{"id":166850,"date":"2026-05-16T17:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=166850"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T00:35:52","slug":"twices-jihyo-revealed-her-surprising-american-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/twices-jihyo-revealed-her-surprising-american-name\/","title":{"rendered":"TWICE&#8217;s Jihyo revealed her surprising American name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent interview, <strong>TWICE<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Jihyo<\/strong> revealed her surprising American name, going quickly viral and generating positive reactions on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>On May 14th was released the new episode of<strong> SEVENTEEN<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Seungkwan<\/strong>&#8216;s variety show &#8216;Bibbidi Babidi Boo de Boo,&#8217; where the leader and <strong>Jeongyeon<\/strong> attended as special guests, bringing fun and interesting interactions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\uc6d4\ub4dc\u2605\uc2a4\ud0c0 \ud2b8\uc640\uc774\uc2a4 \ub204\ub098\ub4e4\uc774\ub791 \uc54c\ucf5c\ud504\ub9ac \uadfc\ub370 \ucde8\ud574\ud83c\udf79l \uc138\ube10\ud2f4(SEVENTEEN) \uc2b9\uad00 l \ud2b8\uc640\uc774\uc2a4(TWICE) \uc9c0\ud6a8 &amp; \uc815\uc5f0 l \ubd80\uc2b9\uad00\uc758 \ube44\ube44\ub514\ubc14\ube44\ub514\ubd80\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRu8CU3_Buk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During their interactions, MC Bboo asked for the members of TWICE&#8217;s wishes for the show, since its premise revolves around him as a magical being, inspired by the Fairy Godmother from &#8216;<strong>Cinderella<\/strong>,&#8217; who must grant any wish or request that his guests bring.<\/p>\n<p>Jihyo revealed she wanted to do his makeup, and when they were making her wish come true, the SEVENTEEN member asked her if she had a name as a makeup artist, and Jeongyeon said she really has an <strong>American name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When the host asked what her name was, Jihyo said it was &#8216;<strong>Gianna<\/strong>.&#8217; Seungkwan almost laughed at it, but the TWICE leader warned him, <em><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t laugh!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and they continued joking about the hard times abroad when people do not understand their names.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[\ubbf8\uacf5\uac1c] \uce74\ud398\uc5d0\uc11c \uc8fc\ubb38\ud558\ub2e4\uac00 \uc655\uc774 \ub418\uc5b4 \ubc84\ub9b0 \ubd80\uc2b9\uad00\ud83d\udc51\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2oxlvNiy7oM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On social networks, fans reacted to this name with <strong>comments<\/strong> like: <em>&#8220;gianna actually fits jihyo really well,&#8221; &#8220;Gianna sounds like the main character of a luxury K-drama \ud83d\ude2d\u2728,&#8221; &#8220;Lowkey\u2026.. i love it\ud83d\ude2d,&#8221; &#8220;it suits her,&#8221; &#8220;she looks like a giana lol.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">gianna actually fits jihyo really well<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; fx \ud80c\udc83 \u0ed2\ua4b1 \ud80c\ude12\ud80c\udff8 (@domainoffx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/domainoffx\/status\/2055656254920393078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent interview, TWICE&#8216;s Jihyo revealed her surprising American name, going quickly viral and generating positive reactions on social networks. On May 14th was released the new episode of SEVENTEEN&#8216;s Seungkwan&#8216;s variety show &#8216;Bibbidi Babidi Boo de Boo,&#8217; where the leader and Jeongyeon attended as special guests, bringing fun and interesting interactions. 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