What's In A Name? K-Pop Idols With The Same Name

Stage names are extremely prevalent in the Korean entertainment industry, due to two reasons. Sometimes, the person's real name isn't seen as exciting enough for a celebrity, but often it's because there's already another celebrity with their name. The amount of idols with the same name is shocking, but here are some of the most common names in K-Pop.

Minwoo

Minwoo may be one of the most popular names among idols.

ZE:A's Minwoo, Boyfriend's Minwoo, 100%'s enlisted leader Minwoo, SHINHWA's Minwoo, actor and idol No Min Woo, and actor and current Roommate Park Min Woo all also share the same given name.

SHINHWA's Minwoo sometimes goes by the letter M, and No Min Woo is known both as Rose and ICON, but the rest of the Minwoo's listed go by their given name.

Seunghyun

Does it surprise you to hear that FT Island's Song Seunghyun isn't the only idol with that name? It shouldn't, considering that both T.O.P and Seungri of Big Bang are also Seunghyun's. The name Seunghyun isn't as common, but when Big Bang debuted with Choi Seunghyun (T.O.P) and Lee Seunghyun (Seungri,) YG Entertainment recognized a need for stage names. In the end, the only member of Big Bang not to get a stage name was Daesung.

One of Korea's most popular actors is also Song Seungheon, leading to confusion between him and FT Island's member.

Jihyun

 There are less overlaps between female idols, but 4MINUTE's Jihyun shares a name with Jun Jihyun, who recently starred in the hit drama, My Love From The Star.

Kim Kibum 

While most idols share the same first names, Kim Kibum is one of the most popular idol names that repeats. While they're not in the same group like the two Big Bang members, two members of SM Entertainment share this name: SHINee's Key and Super Junior's sometime-member Kibum are both legally Kim Kibum.

Former U-KISS member Kibum is also Kim Kibum, although he also sometimes goes by Allen Kim. 

Jungmin

SS501's Park Jungmin and Boyfriend's Jeongmin both have the same Korean name. Due to the fact that the two have never promoted at the same time and the difference in English spelling, there hasn't ever been real confusion between the two idols' identities.

Minhyuk

CNBLUE's drummer and BTOB's members both also share the same first name. BTOB's Minhyuk has unfortunately been mistaken for CNBLue's Minhyuk at Idol Athletic events, but since the group is gaining popularity that is happening less.

 Jonghyun

SHINee and CNBLUE both have multiple members who share names on this list. However, SHINee's Jonghyun and CNBLUE's guitarist are pretty good friends and their names bring them closer together.

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