EXO name replacement?

Hey everybody!

I'm currently re-working True Beauty so it'll be suitable to be sent out to publishing companies, and I'm at a total stand still as to what I would like the members of EXO to be named. Due to copyright issues, I cannot use the members names as is (Baekhyun, Jongin, etc), and have to replace their names with a different one. The ONLY name I will be keeping is Sehun, because it's more american friendly and it'll still retain the memory of EXO within the story.

As for the other boys, their names unfortunately will have to be changed. I was wondering if you guys had any ideas? I want to retain the Korean/Asian culture, but I also want the names to be more American friendly, so names like Baekhyun, Kyungsoo, Chanyeol, Junmyeon, and other clearly Korean names, unfortuantely, can't make the cut.

I'm hoping to have the final draft of True Beauty sent out by mid/end of July (in hopes of getting responses before college apps are due), so I'll be pretty busy this month. 

True Beauty may end up being a hit or miss, but hey, it's worth a shot isn't it? Whether it's accepted for publication or not, I really appreciate all the love and support you guys have given me through comments, PMs, story posters, and all the rest! 

There are quite a few things that will be altered in the new version, so if the story does end up being a success, you won't be totally bored if you read the physical published version (in hopes that you get your hands on one!)

With that said, any name ideas?

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Saranghae-Mi-Hyun #1
Kris: Kris
Suho: Jun (from Joonmyun)
Chen: Jaedyn (JD from Jongdae)
Xiumin: Xiun or Shun - Xiu(mi)n
Baekhyun: Toshi- bright, alert
Chanyeol: Kou- meaning happy
Lay: Yixing
Tao: Tao
Luhan: Toru- meaning male deer
Sehun: Sehun
Kai: Kai
D.O: Kasey (same initials as Kyungsoo)
mtitus18 #2
Oooops. I didn't get something quite right. I was gonna do something different for Chanyeol's name.... so updated version.....

Chanyeol-Oliver (Latin for fruitful) this is based off the simple fact the olive tree was a symbol of fruitfulness.
mtitus18 #3
Okay so I went and found out what their names mean in real life and tried to find ones that would sorta match with those. If you still need help check these out.

Xuimin-Jayden, Lin (both have to do with jade just like his real name)

Luhan—Devin (means young deer) so this is not what his name means, it actually means dawn but all the dawn names were all girly so i picked deer and ran with that instead. lol

Kris-Ethan (means permanent like his name, which I find kinda ironic but whatever)

Suho- Skyler(means protection or shelter)

Lay-Felix-(means prosperous)

Beakhyun-Raymond (mean wise)

Chen-Lucius (means born at daybreak, like his stage name)

Chanyeol-Oliver (german for fruitful) this is based off the fact that an olive tree means fruitful

Do-Sage (okay so his name means flowering but I didn’t want to give a girly flower name so sage it is)

Tao- okay so I suggest Tao cuz that isn’t really that hard for English or there is Vineet or Vin for short that means humble in Hindi

Kai-you could leave Kai as such cuz there are people named Kai, or Alec maybe I couldnt really find a name that I liked that meant kindness

Sehun- okay so his name means serving the world but I like Deacon(meaning messenger or servant)

so here are my ideas and why i picked them....what do you think?
shuuchi
#4
Congrats for gonna publish it, tho it's not confirmed. Here are my choice of names;
Xiumin - Henry
Luhan - Luce
Kris - Chris
Suho - Sam
Lay - Jay
Baekhyun - Bryan
Chen - Adam
Chanyeol - Aiden
D.O - Daniel
Tao - Levi
Kai - remains the same (there are ppl named kai right?)
It's American friendly & Asian enough right? Some of them are my friend's names and i thought they fit in their character well so why not. Gosh I want a copy of it if it's really published! Wish you luck <3
GrimRhein
#5
Xiumin - Sean
Luhan - Luke
Kris - Christopher
Suho - Josh
Lay - Adriane
Baekhyun - Brendan
Chen - Cedrick
Chanyeol - Charles
D.O - Dylan
Tao - Thomas
Kai - Jake

Hope this helps you :)
TheBeautyOfWords
#6
Xiumin - Xavier
Luhan - Lucas
Kris - Kris / Chris / Kevin
Lay - Lay
Chen - Chase
Tao - Tristan
Suho - Skylar / Samuel
Baekhyun - Brett
Chanyeol - Christopher
D.O - Darien
Kai - Kai
LuhanBAP
#7
Xiumin - Alexander

Luhan - Lucas

Kris - Kris/Kevin

Lay - Lay/Xing

Chen - Cameron

Tao - Theo

Suho - Jace (IDK) (Name of a book charater that is half angel/human)

Baekhyun - Brandon

Chanyeol - Caleb

D.O - Dylan

Kai - Kai
mblaqlover127
#8
Tao, lay and kai could remain the same actually if you wanted to

Luhan also isn't too complicated

for the others I won't bother since I like the names other people have commented for them
miss-s213
#9
Hmmm, I think you should find names that has the same first letter :) and of course, Jongin could be Kai:)
imannatasya
#10
Suho - Shawn
Luhan - Lucas
Xiumin - Xavier
Chen - Caleb
D.O - Dallas
Chanyeol - Nash
Baekhyun - Ben
Kai - Carter
Sehun - Sehun / Skyler
Tao - Tyson
Lay - Logan
Park_RaeJoon
#11
Suho: Jerry
Baekhyun: Benny
Chanyeol: christopher
Xiumin: Harry
Chen: Hugo
Kai: remain same Kai
Lay: Lay remain same too
Tao: Jason
Luhan: Mark
D.o: Johnny

Did I mention all of the members? I can't remember all of them xD
anthealkl
#12
Kris- Kevin
Su Ho- Thaddeus
Lu Han - Denver
Lay: Gabriel
Chen: Patrick
Tao: Max
Baek Hyun: Basil
Chanyeol: James
D.O : Damien
Kai: Alex
Xiu Min : Marcus
SmileAriane
#13
I answered this in an exo ask blog I'm part of, so I just wanted to suggest these. Also, I called Sehun "Evan."

Xiumin - Benji

Luhan - Luca

Kris - Tate

Lay - Nathan

Chen - Caleb

Tao - Xavier

Suho - Gabriel

Baekhyun - Brandon

Chanyeol - Ryan

D.O - Julian

Kai - Jonas
Ashleeyswaggy #14
jongin should be kai because kai sounds like an American name but it could be jay too!
luhan could be Tyson.
Kris should be kris lol.
Chanyeol should be Aidan.
Kyungsoo should be Damien.
Baekhyun could be Kyle?
Suho could be Anderson.
Lay could be Benny.
Chen could be Andrew.
Tao could be Isaac.
Xiumin could be Alex.
And Sehun is just Sehun lol.
These are just random names.