JoJo Siwa Explains Why She Changed Her Name To Joelle

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JoJo Siwa may have outgrown her famous name. At the end of 2025, Siwa made headlines when she updated her TikTok account to change her display name from JoJo Siwa to Joelle Siwa. And now, the dancer is revealing why she is connecting more to her birth name than the nickname that she’s gone by for most of her life.

Ever since her professional debut on Dance Moms, Joelle Joanie Siwa has used the name JoJo. But with some big recent changes in her life, the star likes the idea of embracing her given name. Part of the reason for this is that her boyfriend, Chris Hughes, refers to her as Joelle rather than JoJo.

"I've gotten more comfortable with the idea of Joelle, and my boyfriend calls me Joelle," Siwa said in a Feb. 24 interview on E! News: The Rundown.

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