Thread:Jessie1010/@comment-8834699-20131204001240/@comment-17479654-20140210232847

I just read the whole Dove/Chloe thing you were talking about and did some research.

I found a picture of Chloe holding a basketball that said Dovey. So I'm guessing her dad nicknamed her Dove.

There was a rumor I heard where Chloe's dad was Cameron Hosterman (which isn't true, obviously) and he nicknamed her Dove. Chloe and Cameron were in a car accident when Chloe was 14 and Cameron was killed. Chloe blamed herself for this, since she distracted him by talking to him, and after getting reconstructive plastic surgery she legally changed her name to "Dove Cameron" from her dad's name and her nickname. Obviously not true, because her dad is named Phillip Alan.

Maybe her changing her name to seperate her career and her personal life is true (though it's odd that she would LEGALLY change her name). Plus, she started her career in 2012, two years after she turned 14, which is when she changed her name. So unless she failed a lot of auditions, I doubt that's true. (Btw, even Dove's official website says she was born as Chloe (not Hosterman, but Chloe), so it really is a public thing.)

Her website also says she was 15 when her dad died. A year older than when she changed her name.

What if she started showing interest in acting when she was 14? Maybe some of the people at school were teasing her, saying she wasn't pretty enough to be an actress or that her name was stupid. Maybe it's a sensitive topic because of this. She changed her name to Dove Cameron because she liked that name better. It sounded prettier, not like "Hosterman" (though, I actually like the name Chloe Hosterman better). So then she got plastic surgery so she would look prettier. She could easily be a victim of bullying, and that would explain why she's lied about it. She doesn't want to go through the teasing and bullying because of her old self. That would also explain why Veronica said Dove thought Chloe didn't represent her. Because she thought the name was too ugly and was holding her back.

I dunno. Random rumors, no real proof. I'm sure that her first name Dove came from her dad's nickname though. That's all I can say for above 50% sure.