> world, society

Hun (勛) -> meritorious deed or merits

Meaning:

Stage Name: Serving the world meritoriously

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Comment:

Since Lu Han is my bias, I'm going to say something about what's written above. I'm not saying that it's wrong. Thanks for the info, btw. But I have read somewhere about this one, that's been confusing the fans.

"I’m unsure about Lu being his last name since it’s a uncommon surname to have and it is also not usual to have only 2 syllable names. Some fans have claimed that his last name is ‘Xi’ but until SM or Luhan himself state so I won’t take that into account. For now his official birthname is Lu as written on his official profiles."

About the first statement, for me, I am sure that Lu is his last name. Even without deep thinking, if that's not his last name, why would they, even the SM Entertainment restrain from telling the people about his real surname?

Kai is Kim Jongin, Lay is Zhang Yixing, etc. If Lu Han's surname is Xi, they would have mentioned it. And I have read somewhere that Lu Han himself confirmed in an interview that his real name is just "Lu Han".

Two syllable names. I'm not really familiar with Chinese names since I'm more exposed to Japanese and Korean names. Well, some Chinese celebrities have 3 syllable names like Liu Yi Fei. But some also have 2 syllable names: Han Geng and Zhao Wei. A Chinese netizen also commented about it that 2 syllable names are common in China, and Lu is also not an uncommon surname.

Second statement, Xi is not his last name. It's Lu.

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I hope it cleared your doubts about Lu Han's real name. If you have some additional information or objections just comment it below and share it to the other EXOtics or Galaxy Ocean or whatever.

SM should decide about EXO's official fandom name.

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From Anti to Pro

While scanning my tumblr account, I came across my post about how I turned from anti-Henry to super-crazy-about-Henry. hahaha
I wasn't a real total anti, I was just wondering that time. hehe

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It was on the near-end of 2007 when I first saw HENRY in his first appearance in Don’t Don. At first, I thought to myself, “Who is this guy? How come he is able to immediately join the multi-talented and the best Korean group of all time - Super Junior?”. So, I then realized, maybe there’s something special about this guy that made SM Entertainment to feature him in SuJu’s second album, Don’t Don [which is the best album for me:)]. So, I searched his name, and read an article about him. When I saw these two words - Professional Violinist, that was when the time I relaxed and totally accepted him as part of the group.

At first, I thought that the other E.L.F.’s felt the same way as I do. Those two words are enough for me to tell he’s on the level of the SuJu members (or even higher). But, when I saw those videos about what the antis are doing, I said, “What? Can’t they accept Henry? I tell you honestly people, he’s far more talented than any of the SuJu members”. It’s not that I’m biased, but it’s the truth. Henry is my bias. One of the reasons is his talent. Really. And honestly, I don’t know of someone else who's like him or better. You know, the talent, the cuteness, the humility, etc.

So I kept on asking myself, “Don’t they know what the word ‘talent’ really means?” Almost everything is already in him. I can say, you can never ask for more from him.

Anyway, I was super crazy about him since fourth year high school. All of my classmates know about him because of me. I told them who he is, his birthday, his talent, everything. I even showed to them his picture. And whenever they listen to me, they always smile, and were having fun listening. Most of them admired him because of his cuteness, talent, etc. And he was one of my inspirations of studying hard, until now. :D

During college, same as what I did when I was in high school, I told my classmates about him, and they were amazed with his abilities. Honestly, someone like Henry is rare. :D He’s one in a million.

I've been a die-hard Henry-biased for more than 4 years now. And up until now, he is still my bias. (o´∀｀o)

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(っ◕‿◕)っ   yes, it's Henry!   ❀

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Henry's official twitter account: @henrylau89

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EXO Facts

This is a repost from one EXO fanpage, EXO ( Exo-M and Exo-K ).

I find it interesting and funny so I want to share this.

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[ EXO FACTS! ]

❀ The nicknames that Sehun saved the EXO members contacts in his phone are very funny. There's once, Chanyeol begged Sehun to change it.

❀ Chanyeol and Sehun are responsible for stealing lunchboxes at the company (meaning that they eat a lot).

❀ Kai often tells really lame jokes that only he understands and laugh. ♥ ♥ ♥

❀ Sehun, as a grade schooler, also went into the girl’s bathroom because he was curious about the graffiti. He had a friend on look-out and acted like he was filming a one-man spy movie. 

❀ If any socks in the dorm are damaged, it must have been worn by Lay or Tao.

❀ In EXO-K, all of the members come from lower to upper middle class families. The wealthiest member of EXO-M is Luhan. He will always treat the others though and he doesn't like to talk about money. ♥ ♥ ♥

(Really? Cuz I have read from one fanpage about SM artists that come from rich families: Siwon, YoonA, Kyuhyun ... Suho ... Sehun. There was no Lu Han. Oh well ╰（￣▽￣）╭)

❀ Whenever Lay misses home, he puts his energy into music and creating songs.

❀ Chanyeol's favorite food is galbi and tonkatsu.

❀ No one listen to K’s leader in dorms. ♥ ♥ ♥

(Poor Joonmyun ╰（￣▽￣）╭)

❀ Chanyeol and Hongki are quite close.

❀ No matter how much Tao eats, he does get fat. Lay gets fat easily. 

❀ Chanyeol and Baekhyun have bought gauze masks for each other so that they can shut each other up. 

❀ Chen is weird according to Kris.

❀ When Taemin and Kai first met each other, they quarrelled. They insisted that the dance move they did was correct but in the end both were wrong. ♥ ♥ ♥

cr; TaeKaiFacts

❀ Kris and Tao have many pairs of matching earrings, one has the left and one has the right .

❀ Luhan would sometimes see Lay sleeping with a tear rolling on his cheeks. 

❀ Whenever Lay misses home, he puts his energy into music and creating songs. 

❀ Sehun has a temper when he wakes up in the morning. ♥ ♥ ♥

(Childish maknae ╰（￣▽￣）╭)

❀ Sehun likes to laugh at Jongin for being timid. Whenever K watches horror movies together, Kai usually end up sleeping. But Sehun will wake him up on purpose. He likes to scare him. In revenge, Jongin will change the computer desktop's wallpaper to a photo of Sehun rolling his eyes. ♥ ♥ ♥

❀ Kai and Suho did a lot of heart signs to the fans in Beijing

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❀ Chen imitated Baekhyun's light dance.

❀ Chanyeol doesn't want to get his ears pierced because he thinks his ear will stand out more.

cr; exoglobal,fyeahexofacts,slowmochen, EXO私生大爆料 

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