girls' generation

 

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Group Name: Girls' Generation Group Member(s): Taeyeon (leader), Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun (maknae) Label: SM Entertainment Debut Date: 5th August 2007 Fanclub Name: S♥NEs or SONEs Fanclub Colour: Pastel Rose aka Pastel Pink Members   Number of Group Member(s): Nine   Birth Name — Stage Name — Birthday — Position Kim Taeyeon — Taeyeon — 9th March 1989 — Leader, Main Vocalist Jung Sooyeon Jessica — Jessica — 18th April 1989 — Main Vocalist Lee Soonkyu — Sunny — 15th May 1989 — Lead Vocalist Hwang Miyoung Stephanie — Tiffany — 1st August 1989 — Lead Vocalist Kim Hyoyeon — Hyoyeon — 22nd Steptember 1989 — Vocalist, Main Dancer Kwon Yuri — Yuri — 5th December 1989 — Vocalist, Lead Dancer Choi Sooyoung — Sooyoung — 10th February 1990 — Vocalist, Lead Dancer Im Yoona — Yoona — 30th March 1990 — Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Visual Seo Joohyun — Seohyun — 28th June 1991 — Lead Vocalist, Maknae FAQ   Girls' Generation comes in different names... Girls' Generation is in known in Korea as So Nyeo Shi Dae but we often call them SNSD or SoShi, the abbreviated forms. However, So Nyeo Shi Dae literally means ‘The Era of Maidens’ which surprised both SNSD themselves and Korea. Thankfully, they went with Girls' Generation as their official English name.   What does S♥NEs / SONEs mean? SNSD's fans are called S♥NEs because it means that SNSD and their fans are one. Hence, the pronunciation of S♥NE as 'So One.'   Stage names and birth names? Generally, SNSD promotes with their Korean birth name, save for Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany and Seohyun. Jessica went with her English name but Sunny picked a new name because she disliked her birth name a lot (Soonkyu). Instead of Joohyun, Seohyun went with Seohyun. Tiffany