Gfriend

Prior to debuting, many idol groups will undergo several choices of team names before settling on one and finally making their debut.

In this particular situation, netizens uncovered the various different names that could have been G-Friend, short for Girlfriend.

On Instiz, a netizen published a post titled “The shocking candidates of G-Friend’s debut team names.” The translation of the post can be found below:

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“There were many contenders for the name. G-Friend was one of them. We didn’t like it first but fan like it and we like the meaning behind the name. We want to be comforting...