{"id":486007,"date":"2026-01-02T01:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486007\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T01:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T01:29:13","slug":"jojo-siwa-makes-surprise-return-to-her-real-name-ahead-of-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486007\/","title":{"rendered":"JoJo Siwa makes surprise return to her real name ahead of the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"

JoJo Siwa is ringing in the New Year with a rebrand.<\/p>\n

Siwa changed her\u00a0TikTok bio<\/a>\u00a0to say her full name,\u00a0Joelle Siwa, instead of her nickname, JoJo.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in a Wednesday TikTok<\/a>, the dancer teased \u201cplans for 2026,\u201d while lip-synching to her 2016 track \u201cBoomerang.\u201d<\/p>\n

JoJo Siwa has returned to her birth name for 2026. WireImage<\/p>\n

A shot of the dancer\u2019s TikTok bio that now reads \u201cJoelle Siwa.\u201d itsjojosiwa\/TikTok<\/p>\n

Siwa, who rose to fame as a child star on the reality show \u201cDance Moms\u201d in 2015, mouthed the lyrics, \u201cI\u2019mma come back like a boomerang.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many fans flocked to the comments section to share their opinion on her subtle name change.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer changing her name from jojo to Joelle has to be the biggest pull ever!!!\u201d one social media user wrote. \u201c2026 is gonna be crazy!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Siwa\u2019s Instagram bio once read \u201cJoJo,\u201d the name fans know her by. itsjojosiwa\/TikTok<\/p>\n

JoJo Siwa sang to her song \u201cBoomerang\u201d in the TikTok video. itsjojosiwa\/TikTok<\/p>\n

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\u201cJoelle feels so authentic, wishing you every happiness in 2026,\u201d another follower chimed in, while a third added, \u201c2026: the year of JOELLE Siwa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with launching her full first name, in 2025, Siwa, 22, debuted a brand new romance with \u201cCelebrity Big Brother\u201d co-star Chris Hughes.<\/p>\n

\u201cChris is literally, like, [my] best friend, family. I will absolutely be seeing him when I go to the UK,\u201d she gushed to The Post in May<\/a>. \u201cThat man has changed my life and I will stand my feet on the ground and I\u2019ll say that.\u201d <\/p>\n

Fans said the name change is \u201cmore authentic.\u201d itsjojo\/Instagam<\/p>\n

JoJo Siwa is going into 2026 in a relationship with boyfriend Chris Hughes. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Siwa and Hughes, 33, first met on the British reality show and instantly connected. <\/p>\n

\u201cI told him this on the last day and I actually told him more in the middle\u2026 and I\u2019ve spoken about this publicly. He is meant to be in my life and I don\u2019t know, he\u2019s just, he is Chris,\u201d the\u00a0artist revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s Mr. Christopher and he\u2019s meant to be in my life, and I\u2019m really grateful that now he is here in my life,\u201d Siwa continued. \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful that I don\u2019t have to live a life without him now. Yeah, he\u2019s just Christopher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding about her time in the \u201cBig Brother\u201d house, the TV star explained, \u201cI think it was just such a beautiful experience that I got to have. It taught me so much about myself. It showed me how I want my life to be and things I need to do in my life. And it also just was so fun. But coming out of the house \u2014 immediately you go to this party with 200 people and it\u2019s all the crew. It\u2019s crazy, it\u2019s a whirlwind.\u201d<\/p>\n

A month later, Siwa confessed that she felt \u201cpressured\u201d into coming out<\/a> as a lesbian in 2021. <\/p>\n

Siwa and Hughes met on the British reality show \u201cCelebrity Big Brother\u201d and instantly connected. itsjojosiwa\/TikTok<\/p>\n

Siwa confessed that she felt \u201cpressured\u201d into previously coming out as a lesbian in 2021. Getty Images for Universal Orlando Resort<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came out at 17, I said: \u2018I\u2019m pansexual, because I don\u2019t care,\u2019\u201d she told the\u00a0Daily Mail\u2019s YOU Magazine<\/a> in June. \u201cBut then I kind of boxed myself in and I said: \u2018I\u2019m a lesbian.\u2019 And I think I did that because of pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

People in the LGBTQ+ community also added pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom people I know, from partners I\u2019ve had,\u201d Siwa stated. \u201cYou just get put in this world where you feel like, because you now have said, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m a lesbian,\u2019 you have to be a lesbian. And the truth is, sexuality is fluid.\u201d<\/p>\n

JoJo Siwa plants a kiss on boyfriend Chris Hughes. John Salangsang\/Shutterstock for Gala of the Stars<\/p>\n

JoJo Siwa performs on stage. AP<\/p>\n

While on \u201cCelebrity Big Brother,\u201d the star realized she was queer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel, like, so queer, do you know what I mean?\u201d she told fellow contestant Danny Beard at the time. \u201cI\u2019ve always told myself I\u2019m a lesbian, and I think being here I\u2019ve realized: \u2018Oh, I\u2019m not a lesbian, I\u2019m queer.\u2019 And I think that\u2019s really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve dropped the L and I\u2019ve gone to the Q baby!\u201d Siwa exclaimed. \u201cThat\u2019s what I love about sexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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