The group's name is an acronym for "Becoming the change, Going further, You and I, Originally Filipino".[16][17] Contrary to the belief of many, the group's name is not the shortened form of the Filipino word "bagyo", which means storm particularly a tropical cyclone.[3] Their fandom name is collectively called ACEs chosen unanimously by the members among entries from fans;[18][19] with red and gold as their fandom color demonstrated on the group's official light stick called "The Light",[20] named after BGYO's debut album "The Light".[7]